Damn! Don't know how to edit the post. Here's the link to my crappy scanning of the cover:
http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/bocrealworld/Badblood.jpg
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Book: Bad Blood
by Nosferatu inthis book, "bad blood" by george dalgleish was written by a jehovah's witness here in winnipeg.
i only have a b&w scanner, and the red turned out faintly.
i clearly remember my mother packing this book for shipping when working for a jw, and she recieved a free copy as well as having the privelage of meeting the "famous" author.. the book flopped - big time.
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Book: Bad Blood
by Nosferatu inthis book, "bad blood" by george dalgleish was written by a jehovah's witness here in winnipeg.
i only have a b&w scanner, and the red turned out faintly.
i clearly remember my mother packing this book for shipping when working for a jw, and she recieved a free copy as well as having the privelage of meeting the "famous" author.. the book flopped - big time.
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This book, "Bad Blood" by George Dalgleish was written by a Jehovah's Witness here in Winnipeg. I only have a B&W scanner, and the red turned out faintly. I clearly remember my mother packing this book for shipping when working for a JW, and she recieved a free copy as well as having the privelage of meeting the "famous" author.
The book flopped - big time. It's out of print, and was written in sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s. There's no copyright date anywhere in the book, but the newest reference in the book is from 1988.
There are lots of hints that George is a JW. The book is dedicated to "The Master Physician".
George had 2 interviews with people in this book who were no doubt JWs as well.
Page 140:
Q: At some point you decided you didn't want any more blood transfusions! What age were you and why did you decide to stop taking blood transfusions?
Mr. Wortendyke: The last time I accepted a blood transfusion was on November 6, 1970. I was about twenty at the time, and it's been close to twenty years now since I accepted blood. I was changing my religion at the time and it was for religious reasons that I made this decision.Page 143-144:
Q: Obviously there was something causing the low hemoglobin. Did the doctor find the cause?
Mr. Morton: It was finally diagnosed as large cell lymphoma. I was treated with prednisone to stabilize my blood. A short time later I noticed some little spots on my skin. At first I didn't pay much attention to it but began to feel poorly. These spots proved to be petchia [small spots made by the escape of blood from the capillaries]. Later that night when I took out my partial plate my mouth was full of blood and blood clots. That same night I went to see my doctor. He told me I had a platelet problem and the petchia were evidence that my platelet count was under ten thousand. He said that if I didn't get to the hospital and have a blood transfusion within the next hour or so, I would die. I told him that I would not accept a blood transfusion rejecting them on both medical and religious grounds. I was certainly willing to go to the hospital and be treated without blood. I knew from my studies that persons with my problem have been successfully treated without blood or blood products.Personally, I have never known anybody other than JWs who have carried a card that states "No Blood"
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If you and your family members carry a medical alert card stating that you want bloodless treatment, ask him to note this in the file also. Make sure your medical alert card is signed, witnessed and up to date.
You may also have some written or published material you want to have added to your file.From what I can recall, wasn't there a tract or brochure from the Society on the subject of blood transfusions?
It's also interesting to note that I didn't come across the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" once while flipping through this book. There are absolutely no references to the Society's publications either. The only trace of anything religious was right at the end of the book; barely quoted from the bible is Acts 15:29. It's also not noted which bible it was quoted from.
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To "...abstain from blood," can mean your life! "Good health to you."
This isn't even quoted properly from the NWT, and it's definately not from the King James version which states "Fair ye well" instead of "Good health to you."
I'm guessing this book is supposed to give the impression that it was written by a professional, and not a JW. The sad part is when you get to the end of the book, and trace it to the last reference, you realized you've been tricked.
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The positions I held were "Bad Association", "Spiritually Weak", "Unbaptized Publisher", and "No Longer An Unbaptized Publisher"
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Getting Baptized, did you really want to, or did you feel extreme pressure?
by run dont walk ini was never baptized, but boy did i feel the pressure ....... what are you waiting for ???
don't you love jehovah ???
(i was in my late teens and brought up in the borg)
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I was pressured right after I became an unbaptized publisher. Everyone was asking me when I was going to get baptized. The elder I was studying with was extremely pushy. I just answered them with the same thing "When I'm ready". I never was.
I should have taken the dunk and pissed in the pool to give it the symbolism it deserves.
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Another New Rule-----You Can't Record Prayers at the District Convention
by minimus inmy mother told me that she got a video from a sister that already went to the convention.
the entire program was recorded except for the prayers.
the sister said the society says we have to shut off the recording if the prayer is being given.
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The society does not want to be responsible for what some 90 year old loose canon says in a prayer.
LMAO!! I remember an elderly brother who would always thank Jehovah for our sins. I also remember another brother getting councilled for saying the word "crap" in a prayer.
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The new book for children.
by dmouse inmy wife went to the convention yesterday and brought back the new book for children 'learn from the great teacher'.. it's certainly much better than the old pink book, larger and more colourful, even if the pictures have a 1950's feel to them.
the introduction mentions that there are questions throughout the book that you should ask children to find out what is on their mind... saying ' true, the child may come out with with answers that are not correct.
but the printed material that follows each question is designed to help the child to develop wholesome patterns of thinking'.... 'wholesome patterns of thinking' eh?
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Another proof that the WTS are hypocrites. JWs can look at violent images in the Society's publications, but cannot look at violent images on television. They might as well put a picture of Dinah getting f***ed in that book as well.
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Prove How Jehovah's Witnesses Always Want To Control You
by minimus inplease list different ways the organization attempts to control their flock.
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Guilt trips such as "Do you think Jehovah approves of this?"
They never ask you this question if you do something well.
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"Young People Ask- How Can I Make Real Friends" Video
by Nosferatu inhave any of you watched this piece of shit?
a little while ago, i saw it in my mom's video collection, and i popped it in just to see what it said.
it was incredibly sad to see so many brainwashed youths.. the real life drama at the end was the worst perception of "the world" that i've ever seen.
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Have any of you watched this piece of shit? A little while ago, I saw it in my mom's video collection, and I popped it in just to see what it said. It was incredibly sad to see so many brainwashed youths.
The real life drama at the end was the worst perception of "The World" that I've ever seen. It was very unrealistic. I was pissed off when the JW girl went out on date with the worldly dude, and they didn't even get it on in the back seat of his car.
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Demonizing the Watchtower
by IslandWoman inour 'beloved' old faith tried to teach us to hate other religions and all things that smacked of anything that was worldly.
they demonized all things outside of their religion.. are some of us in danger of carrying that same thinking over to our new lives as former jws?
could some here at first start out as an anti-cultist but in time allow this to become a 'religion' in itself?.
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Well, my personal reasons for being here are as follows:
1) My mother is still a JW, and I would love to see her live a fun and free life as she is getting on in years. I'm working on her little by little.
2) I think the WT Society is funny. If I made jokes about them when I was younger, I would have been slapped across my face. Now I can make all the jokes I want about them!
3) The "Truth" may not be a "Pure" language, but it's a language that all of us here can speak and understand. People who have never been associated with the JWs wouldn't be able to make sense of this message board, however, JWs and ex-JWs can understand it perfectly. It's fun speaking this language, and coming up with slang for it such as "Troof", "Paradise Erf", and "Jehober".
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UKNOWTHETRUTH.....What is your definition of TRUTH?
by Jessica Rabbit ini saw all of the nasty comments you recieved on one of the posts.
i was raised a jw myself so i have heard your kind of comment from others when i left.
when you go door to door, can you please explain to me what you are trying to tell the people who have never heard of the jw's before.
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It would be nice if he answered you after he hijacked my thread. Uknowthetruth, I'm still waiting for your response on "I put my burden on Jehovah, but he gave it back".