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  Would you say yes to a blood transfusion?

  by Fisherman in

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  i would like to get some honest answers about your position on blood transfusion.

  as we get older, sooner or later we wind up in the hospital and the question they always ask is"...in the event.. would you accept blood?

  " faced with that question, i answered no.

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  Without hesitation. I was in the hospital this fall with intestinal hemorage and made the nurse write on my admittance form that I had no objection to the use of blood in medical procedures. You never know if your old stand might come back to haunt you. A doctor came in a bit later and talked to me about a transfusion, that it isn't without risk and what those risks were. In the end, my blood count stopped falling just short of needing the transfusion but it took a long time to get my strength back. Doctors do not give transfusions unless they have to.

  I probably would have been one to give my own life for this erronious doctrin, or worse yet, the life of one of my children. Thankfully, I'm free.
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  My daughter had a showdown with her aunt

  by coffee_black in

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  my daughter's aunt (my x sil, and a jw) moved into my daughter's neigborhood recently.

  she has had nothing to do with my daughter in over 15 years.

  my daughter was never baptized, but her aunt chose to basically ignore her existence for all these years.

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  Have the daughter tell the aunt that if she shows up again, the sitter has orders to call the police. Give the sitter those instructions!
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  What JW 'belief' offends you the most?

  by jambon1 in

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  That they're right and everyone else is wrong and that they'll shun you if you choose to think differently. That they tear families apart.
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  Here we go again . . . The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

  by cruzanheart in

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  i got an email with an audio attachment (haven't listened to it) that's being passed around the witness community.

  here's the written part of it anyway:.

  i just wanted to let you know about an important piece of information i heard first hand, this morning (actually on a recording of a bethel representative giving a talk at the 2007 special day assembly in houston, tx).

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  "locked into" judgement

  What exactly does this mean? It's new to me...
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  Can we talk? . . .

  by exwitless in

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  hey, this is under jokes and humor, so don't get too offended.

  i just wanted to vent about how people say things incorrectly, such as pronouncing things wrong or saying phrases wrong.

  i'll start, and if you have any to add, please feel free.

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  On the way home the other night I was listening to the radio and the DJ was describing a traffic jam and how folks were stuck in their cars. He said everyone was probably using their asymetric's; I wondered what he was trying to say, was this a new way to figure out how to get home quicker? I figured it out when he tied it to a New Year resolution to get in shape; he meant isometric exercises! He had no idea he'd misspoken.
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  Society's claim of Matt. 24:14 being fulfilled - What it could really mean

  by Jourles in

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  i've had this thought for quite a while and wonder if fits with the recent talk about the wts claiming that matt.

  24:14 has been fulfilled.

  my thought was this --- in the wake of the recent cutbacks at bethel, scaling back of literature, and other cost cutting measures, could the wts be preparing the r&f for the complete or massive reduction of literature that would normally be placed with "householders?

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  My daughter spoke to my sister ("pass me the kool-ade, please) last night. Other than raking her over the coals, she threatened her with,"Jehovah's going to make a big change very soon" as though my daughter would buy into it. This sister is a pioneer, has been for 30 years and is absolutely sure of being right. I don't know what she thinks is coming, but she seems to believe something big is in the works. The thing is, we usually have all that info first here on the board so it sounds like the wts is allowing some big rumor to circulate.
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  Anybody a member of AAA? Would you recommend it?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  i'm thinking about joining the aaa auto club.

  my car is getting along in years and isn't going to get replaced any time soon.

  i'm imagining that my stranded-on-the-side-of-the-road moment is imminent.

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  I've had a membership for years and wouldn't be without it.
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  Can we talk? . . .

  by exwitless in

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  hey, this is under jokes and humor, so don't get too offended.

  i just wanted to vent about how people say things incorrectly, such as pronouncing things wrong or saying phrases wrong.

  i'll start, and if you have any to add, please feel free.

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  I just want to say that I love this thread!
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  I'm not Responsible!

  by zack in

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  i didn't create the world.

  i didn't screw up humanity.

  i haven't been the cause of wars ot injustice or sickness or death or suffering.. i have over 6000 years of sin in my dna.

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  No, I'm a mom; it's all my fault..

  At least that's what the teenagers always told me.
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  Tragic Bush Administration Failure

  by DebSmithLopez in

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  up here, in the northern plains, we just recovered from a historic event--- may i even say a "weather event" of "biblical proportions" with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 mph that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed all roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.. .

  fyi:.

  george bush did not come.. .

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  I think I've seen this before applied to another "event."