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  JW. Net heals a JW Physician and his patient!

  by abiather in

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  i met a jw physician last month, by chance, in a waiting lounge!

  i moved to the seat next to him and asked him: are you one of jws?.

  surprised, he responded: i was, till last year.

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  jhine,

  Yes, I visited his house--good friendship is being built now. 

  A really nice person to have in my life!
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  JW. Net heals a JW Physician and his patient!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i met a jw physician last month, by chance, in a waiting lounge!

  i moved to the seat next to him and asked him: are you one of jws?.

  surprised, he responded: i was, till last year.

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  abiather

  I met a JW Physician last month, by chance, in a Waiting Lounge! I moved to the seat next to him and asked him: “Are you one of JWs?”

  Surprised, he responded: “I was, till last year.”

  I too was a JW, and I have seen you in the Assemblies/DCs in the First Aid Department, and you may not know me as I have only a limited association with JWs. I gave a brief history of my coming out of JW fold, then I asked him: “How did you come out?”

  He said:

  “Last year, I received an e-mail with a link to JW.Net. Content of the mail was this: “Jehovah who used blood of Jesus for the eternal benefit of the humans will not logically prohibit the use of blood for the temporary benefit of humans while they are still here on earth—especially so as Jesus sanctioned the drinking of symbolic blood in the form of the vine. Hence JW view of the blood transfusion is illogical and unscriptural.”

  This came as a wake-up call to me. It revealed that I accepted JW teachings without analyzing them thoroughly! It did not take much time for me to disassociate. Yet I am not happy as my wife and children are still under the illusion of JW teaching!”

  Our conversation continued for some time. He invited me to come to his clinic and offered me free treatment any time I require! I told him, I have only one problem: constipation.

  He told me: There are two ways—one the usual treatment with laxatives, and the other is change in life-style which costs you nothing!

  I told I want the latter.

  This is what he said:

  “Constipation is not a disease, but a condition that invites many other diseases! I will give you some hints that will not only remove constipation but also enable you to minimize the diseases you may get in your life!  

  Just observe the body—body will not tell lie! Observe those who are not stressed but have loving relationships, peace, joyfulness, cleanliness, inner strength, practical wisdom and balance—they have stronger immunity, hence most of them catch less disease. Some of them further minimize their diseases as they choose a healthy food-habit which means they know the following:

   (1) WHAT TO EAT [fresh, easily digested, nourishing food prepared with minimum spices and articles, which means abstaining from all types of processed food];

  (2) HOW MUCH TO EAT [in moderation, may be half of one’s capacity, in decreasing quantity—more during the break-fast, lesser during lunch, and further less during last meal of the day]

  (3) HOW TO EAT [slowly, in gratitude, with full attention on eating, and chewing well before swallowing which makes digestion easier and prevents improperly digested food from entering blood and causing a wide range of adverse effects to health.

  (4) WHEN TO EAT  [only when you are hungry, which means normally 4-to-5 hour gap between each meal / intake, eating the supper ideally before sun-set and going to sleep 3-4 hours after, thus getting a good rest for the body during sleep that enables you to get up early in the morning rejuvenated and refreshed].

   What is more important is your attitude: “You should know that the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind, and best relish is when you eat after feeling hungry for some time.”

   

  
  Though what he said appeared simple, it meant a complete reversal of what I have been doing. Anyhow, I decided to practice what he advised. From the very first day I began to feel the difference. Now it’s one month. My constipation is completely gone; and as he said “I feel more and more refreshed.”
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  Devolution, not evolution

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

  one can dismiss this as an exception*!

  yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

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  Viviane,

  Question is not about the poetic word play. It's about the designer behind the earth which is much more than a home fitted with everything we need not just for our sustenance but for our enjoyment!
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  Devolution, not evolution

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

  one can dismiss this as an exception*!

  yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

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  abiather

  Viviane (and also John Mann),

  Flying machine without using the air-polluting fuel is not a matter to be laughed at. If we remove the alphabet “t” from the word PLANET, we have the word PLANE. You and the entire humanity are aboard on this PLANE called earth, and it is flying at a speed of 30 km per second, i.e., 1,08,000 km per hour! [At this speed, the distance to the moon can be covered in just four hours]

  We, rich and poor together, clock 94 crore km of flying in a year aboard the spinning satellite that is what our planet is. We are space travelers! Our position is never static, even when we are asleep in our bedrooms. Travelling on this unique plane, the list of destinations reads like `morning', `noon', `evening', `night', `summer', `winter', `spring' and the like. Are we fully aware of, acknowledge and appreciate what Nature has made possible for us to experience, without having to pay for the cosmic ride? Or are we taking it for granted just because it’s too big in comparison with tiny planes we have designed? Are we obsessed with the idea that only small things require a designer and big things do not?
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  Devolution, not evolution

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

  one can dismiss this as an exception*!

  yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

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  John Mann

  You missed "melting 14 exotic ingredients" including buffalo horn!

  How could see only buffalo horn?

  You can make fun of when you hear things you have not heard before--that's your choice! However, things have been perfect in the beginning. In ancient India there was a law that says "If a beggar is found in a kingdom, the king of that kingdom will be disqualified."

  Why such perfect laws were abandoned?
  
  
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  Devolution, not evolution

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

  one can dismiss this as an exception*!

  yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

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  abiather

  Cantleave, Galaxie and Phizzy,

  My point is that there never never evolution of beings; it has always been a Good Start by God, then deterioration brought out by humans. [Virtually all cultures and religions of the world point to a Golden Age and to a Great Fall that mankind experienced from it]. In the beginning it was Golden Age in which technology is naturally at its best. For example, mode of transportation was through pollution-free, risk-free and accident-free airplanes! Indirect proof for this exists in language! Sanskrit word Chumbak Mani (literally translated as the ‘jewel that attracts’) is equivalent to what the modern term SEMICONDUCTOR-MAGNET implies, and it was a vital component of ancient Indian aviators’ inventory. That means Viman Shastra (Aeronautical Science ) was part of ancient India’s real-life! Interestingly, chemists in the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, who were testing the veracity of the various claims, especially relating to material science including that ancient aeronautical manual, is reported to have synthesized Chumbak Mani by calcining and melting 14 exotic ingredients including buffalo horn and mercury at 1,200° C!

   

  What the Science accomplishes now cannot be termed as accomplishment—it’s like making a profit of $100 and making a loss of $1000 at the same time. Side-effects of what its application (technology) does neutralizes all its plus points. For example, in cities like Delhi pollution rate is so much that a non-smoker suffers as much as a smoker who smokes 12 cigarettes a day, says a scientific study. 
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  Devolution, not evolution

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

  one can dismiss this as an exception*!

  yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

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  abiather

  Cofty and Bohm,

  you are trying to change the subject.

  If you have proof, refute all or any of those six points that run against the Theory of evolution!

  Mind which is more important is not evolving!

  Bohm, I have no religion, I am a Deist (who believes that God has given us REASON, not religion)
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  Devolution, not evolution

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

  one can dismiss this as an exception*!

  yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

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  abiather

  * One can dismiss this as an exception saying this particular organism in question did not get the physical or biological environment that demands its evolution! This argument accomplishes nothing. Because a saint may turn into sinner and vice-versa depending upon the change of environment! So environment is proof for both evolution and devolution!
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  Devolution, not evolution

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

  one can dismiss this as an exception*!

  yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

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  abiather

  Scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm)

  One can dismiss this as an exception*! Yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole)

  1)   Religions started in brotherhood, then deteriorated into divisiveness.

  2)   Politics came for man’s welfare, then deteriorated into arms-merchants (with the inherent need to create conflict either to stay in business or to sell more arms).

  3)   Hospitals started as charitable institutions, then deteriorated into a money-making machine.

  4)   Economy appeared as a system to bring order, then deteriorated into greed (built on greed, fondly called Demand-Supply mechanism, and share-market)

  5)   Science appeared as a messiah, introducing things that save us energy, effort and time, then giving us things to pass the time thus saved, thus uploading us onto a Treadmill. Most of its accomplishments brought in a Sedentary life-style which brought in many diseases (for which medicines were invented, some of which will create some more diseases)

  6)   Easy spreading of religions like Christianity that appeals to the declining attitude of humans in general. It had a phenomenal growth when it replaced the teaching of Reincarnation [found in verses such as Matthew 11:14 and Galatians 6:7, which can make people think twice before they act/react as they are aware that they cannot escape the consequences] with teaching of Ransom Sacrifice of Jesus Christ [which says ‘one man sinned and all became sinners, and we can become righteous because of one man’s righteousness]. One can easily discern the genesis of this teaching: When the claim of being God’s chosen people was foiled by Nebuchadnezer, the notion of Messiah arose. When Messiah was killed, his very death was interpreted as Ransom Sacrifice, yet not knowing to whom the ransom was paid! Ear-tickling teaching of Ransom Sacrifice is introduced in John 3:16, yet the preceding verses such as 3:13 was never uttered by Jesus, but was put into his mouth by the later writers. In John 3:13 Jesus supposedly spoke: ‘no one ascended into heaven except him.’ Jesus cannot make such statements in the beginning of his ministry, he could say that after ascending into heaven. It’s like Obama saying in the last century: “No one has become US President from Black Community except me.” He can say that only after becoming the US President!
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  Can the world condition be worse than this?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
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  the innocent civilians being attacked is the norm of the day.

  attacking hospitals too are happening frequently.

  now schools being attacked is becoming a regular affair (last of its kind massacred 150 children in peshawar on december 16, 2014)..

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  Cofty and Viviane,

  Wording on alcohol is just a reproduction of what Traffic Police has put up on many High Ways!

  In the United States the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 17,941 people died in 2006 in alcohol-related collisions, representing 40% of total traffic deaths in the US. NHTSA states 275,000 were injured in alcohol-related accidents in 2003.[1] The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that in 1996 local law enforcement agencies made 1,467,300 arrests nationwide for driving under the influence of alcohol, 1 out of every 10 arrests for all crimes in the U.S., compared to 1.9 million such arrests during the peak year in 1983, accounting for 1 out of every 80 licensed drivers in the U.S