by cognac 216 Replies latest jw experiences
Moshe ~ Oh my goodness annulling your baptism due to fraud??? I didn't even know you could do that! That's the funniest thing!
Organ transplants? They couldn't do that? Is that actually in there literature that they couldn't do that and then they could? Oh my goodness....
Welcome - I am an active witness and a former elder - this board is a great place for discussing matters without WT Society Spin
http://www.freeminds.org/ is also a great site
cognac, it's not huge deal at all... the bible doesn't mention a date... I honestly don't know where the date came from-maybe someone else on this site can help.
I like this congnac lady, shes got her heart beating towards the real truth, good luck in your voyage my sister.
I hope her path to freedom is smoother than some!
momz
Here is one example that showed me that you cannot trust (or at least blindly trust) the direction of the Society. I read about this example, and I printed the actual articles from the WT CDROM to be sure it was real, and it was true!
12/1/72 WT, page 734-736, Question From Readers - Says that Oral (and anal) sex among a married couple are serious wrongdoings and is a disfellowshippable offense.
Now imagine how many marital issues this created, and likely how many marriages were either broken up, or miserable. How many people got DF'd? Who knows. I've heard that this caused many problems...
Then the 2/15/78 WT, p30-32 QFR - Says that this policy is in "ABSENSE OF CLEAR SCRIPTUAL INSTRUCTION" and that it is not serious wrongdoing and not DF'able.
So the policy was in place, lives were disrupted or ruined, on something that has no scriptual backing.
There are many other examples where the Society created a policy then changed them later. You will see many in Crisis of Conscience. This taught me that I will NEVER blindly follow ANYTHING the Society says. If I or the family need blood, then we will. How horrible if a family member died due to refusing blood, and what if 5 years later a 'new light' says they are now ok because it's not 'eating' blood. I will never put my family at risk due to any WTS policies. There are way too many examples of ruined lived on policies that later were reversed.
Cognac,
Welcome!
I would try this... Research one your own the exact stance the Watchtower takes on blood transfusions (only Watchtower material). Discover all the fraction you can take, then add those fractions up and see what is missing to make whole blood. Then ask the average members to explain to you the Watchtower's position. They will not be able to explain it properly. Many will simply not know the facts. Then ask yourself this, Why is a subject, which involves life and death, not taught perfectly by the Watchtower. Why don't they make it clear and make sure the members know exactly what they cannot have concerning blood.
Best,
Bryan
Robert7 ~ That's something interesting that you brought up because they had a WT study on it about a month ago. Very interesting if you go into what the actual Greek word porneia means. I only did research on this because there was a question from readers years ago stating that if a husband cheated on his wife with an animal or another man it was not a scriptual divorce. They changed this later on. Give me a minute, I'm going to post something very interested about the worded in comparison to the Mosiac law and teaching in the the Greek scriptures regarding what it means. My next post will go into that...
Welcome! You wrote:
"Now I have not the slightest clue of what to do..." I think you know exactly what to do:-)
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