does anyone know the wt's position on medical treatment using stem cells?
i don't even know how to go about finding out this information.
if anyone could tell me where to look or what the current position is by the society, i am most appreciative.. i would like to recommend the treatment to a jw relative, but don't want to get involved in an argument if it is forbidden.
Here is their index on the topic:
STEM CELLS
meaning of term: g02 11/22 4
medical usage: g02 11/22 3-9
Bible view: g02 11/22 9-10
They would reject based on certain sources and delivery methods. For example, embryologically derived stem cells would be rejected. However, I could see them accepting induced pluripotent adult cells - if not derived from blood, but say, skin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yxw_wxyviu.
thanks to anon for the source video and to cappytan for video editing & upload!.
anthony morris iii, knoxville tennessee sunday 2016-07-03.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YxW_wxYViU
Thanks to Anon for the source video and to Cappytan for video editing & upload!
Anthony Morris III, Knoxville Tennessee Sunday 2016-07-03
in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.
now, on with the leaks & releases!
first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.
Full program, German (Deutsch), Hannover:
https://youtu.be/IsiJ-H_7A-Y?list=PLbuPkO_EmfGCZJo2uBurpVaJwo0hUeJoY
Russian, please!
I will post everything I have. At this moment I don't have Russian. If I get it, I'll make sure to get it to you.
all they did was invite us to a convention on the other side of town in mid-july.
my husband tried to engage them and asked where he could send them some information.
they showed him the address for the convention center across town-yeah, they are going to get it there.
@jws
A friend got a Spanish tract for an assembly in San Antonio. She's in Round Rock, north of Austin.
Ha ha ha! Not even the right location. Round Rock will be going to Belton.
at first i though, "nah...".then, this part of the article spoke the loudest:.
the spokesman for the jehovah's witnesses in mexico did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the incident, which occurred at least a month ago.. read the article for yourself: http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/national/latin-america/ancient-temple-of-mexican-otomi-indians-damaged/article_fb03cbfb-d103-53b3-a6b6-a74959e1fe78.html.
Estimado Señor wifibandit:
Le escribimos del Escritorio de Información Pública de la sucursal de Centroamérica de los testigos de Jehová con relación a la nota publicada en diferentes portales en la que se menciona que un grupo de testigos de Jehová participaron en destruir un altar Otomí en el sitio arqueológico de San Bartolo Tutotepec, Hidalgo.
El comunicado anexo explica la postura de nuestra organización.
Saludos cordiales,
Gamaliel Camarillo
Escritorio de Información Pública
Sucursal de Centroamérica de los Testigos de Jehová
at first i though, "nah...".then, this part of the article spoke the loudest:.
the spokesman for the jehovah's witnesses in mexico did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the incident, which occurred at least a month ago.. read the article for yourself: http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/national/latin-america/ancient-temple-of-mexican-otomi-indians-damaged/article_fb03cbfb-d103-53b3-a6b6-a74959e1fe78.html.
Gamaliel is at the Branch in Texcoco, not that close to where this happened. I'm willing to bet the C.O. from Tulancingo (I don't know him) is going to be looking very closely at the congregation there in El Piñal.
Per this new story (in spanish) an academic named Luis Pérez Lugo (secretario de territorialidad de la organización Nación Otomí) says local Jehovah's Witnesses admitted to causing some of the damage to the site.
Una decena de estructuras arquitectónicas de piedra usadas como altares fueron derribadas recientemente por testigos de Jehová de la localidad El Piñal, quienes reconocieron su responsabilidad, afirmó Pérez Lugo.
No admitieron, sin embargo, haber perforado un basamento piramidal, que presenta un hoyo de más de un metro.
Here is more from the victims:
judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
Of course they use outside help. This is not a secret. Look at who their lawyers were in the following case:
Superior Court of California - County of San Diego
Case Number: 37-2013-00067529-CU-PO-CTL
Date Filed: 09/18/2013
Case Title: Padron vs. Doe 1
WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC Defendant
Representation: Kahn, Beth A; McNamara, Francis J; OLSON, DEAN A
Now, I know McNamara, Francis J is from Patterson Legal.
But Beth A. Kahn is a partner at Morris Polich & Purdy per http://www.mpplaw.com/beth-kahn/
at first i though, "nah...".then, this part of the article spoke the loudest:.
the spokesman for the jehovah's witnesses in mexico did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the incident, which occurred at least a month ago.. read the article for yourself: http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/national/latin-america/ancient-temple-of-mexican-otomi-indians-damaged/article_fb03cbfb-d103-53b3-a6b6-a74959e1fe78.html.
Same story, directly from the AP:
More details in Spanish: http://www.telesurtv.net/news/Testigos-de-Jehova-destruyen-acenstral-templo-otomi-en-Mexico-20160628-0003.html
judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
Could it be that Leo Greenlees or Ewart Chitty (both ex-GB members) are on that list?
And those current & former members who helped cover it up!
the website avoidjw.org has been working to improve all the older documents.
right now, all the zion's watch towers from 1880 - 1908 and the watch towers from 1909 to 1920 have been improved drastically.
i'm currently working on updating pdfs from 1921 to 1949. this updating will include the following features:1. reduced file sizes.2.
Thank you for alerting us!
