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  Blood transfusion: Letter of Understanding

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  blood transfusion: letter of understanding .

  today i added a new article to my blog that to the best of my knowledge is the first publication of a document put together for jehovahs witnesses by medical ethicists in cooperation with watchtower appointed hospital liaison committee members.

  this document is very helpful in medical terms yet very explosive in theological terms for jehovahs witnesses whove been taught to resist blood transfusion as rape.

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  Doubting Bro

  I had a conversation with someone I know on the local HLC a few years ago. His remarks go along the same line in terms of what to do with minors. He told me that there's basically no chance of winning when it comes to refusing blood for minors and the society is simply not interested in getting involved to the degree they once were (his words summarizing the stance). He told me that they will recommend to parents to tell the drs they don't consent to such treatment but won't contest.

  I've also see a consent form similar but along the lines of "we do not wish for our child to have a BT but recognize that the hospital/physician may do so if there is a medical emergency". I don't have a copy of what I saw but remember thinking it must have been drafted in conjunction with WT legal.
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  emailed PDF's count as placements!

  by wallsofjericho in

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  2. beliefs

  sorry if this has already been discussed.. but at the service meeting this week on jw.org it was clearly stated by our cobe that pdf's from jw.org that are emialed to interested persons count as placements!!!.

  okay folks, next time you get a circular spam email, copy all the recipients and there is your contact list.

  email thousands of people watchtower pdf's and watch the placements soar through the roof!!!.

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  Doubting Bro

  That was mentioned at our meeting as well.
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  Will the 'Make Good Use of Our Official Website' discussion backfire?

  by jw07 in

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  2. beliefs

  good day everyone,.

  i'm a born in jehovah's hostage, and am still a hostage until i can wake my family up (wishful thinking i know).

  i'll formally introduce myself later.. for now i have some burning concerns about the service meeting part for the week of december 24, 2012.

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  Doubting Bro

  Same amount of gushing over the website took place at my meeting as well. In one demo, the brother texted the URL that pointed to an article he was trying to share with the householder. The problem I see is that people will not just take the url but will goggle JWs and then run across a host of sites that contain TTATT.

  There is no way this is going to help them in their recruiting. I can see why the need to have a web presence and have had one for years. But, to encourage its use in preaching seems to be a bad idea for them.

  There is no doubt in my mind that they are going to discontinue the public WT & Awake in the not too distant future and move to a tract work similar to what the LDS does. At least the LDS has an interactive section on their website that missionaries will engage with people. There's no way the WTS will do that.

  Now, if they really want to make some cash, they need to establish Warwick as the JW version of BYU. Maybe Rutherford University?
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  JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...

  by cedars in

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  2. friends

  from the official jw website.... .

  school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.

  on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.

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  Doubting Bro

  pathetic
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  The Early Morning Field Service Scam.

  by I quit! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  early yesterday morning i was driving through town on a street that rearly has any foot traffic and never at 7:30 am on a sunday morning and there they were.

  a group of jbubs milling about counting time.

  i drove a little further and there was a second group walking slowly down the street in the morning drizzle.

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  Doubting Bro

  I used to do that at least once a month. Start at 7am, ride around to landromats, convience stores, gas stations. Drop off mags. You'd end up getting around 10 placements (depending on how many dropoffs there were). Then count your time straight through the FS meeting at 9:30 and by noon, you'd be setting at a sweet 5 hrs.

  It especially helped when aux pioneering. You could get an 8 hr day in by 3pm.

  What a colossal waste of time!!!
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  HELP!!! Need Contacts in Portland-Gresham Oregon

  by Juan Viejo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  a very special request for help - not money - just information!!!.

  i normally would not ask this kind of a favor, but this really is important.. i am working with portland area investigators and journalists who are doing research on the whitney heichel /jonathan holt murder case and one other case involving other serious criminal activity.

  they are particularly interested in anyone who might have attended kingdom halls in or around gresham and might know some of the members, former jws, or other related contacts in that area.. if you are from that area, or have connections there, please contact me via pm.

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  Bump
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  If you are fader, how do you handle assignments etc.

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. beliefs

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  Doubting Bro

  I'm sort of in the same boat. I give talks maybe once a quarter and if it's a subject that I'm not comfortable with, I'll switch with someone saying I think I'm traveling on business that week. So, I try to do that early enough that if I happen to be there that night, I can say that the trip fell through at the last minute. So far, so good.

  I can't bring myself to comment anymore. I used to try to make a comment that didn't bother me but the tone of the WT studies and CBS is so Obey the GB that I had a hard time doing that without resorting to childlike answers. But, no one has ever said a word to me about it.

  They don't ask me to read, pray or carry mikes which is great since I don't want to do any of that.
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  France : no more local bank accounts for congregations

  by fifth.column in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just joined a few days ago.

  still in (physically, not mentally...) for family reasons... how many attendees at the kh in the same situation ?

  currently living in france, wont say more on me for the moment.... .

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  Doubting Bro

  Seems like it will be difficult to manage for the WTS. They would need an accounts receivable department for the local congregations to handle the payment of bills. I guess you could have the locals scan in every bill/receipt and have payment issued directly from the branch. But, that seems to be taking on more responsibility for the WTS instead of pushing it away.

  I see the obvious cash grab but it's going to cost them something as well.
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  Last night in the Jeremiah Book

  by BroMac in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i dont understand when this happened: .

  *** jr chap.

  2 pp.

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  Doubting Bro

  Jeffro,

  Thanks so much for the information. Very helpful!
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  Last night in the Jeremiah Book

  by BroMac in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i dont understand when this happened: .

  *** jr chap.

  2 pp.

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  Doubting Bro

  Does anyone know at what point the WT sneaks the 20 years into the timeline? I was at the meeting last night and started googling some of the events discussed and they were all 20 years off. Is there a point where WT chornology and real history actually are in synch?