No, I would have died, and worse would have allowed my wife and kids to die.
I was never on the HLC but I have accompanied sisters to see doctors to explain the Society's blood policies.
Fortunately, my kids are grown and all have left the 'truth' but my wife is still in and I know that she would die rather than have whole blood. I have spoken with her about the fractions thing and how unclear/ridiculous the Society's current policy is but she still does not get the point.
eyeslice
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Honestly, Would You Have Secretly Taken a Blood Transfusion?
by minimus inwhile i was an active jw elder, i wouldn't have up until that last year.
that's when i was totally mentally out, just going thru the technicalities.
i still respect other jw's viewpoints on their not accepting blood----although i think they are terribly misguided.
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You never forget your 1st love. True or false?
by mtsgrad inwould appreciate your input.. mtsgrad.
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eyeslice
Not until Alzhiemer's sets in!
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What did you not do because of attending the Tuesday night group?
by eyeslice inas a loyal witness i would never have done anything on a tuesday night except attend the group study.. when i was at school it was a definate no to after school activities on a tuesday (though it was much the same for other nights of the week as well).
then i would never go to any night classes on a tuesday, which somewhat limits access to higher education.
never stayed in to watch tv no matter what was on..
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eyeslice
As a loyal Witness I would never have done anything on a Tuesday night except attend the group study.
When I was at school it was a definate no to after school activities on a Tuesday (though it was much the same for other nights of the week as well). Then I would never go to any night classes on a Tuesday, which somewhat limits access to higher education. Never stayed in to watch TV no matter what was on.
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Suggestions for material for family study night?
by eyeslice inmrs eyeslice has an extra evening off due to the new meeting arrangement now.. .
given the extra night is supposed to be for a family study night; any suggestions as to what we could study together?
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eyeslice
Chickpea - aren't the Witnesses already learning the language of truth?
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Suggestions for material for family study night?
by eyeslice inmrs eyeslice has an extra evening off due to the new meeting arrangement now.. .
given the extra night is supposed to be for a family study night; any suggestions as to what we could study together?
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eyeslice
Seriously, like many others, I don't think my wife will do much if any personal study. Perhaps, William Barclay's commentaries on John are a possibility.
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The Crazy Comedy of Little Britain
by Homerovah the Almighty inthis new comedy duo is starting to get more air play around and i think they're pretty good, check them out, they get the homey stamp of approval .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nre8mxjrvai.
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eyeslice
The thing about great comedy is that is real life exaggerated - e.g. the Simpsons.
I kid you not we used to have someone like Andy in our congregation. He used to come to the KH in a wheelchair wearing a neck brace but I once popped round his house and found him winching the engine out of his 4x4!
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Oldest man in USA died today at age 112
by Olin Moyles Ghost instory here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28415661/.
george francis was born in june 1896. that means he was 18 years old when jesus returned "invisibly" in 1914. he was 22 when judge rutherford first gave the lecture titled "millions now living will never die.
" he was 24 when the watchtower society published the famous booklet of the same name and began the heralded "millions campaign.".
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eyeslice
I remember how we still hung on to the 1914 generation well into the 90's. I remember pointing out the fact that Vaso Cubrilovic (After World War II, Vaso Cubrilovic served as Minister of Forests in Yugoslavia's government. He died in 1990, the last surviving participant in the conspiracy to assassinate the Archduke. - wikopedia) was still alive as being proof we were still in the 1914 generation.
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New "United in Worship" book leaves out chapter on blood! Why?
by Witness 007 inbefore baptism this was the second more doctrinal book that had to be studied.. 1980 united in worship chapter 19 "what does the mosaic law mean to you?.
chapter 20 "life and blood do you treat them as sacred?.
2002 worship the true god.
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eyeslice
The new book is just further proof of the dumbing that is going on.
Besides the ommission of any specific about, there is virtually nothing said about 1914.
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Suggestions for material for family study night?
by eyeslice inmrs eyeslice has an extra evening off due to the new meeting arrangement now.. .
given the extra night is supposed to be for a family study night; any suggestions as to what we could study together?
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Mrs Eyeslice has an extra evening off due to the new meeting arrangement now.
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How is Your Life Going ? What do you Hope to Accomplish in 2009 ?
by flipper inso how are things going for you folks ?
times are tough economically for sure for lots of people.
things going well for you otherwise in your life ?
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eyeslice
How is Your Life Going ? - fine
What do you Hope to Accomplish in 2009 - keep things together but somehow I thing 2009 is going to be hard