Posts by irondork

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Respect for life - feels funny

by irondork in

i had to have a medical procedure done yesterday that had the potential for blood loss.

everything went fine.

but in preparation for the surgery i was asked, "in the event there is significant bleeding would you have any objection to a blood transfusion?".

irondork

I had to have a medical procedure done yesterday that had the potential for blood loss. Everything went fine. But in preparation for the surgery I was asked, "In the event there is significant bleeding would you have any objection to a blood transfusion?"

I said no.

..... and that word hung in the air ... I said... {{{{no}}}}

I felt weird. Not bad weird... just odd weird. What a peculiar people we are that we find the sensation of having enough respect for life that we would act to preserve it as a landmark moment.

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How much have you changed as a person ?

by Phizzy in

jw
friends

i was a born-in, and in for over five decades.

in the comparatively short time since leaving the wt for good, for good in both senses !

, i feel i have become a very different person, in quite radical ways.. how do you feel you have changed ?.

irondork

I feel calm now.

I still have a zillion questions, doubts, puzzles to solve. But I can enjoy the process because I don't feel I NEED TO GET THERE NOW! I'm not in a scramble to get it studied, or prepare what I'm going to say about it, or keep track of my time sharing it. I'm free to not know - and the not knowing is not bothersome. It was refreshing to discover that research could include information from more than one source.

Mostly, I am delighted that I can "keep on the watch" without having to be in panic-mode.

I feel calm now.

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Will the children & babies of Sodom be resurrected?

by Think About It in

most of us know the 1/2 dozen or so flip flops the wts has had on whether or not the people of sodom would be resurrected.

currently, i believe the "newest light" is no, but has the wts said anything concerning a resurrection for their children & babies?

if the sodom children & babies receive no resurrection, that would seem a bit unfair when the wts is willing to claim resurrection for jw pedophile sodomizers.

irondork

Sodomites can't have babies! Everyone knows that was a city of homosexuals! There was no begatting going on!

Sheesh!

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Jesus never started his ministry untill he was 30 years of age ! What should that tell us ?

by smiddy in

jw
friends

while this always bothered me ,i still wanted my 2 boys to be baptised as soon as practical so they would survive the big a or else get a resurrection into the new system of things.thats how indoctrinated i was.both my boys were baptised in their early to mid teens.neither have ever been disfellowshipped or disassociated themselves ,however both have nothing to do with the religion today.

(thankfully ) .

how many family lives have been ruined because children/minors have been baptised at a young age and in the majority of cases have committed trivial offences against watchtower policys/rules .sometimes with tragic consequences .. teenagers have a difficult enough time as it is dealing with changes to their bodies and coping with new emotions as they transform from boys to manhood and from girls to womanhood .. here in australia you cant get a car license and drive on your own till your 18 yrs old ,vote at elections , or drink alcohol at a pub.and many people will argue,that is too young to start doing those things as they are not mature enough .. yet the wtb&ts / jehovahs witnesses put life and death matters in the hands of minors / children ,as regards the use of blood and blood products ,fractions of blood ,what is currently acceptible ,and what is not.. an adult witness would find it hard to keep up with what is current and what is not current in the ever changing policy regarding the blood issue ,let alone a minor/teen who is expected to make a life or death decision at a critical time.. a teenager /minor does not have that capacity to make such an enormous decision about life or death ,when the wtb&ts acknowledge they often fail to make right decisions in trivial matters ,hence the disfellowshipping of thousands for trivial rules imposed by the governing body ,man made rules at that .no birthday celebrations,no smoking,no associating with a disfellowshipped baptised witness,no questioning what the governing body has said,accepting a blood transfusion,formerly a disfellowshipping offence , now stated ,you disassociated yourself from jehovahs witness teachings so you disfellowshipped yourself .

irondork

I was thinking about this topic recently.

km 3/90 Continuing Our Ministry Without Letup p.1 par. 2

It was our Leader and Exemplar, Jesus Christ, who gave the command to make disciples.

Yes, but how old was he when he did that?

The fact that they push child baptisms and even judge the spirituality of the parents based on wether or not their teenager is baptised is more evidence that the WTS only pays lip service to the notion that Christ is their "leader and examplar."

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"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant...?" - NEW ARTICLE

by EdenOne in

just wanting to let you know that i've published a new article on my website.. it's called "who, then, is the faithful and wise servant...?".

given the recent controversy about the "new light" of the wts / jw's about the subject, i decided to look deeper into it and came up with a surprising (even for me) conclusion.. i hope you enjoy.. eden.

irondork

Where do you get the idea that I'm a "she" ??

Apparently from the wrong side of the wooden nickel I tossed.

Please accept my apology.

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"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant...?" - NEW ARTICLE

by EdenOne in

just wanting to let you know that i've published a new article on my website.. it's called "who, then, is the faithful and wise servant...?".

given the recent controversy about the "new light" of the wts / jw's about the subject, i decided to look deeper into it and came up with a surprising (even for me) conclusion.. i hope you enjoy.. eden.

irondork

Duplicate! Duplicate!

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"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant...?" - NEW ARTICLE

by EdenOne in

just wanting to let you know that i've published a new article on my website.. it's called "who, then, is the faithful and wise servant...?".

given the recent controversy about the "new light" of the wts / jw's about the subject, i decided to look deeper into it and came up with a surprising (even for me) conclusion.. i hope you enjoy.. eden.

irondork

Nice!

I like how you broke that down.

When you began presenting it as a prophetic parable I thought, "Uh-oh. Where is she going with this?"

This is a nice piece of work.

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HOW to accept counsel and criticism from an Elder

by Terry in

there is a catch-22 that can trip you up at the local kingdom hall.. .

if you receive "counsel" from an elder about any behavior at all and you "resist" or question the counsel you can be accused of having a "spirit of rebellion".. .

so, you have to either shut up and comply (with even the most ludicrous and ill-founded suggestions) or answer back and be chastised and "marked".. .

irondork

For why should it be that my freedom is judged by another person’s conscience? - Paul

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Jeessuuus Gives up trying to Change Gays

by fulltimestudent in

exodus international has been trying to change gays for more than 30 years.

they now admit that they cant, and have apologised for the harm they have caused.

exodus created a big industry in so-called 'conversion therapy,' all the time insisting that they were god's instrument for the salvation of gays and that they had had successes.

irondork

Too little... too late.

Too many lives destroyed. Too much blood dripping from their hands.

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Brilliant video catches Governing Body red-handed ignoring their own "name-calling" warnings

by cedars in

here it is.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4sednn9nli.

.

cedars.

irondork

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