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  HIV tainted blood after 9/11/01?

  by DIM in

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  last night at meeting, the circuit overseer said in his talk "and there has even been talk of hiv / aids tainted blood that has slipped through the screening process in the aftermath of the world trade center bombing, contaminating the survivors of the tragedy.

  can you imagine, surviving the world trade center bombing, then finding out you have contracted hiv?

  " he made no references to any newspapers or where he got this information from.

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  I haven't personally heard anything about Hiv tainted blood getting into the blood supply since 9/11 but I have heard stories of people going to donate blood for the first time and later after their blood was tested finding out they had Hiv.This makes much more sense with what I have seen when donating blood.

  Red Cross requires you to agree to have your blood tested for Hiv and hepititis before you donate here. Then you fill out a form and answer questions that feret out if you are at risk, then you put a sticker on the form in private that tells them if you want your blood used or not just in case you were too imbarrased to tell the truth on the form ,then your blood is tested anyway no matter what your answer is.

  Also I have found this interesting,They informed me in the literature that I had to read ahead of time that my blood would be seperated into three components if found useable.The Red cross may do it differently in other areas but this is the way it is here.

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  Do You Possess The "flag" In Your Life?

  by silentlambs in

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  i recently watched a movie about a struggle for survival.

  the story was set in a military prison where a recently incarcerated general led an uprising against a cruel and murderous colonel who happened to be the warden of the prison.

  the general on newly arriving wanted nothing to do with dissidents saying he had fought all the wars he wanted to.

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  the voice of silence has spoken

  by msil in

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  Msil,
  Hi,
  Hope your doing well today.

  I'm not sure if I know what your trying to say here but I sometimes think it's best to stay silent and let idiots make fools of themselves.

  Sometimes silence is more powerful than opposing oppinions.
  I'll call it "The give em enough rope and they'll hang themselves"
  approach.

  I guess I'm trying to say there's more than one way of handeling things we don't agree with.

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  Sacrifices of spouses/families of exJW teachers

  by Esmeralda in

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  i have tears in my eyes now after reading jukief's posts about the sacrifices that alan has made to teach us all so much.

  i remember when i made my first tentative post almost 2 years ago on h2o asking questions about custody issues and jw spouses.

  alan was the first person who answered my inquiries, offering references for me to look at.

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  My husband and I both expend alot of time in this ex JW business also.
  There are times that I get sick of it all and move on for awhile.
  When I move on and my husband is still going full steam ahead I sometimes feel angry and jealous.The same happens when the reverse happens.But we still have this in common no matter what and I see that it is not the same with our children.
  They are wanting to leave it all in the past and they can't figure out why we can't.
  I try to explain but it's still hard for them at times.
  We both have to work hard to strike a balance not neglecting one another or the children.
  We are no perfect but all we can do is try.

  I hope our kids are succesful in leaving this all behind and not have this need that we do(I don't know what to call it).I am enjoying introducing them to new experiences, it's good for them and me.

  We just gotta do our best not to loose what's most important to us over all of this.

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  Wanna Study?

  by messenger in

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  from flordia international university.

  jehovah's witnesses campus bible study.

  president: tomas crespo jr. (305)255-8677. advisor: nydia johnson (305)348-2742. mission statement:.

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  MISSION STATEMENT:
  The purpose of Jehovah's Witnesses Campus Bible Study is to provide an opportunity to participate in an organized, comprehensive study of the Bible. Our intent is to supply a weekly dose of Bible education to supplement our academic studies on campus. A topical approach will usually be used, but opportunity for in-depth research and discussion of current events in relation to the Bible will also be afforded. All interested persons are welcome to attend.

  It should read something like this,

  Mission Statement
  The puorpose of Jehovah's Witnesess Campus Bible Study is to provide us with an opportunity to convert you to our religion.
  This will be a controlled shallow study full of random scriptures provided to us in WT literature.Our intent is to supply a weekly dose of mind numbing, brain cell killing repitions to supplinent our worldly college education.
  A topical aproach will usually be used but we choose the topics, which reasearch materal will be used and we reserve the right to refuse to discuss anything we don't want to.
  Total control of study sessions remain with your JW conducter at all times.If you can't agree with these terms,
  STUDY IS CANCELLED!
  Thanks for your interest.

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  For the Lurkers: The Kindness of "Strange...

  by Esmeralda in

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  if you've been reading and feeling badly about the posts of the last 2 days, don't let it damage your faith in the kindness of people, jw, "worldly" or "apostate".

  there are good folks in all three catagories.. don't let it chase you away from asking questions, doing research, seeking support, doing whatever it takes to come to decisions that you can live with regarding your faith.

  whether those conclusions are to stay in the organization or leave it.

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  If lurkers don't like what they are seeing at present they can also
  do searches on topics of interest and go back through hundreds of pages full of great stuff.

  Also you can click on the little piece of paper icon of your favorite posters contained in their profiles and see every thread they have written.
  No matter what's going on,there's plenty of wonderful info at their fingertips.

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  What would a meeting be like if.....

  by roybatty in

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  everyone on jw.com were jws and attended the same congregation.

  now, i'm not saying that we'd follow brooklyn's rules (how boring).

  instead what would it be like jw.com style.

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  If Fred Hall ever made it to the stage booing would definitly be allowed!

  But it's doubtful he would ever make it to the stage because Alf would be chasing him all over the place.
  Also if you let Fred handle mics they must be cordless for the very same reason as stated above!

  We wouldn't want court cases from people being tripped so we may have to consider putting Fred and Alf in cages.

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  What would a meeting be like if.....

  by roybatty in

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  everyone on jw.com were jws and attended the same congregation.

  now, i'm not saying that we'd follow brooklyn's rules (how boring).

  instead what would it be like jw.com style.

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  We would probably need to set up a second school for the easily offended.
  It also can be used to put those who are party poopers!

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  What would a meeting be like if.....

  by roybatty in

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  everyone on jw.com were jws and attended the same congregation.

  now, i'm not saying that we'd follow brooklyn's rules (how boring).

  instead what would it be like jw.com style.

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  Roy,
  LOL,
  Well let’s just put it this way, no one would fall asleep of boredom because it would be a real life free-for-all complete with Agnostics, Pagans, Fundies, Christians,
  Orgies, sex, drugs, alchohol, music, dancing, and much more!

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  Giving liberals the 'boot'

  by Rex B13 in

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  see no evil.

  bill o'reily--------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

  berkeley, calif. america's most liberal city has come through again.

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  I understand that the slogan "God Bless America" is said to be mainly a patriotic statement and not really meant to be taken that Americans think they deserve Gods blessing more than any other country.But that's what it sounds like to other countries.

  The statement I believe is meant to help the country pull together and feel more like a family. Comforted and secure.

  But I still don't feel comfortable with it personally.
  First I don't believe in an interactive God and second even If I did it sounds selfish to ask God to bless my country when it would be just as easy to ask him to bless and protect the entire planet.

  I think we should have learned along time ago that our welfare and security is dependent on the stability of the whole world.

  Just my opinions though.

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