Posts by konceptual99

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Is the end of Watchtowers hated No Blood doctrine in sight?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i won't pretend to know things that i don't but just look at the incredible rate of change we've witnessed recently.

it seems that since candace conti and the australian royal commission the watchtower are scrabbling around to shore up their finances in the face of unprecedented legal action against them.. abuse settlement claims are one thing but what happens when children die as a result of your religious teachings?!

you can bet wt legal are arguing for a complete rewrite of policy to protect the organisation from litigation.. do you think their religious privilege will protect them forever?
konceptual99

I came straight out a while back and said to a friend on mine who is on a HLC in the UK that it seemed like there was far more leniency towards accepting blood, that there was seemingly lots of avocation of treatments and that I could see the organisation perhaps making blood transfusions a non-sanctioned conscience issue.
He almost fell off his chair in shock.
He strongly denied that any of my comments had any basis in fact. He said that they were very careful not to impose anything on the conscience of individuals however he did concede that it was frustrating when a Witness refused certain treatments that many others readily accept. He said that people were regularly getting disciplined for accepting blood. Interestingly it seems that when considering a person's plea of repentance they would take a major steer on if the person had a up to date medical alert card and had it on them or took other precautions when going in for surgery.
He said there was zero watering down of the stance and that there was just as much emphasis on keeping a clean conscience about the use of blood as there ever was.
Sit down and STFU basically.
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Our son becomes a teenager today it's also our 27th Anniversary
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
happy birthday to our son kessan, i hope he doesn't do this to us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dluey6jn6gy.
konceptual99

Nice one all-round CL. Good to see Harry Enfield and Kevin again. Congrats on the anniversary!
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Light Getting Brighter
by awokenjw in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hello, maybe someone on here can make some sense out of this:.

one of the reasons why jws are so quick to believe any changes from the gb is that they believe the light is getting brighter.

now there have been some teachings that to my knowledge changed at one point but then were reverted back to the original teaching.
konceptual99

If you want a proper example of the "light getting brighter" then you can do no better than look at the scientific method.
It is very rare nowadays for something to come along that completely changes an existing theory. So much is verified and peer reviewed that new information simply adds more detail, exposes something previously unknown or verifies a prediction that previously could not be proven.
If you were to take something like gravity or general relativity and go back through the evolution of our current understanding you will find it like the layers of an onion, each modification building on previous knowledge. There will be an "eureka" moment where it burst onto the scene and wiped out some superstitious teaching (usually dogmatically supported by the Church) but after then it's about increasing knowledge not flip-flops, u-turns, complete change to understanding.
The way we understand the world around us through science is a true analogy for the light getting brighter. The changing doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses with contradictory teachings replacing previously establish "truths" is the shite getting shite-er
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139th Gilead Graduation Videos
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the gilead graduate videos are now up on jw org tv.

they've outdone themselves this time by presenting 3 videos.

i didn't listen to it all but here is a little summary of them.. losch's talk about spiritual richness.
konceptual99

Average age 40 ish. Not sure what the stats are but this is higher than I remember (early to mid 30's) so does this mean less young people are interested in becoming a missionary in their own country....
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139th Gilead Graduation Videos
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the gilead graduate videos are now up on jw org tv.

they've outdone themselves this time by presenting 3 videos.

i didn't listen to it all but here is a little summary of them.. losch's talk about spiritual richness.
konceptual99

Yup- I just watched the handing out of the diplomas.
There were 33 assignments handed out.
29 were handed to 19 single people and 10 couples. All of these returned to their homelands.
4 assignments were handed out to 1 single brother and 3 couples.
The brother and one couple went to the US and the other two couples went to Serbia and Rwanda.
So how come the USA gets assigned missionaries? What about all these lands where the need is greater? Or is the need great in certain parts of the US?
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Watchtower Converts City Centre Office Block In Chelmsford UK
by Petraglyph in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the international property development corporation moves into chelmsford:.

jehovah's witnesses open 500k church in the heart of chelmsford.

"the new kingdom hall is a visible presence right in the city centre.".
konceptual99

I would not be surprised if the purchase and timeframe had something to do with Temple Farm. I would suggest the funds and commitment to do the job were linked to the Bethel development proceeding.
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Not on a WTS Cover - Famine Continues to Decline
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
that darn satan keeps confusing those horsies in apocalypse - they seem to be going in reverse.. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-hunger-calamitous-famine-eradicated-last-50-years.
konceptual99

It's not going to get worse don't you know? Were you not listening on Sunday?
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Hartlepool UK JW groomed girl for sex
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/crime/jehovah-s-witness-from-hartlepool-groomed-girl-for-sex-1-7504907.
konceptual99

I've sent you a PM Saltheart Foamfollower (love the Thomas Covenant reference btw) re the chiropractor. I'd only made the connection when you pointed it out.
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IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. entertainment
first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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and on we go!.
konceptual99

Someone else fancy throwing down the gauntlet?
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IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. entertainment
first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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and on we go!.
konceptual99

Knossos, Crete
Knew I'd seen that as well ;-)