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Murmurings in my congregation
by stichione ini just had a startling conversation with a brother in my congregation at today's meeting.
he asked me if i had read the two study articles of the june 15th 2004 watchtower magazine on blood transfusions, particularly the banned and not-banned blood products.
he told me he found it absolutely idiotic the way the argumentation for banning some blood products and not others was presented.
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Leave it in Gods hands
by ball. ini just read in a post by sandy that a witness used this statement: "leave it in gods hands", and i just realised that witnesses say this all the time.
but what complete crap it is!
what if we all walked round saying that about everything, never take responsibility for anything.
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year 2010?
by the mole inok all of you have you heard anything of the date 2010?
a couple of friends came over and drank some beers with me during a sac kings game and one of them whose brother just returned from bethel spoke to jim about the year 2010 as a possible time of the end..our conversation started because of some pbs commercial of the aztec calander ending in 2010, it sparked my friend jim to comment about it during the post game show... my other friends began talking about it also...i guess i have lack of faith i stuck with the notion it was a farse.
do all of you think it is true the org has captured another date to focus on to keep the members busy?
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aftermath, two days later
by the mole inupdate.... this uncle in question is my uncle frank from the del paso hieghts congregation in sacto..he is the one whose daughter died from drinking and drugs that i wrote about a while back...the reason he called was to get my dad out for some golf but he ended up questioning me... he told my dad the other day that he and my uncle sam are not comfortable associating with me because of my questions about the org and my lack of attendance.....i told my dad the questions my uncle asked and it made him furious then i threw some questions to my dad to repeat to my uncles..especially for my uncle sam in the pollock pines hall.....i said, "when was the last time uncle sam has called me?
never...........when has he seen my new home?
never..........and last question, when has he ever picked up my kids to go fishing, camping or to the meetings?
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the aftermath
by the mole inmy uncle called for my dad and wanted to know why he stopped attending meetings, he then asked me what hall im attending.
first i told him my dad could only answer why he does what he does and then i told him i had difficulty with alot of teachings that are curious.
after talking for awhile i asked him why if the magazines are a tool for bible understanding then why is it that so many take it as bible truth?
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a didnt go
by the mole indid i excercise my right to freedom or took another step of denying my family to see their kin?
my mom this morning and asked why i didnt go to my sister and see my uncle give his first hour talk?
i told her my son had karate class and we were too tired to drive for an hour to my sister..mom gave me her disappointment advice to me..i explained to the kids why i didnt feel right about going and my 16 yr old daughter said she understood.
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should i go?
by the mole inmy sister called me and asked if my family would go to her house for lunch and attend a special talk given by another family member that morning.
she is making sort of a party of it and she asked me to attend.
i dont know what to do?
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HELP! How do you answer the Elders without incriminating yourself?
by stichione ini?m due soon for a shepherding call from my congregation elders for a variety of reasons: being irregular in service, s poradically attending meetings, and o h yes, writing in a letter to the society asking for clarifications on the blood ban.
i?m sure that one question that they will be asking me is: d
o you believe that jehovah is using the organization as his only approved channel of communication?
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pioneer or puds?
by the mole in***the mole*** i have to say here is another example of my family and the jw's ignorance..i was in desperate need of a tempory car while mine was in the shop.
my engine blew and i needed wheels to get to work and pick up my kids from school.
my uncle was selling his ford granada so i approached him and asked him to sell it to me and he gave me a price of $1200.
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my first birthday party in years
by the mole in***the mole**** hi everyone, here is another story of my family and the jw's thinking.
my party started off for my coworkers since we may be laid off real soon with the cingular buyout.
all my friends were all for the party.