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Cord blood
by M.J. insaving cord blood is on the rise, with legislation in many states to support public banking.
too bad the wts is against cord blood transplants: *** w97 2/1 p. 29 questions from readers ***.
if there is very good reason to believe that such a practice is followed in the hospital where a christian will give birth, it would be proper simply to direct the physician that the placenta and the umbilical cord should be disposed of, not used in any way.. interesting fact from the story below: umbilical cord blood is less likely to contain infectious diseases than bone marrow, and the immune cells from donated cord blood are less likely to attack the patient.
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Revelation Climax bookstudy week 1: Ch 1, paragraphs 1-9
by M.J. ingoing to the bookstudy tonight .
hope you guys can help me get through this bookstudy over the next several months at least.... here's tonight's reading:.
revelationitshappyclimax!.
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Bible Teach: Baptism does not indicate dedication to an organization
by M.J. infrom "what does the bible really teach?
", p. 18 (emphasis mine).
*** bh chap.
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JWs in Field Service Today--Christmas.
by M.J. ini guess the local kh is doing a special field service outing today, which my wife will be a part of...on christmas morning.
i think this is intrusive and disrespectful.. did any of you do fs on christmas?.
is this a common thing among jws?
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Who is Azazel?
by M.J. in(leviticus 16:7-10) 7 "and he must take the two goats and make them stand before jehovah at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8 and aaron must draw lots over the two goats, the one lot for jehovah and the other lot for aza zel.
9 and aaron must present the goat over which the lot came up for jehovah, and he must make it a sin offering.
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2 Pet. 3:10 "earth and the works in it will be discovered"?? or burned up?
by M.J. inhere's the nwt rendering of the verse:.
(2 peter 3:10) 10 yet jehovahs day will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a hissing noise, but the elements being intensely hot will be dissolved, and earth and the works in it will be discovered.. other translations say the earth will "burn up".. nkj: but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.. ylt: and it will come -- the day of the lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.. same goes for every other translation i've found.. the word in question, katakaio according to the lexicons i've seen only point to the meaning of: burn & consume by fire.. where did the nwt get "discovered" from?.
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JWs in North Korea?
by M.J. ini can't seem to find any links to the annual report released earlier this year.
just wondering how many jws are in north korea.
it's a very oppressive place and must be very difficult for any kind of evangelizing activity.. here's an article i found about missionaries in n. korea: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/international/asia/19missionary.html?ex=1292648400&en=1735f2f1e2d4ad24&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss.
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Matt 22:23-30--no sex for resurrected ones?
by M.J. inthe wts promotes the idea that in the "new system" members of the great crowd, who are not resurrected, will be able to marry and have children.. but what about those that are resurrected?.
does the wts apply matt 22:23-30 to people resurrected on earth?
(the passage is obviously applied to people who were pre-new covenant).
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Another woman dies due to blood doctrine
by M.J. in.
i heard a woman from the rochester, michigan congregation has died by obstetric hemorrhage after delivery of her first child.. this is all that was relayed to me.. so heartbreaking
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Is the Organization an "Engraved Image"?
by M.J. in.
isaiah 42:8. i am yahweh, that is my name; and my glory will i not give to another, neither my praise to engraved images..