If the person believes it has merit with their whole heart then it does not matter how ridiculus the belief or practice. I would have suggested you tell her about the organ transplants and blood fractions but shes ill and does not need that drama. Also she would have made an excuse for those cases no matter what. It is a good thing you did not speak but perhaps you could have got her thinking. But when a person is sick or disabled and it has something to do with their religion, it makes them even more unsusceptible to their beliefs. I guess that is because they truly believe God wants them to not take blood because they were indoctrinated to accept that in the first place. Very inane and maybe even dismal.
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Interesting conversation today with a very sick JW
by joe134cd ini was talking to a jw friend of mine who is going for tests to see if she needs evasive surgery.
she was describing to me the look on the surgeons face when she told him she won't except blood.
i just felt sorry for her.
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How would YOU like to die - At home with your family, or in Hospital with Strangers
by fulltimestudent ina big decision no one wants to make, but would you have a preference?.
and, i guess it may depend on what kind of relationship you have with your family.. .
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My father told me once that a man is supposed to die with the people who he loves. So i would want to die with them.
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Awake! February 2015
by wifibandit inhttp://imgur.com/a/uqoxc.
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pg.9 should have the title: "victim blaming, not just for sexual crime now!".
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yes and no
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Cult books for JWS
by In_between_days ini recently purchased "combatting cult mind control" the book by steve hassen and found it very enlightening.
upon the conclusion of that book i did realise once and for all that i was indeed a victim of mind control and that the organisation of jehovahs witnesses certainly qualifies as a "destructive cult" the book was of special interest to me, beacuse it was not written by an ex jw , but by an ex moonie, thus the information is not biased, being particularly written for ex jws.
the similarities of the dubs and the moonies are quite eerie, although there are some differences.
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If your family does read it they will definitly excuse their religion with what the book is talking about. I think in the Jw mind, it is impossible for them to associate any wrongness or convealed acts with their organization. They believe their religion can do no wrong at all even if the mind control book clearly states something that the jw Organization does. It would almost be like they are blind.
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jw.org says "be your own person"
by hoser inon jw.org.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/.
it says be your own person at 0:53. .
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looter
Oh yeah you're right. well the watchtower then. at least the study edition would not have those type of comments
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next thing you know, they will want everyone to buy their own specially approved computer machine. Roku is just the beginning
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jw.org says "be your own person"
by hoser inon jw.org.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/.
it says be your own person at 0:53. .
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b&s you'll never see anything like that in their magazines
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do religious believers have too many privileges
by WildeLover ini am sure that jws will use this as an impending sign that the beast will turn on babylon and ban all religions.
it will feed thier persecution complex quite a lot!.
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/do-religious-believers-have-too-many-privileges.
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looter
The watchtower is still part of the ankle since they have covered their alliance up!
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↑ very clever
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Your favourite WTS publication?
by LoveUniHateExams ini realise that starting this thread may make me as popular as a ginger stepchild but was there any wts publication that you liked, or at least comfortably tolerated?.
my memory may be deceiving me but i think the greatest man book was pretty good, leaving out the gruesome detail of the crucifixtion and wts doctrine.. also, can anyone tell me the list of books that ray franz authored/co-authored?.
thanks.
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Really liked the creation book and isaiah's Prophecy, the second one. Now that i know everything i know, it is kind of hard to really like anything they print. I mean, i could realize that whatever book is clever at their true motivation but of course not admire it like I once did. But I'm sure that is the case with almost everyone here.