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  1. Anna
    My cousin, a non Witness, studied medicine. She never got her doctor's license because she decided to sell drugs instead. By that I mean pharmaceuticals. She told me that many people do not realize how risky blood transfusions are and that she would never have one herself. But of course as Witnesses that is not our reason for not accepting blood transfusions. I am aware that there are lots of other views on what "abstaining from blood" means. Personally, I think that all of it should be a conscience matter. I don't normally comment on the open forum, so this is all I am going to say about it.
  2. Anna
    Sure, but we are interested in how Jesus' disciples understood what blood meant, when they said to abstain from it.
  3. Anna
    In Bible times there was only whole blood. In modern times blood can be separated into 4 components and then these 4 components can be further separated into fractions. The question was: when is blood no longer blood? A line had to be drawn somewhere, and so the line was drawn at minor fractions because it was deemed that although derived from blood, it was no longer blood. The doctrinal position comes from that premise. P.S. I honestly don't know why the line wasn't drawn at only 2 main components: red blood cells and platelets, as these two components are only found in blood. The other two, plasma and white blood cells are also found elsewhere in the body.
  4. Anna
    The premise is that fractions of the 4 major components of blood may be regarded as being no blood. So if someone accepts a transfusion of these fractions it is not regarded as a blood transfusion. On the other hand having a transfusion of whole blood or it's 4 major components is considered as breaking God's law and therefore is deemed a disfellowshiping offense, unless the recipient of the transfusion has acted under duress and is repentant.
  5. Anna
    It looks like his posts have been removed from this thread. So now my pointing forefinger to his post makes no sense because it's gone, lol. He's obviously annoyed the Librarian again.
  6. Anna
    And this is why ☝️ I rarely visit this club. I wonder how many monikers Allen has had since joining. It must be a record by now.
  7. Anna
    Oh, so it looks like it's Allen up to his usual tricks again, under yet another name, to add to his other numerous names that I can't keep track of. I don't normally come on the open club, but I was notified of Xero's comment.
  8. Anna
    Who did that?
  9. Anna
    I have the book but I haven't read it yet....but the title itself "No greater love" tells me that this is referring to one specific group of people, and I am sure he is not referring to non witnesses as that one group.
  10. Anna
    Protesting the mistreatment of all religions or people would be more of a political involvement than protesting the mistreatment of your "own people" your "spiritual family". Also, they are only protesting the mistreatment because it's clearly unjustified. They are not trying to change the government.
  11. Anna
    I know, this is an indication of his delusional importance. He probably felt underappreciated, and then the nail in the coffin was when he got warned about it by the elders.
  12. Anna
    I hazard a guess, but his book was probably the reason for his disfellowshipping. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1915852889/ref=redir_mobile_desktop/143-8026614-4687531?_encoding=UTF8&language=de&qid=1674059227&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=8-1
  13. Anna
    This seems to be the guy: https://philippfusz.com/about-me/ If it is him, then it looks like he was mentally unhinged, with delusions of grandeur.
  14. Anna
    Some more information here from SKY news: https://news.sky.com/story/hamburg-shooting-unborn-baby-among-those-killed-at-jehovahs-witness-building-12830180
  15. Anna
    I have inserted the perpetrators name, a Philipp Fusz 35 years old. There is more information about this guy where this came from but I will have to translate it from German first.
  16. Anna
    I have just read a "report" and have no idea of its accuracy. Anyway, apparently that night of the midweek service meeting it was announced that Mr. Philipp Fusz (35) no longer one of JWs. During the prayer, Fusz left the KH, went to his car to retrieve a gun and started randomly shooting into the auditorium through an open window that was behind the podium. (The window is apparently opened after the meeting to allow for fresh air). He emptied one magazine and then after putting a new one in he climbed through the window and emptied that one too. It was 9:15 when the police smashed the glass in the entrance door and entered the KH. The shooter ran up the stairs to the second floor where he shot himself.
  17. Anna
    Correct. The real discussions are going on in the closed club.
  18. Anna
    Gulp. No wonder they've got no time to read my stuff
  19. Anna
    I have found someone else who is contradicting this. Fauci: recent paper doesn’t suggest COVID vaccines ineffective | AP News https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-covid-mRNA-vaccine-fauci-387418337013
  20. Anna
    Aren't they just. I won't be able to look at discussions about apostates in the same way anymore....
  21. Anna
    No, it just means he's Noisy Raclette now.
  22. Anna
    Most living creatures, including humans will do anything to stay alive. That is how Jehovah made us. No human in their right mind wants to kill themselves. That's a fact. Satan recognized this and tried to use this fact against Jehovah: But Satan answered Jehovah: “Skin for skin. A man will give everything that he has for his life" Job 2:4 So when a person goes against his instinct and ends their own life, you know this is not normal. Dying a sacrificial death for the greater good is not suicide though. We are told we should be willing to lay down our life for our brother. . If I take a bullet by deliberatelly jumping between the shooter and my son, and I die, I did not commit suicide. I was trying to save my son. Jesus was saving mankind, Samson was saving the Israelites. Suicide is an act by one's own hand, usually not for anyone's benefit, it is not usually a heroic act. Some in fact say it's a selfish act. I would be afraid to judge it quite that way because honestly, the mental state can be so harrowing that the person probably just wants peace. He sees no other way out. There must be all kinds of reasons for taking ones life and we should be ashamed to dare to judge that person. It is entirely Jehovah's business. He knows the person inside out, he knows their heart. He knows there is something horribly wrong with a person's mental state if they go against their God given instinct of self preservation....apparently for nothing.
  23. Anna
    Could one argue that the pillars killed him?
  24. Anna
    I really don't see the point of discussing whether suicide is a sin or not.
  25. Anna
    A person committing suicide is not thinking rationally.
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