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Blood transfusion is forbidden.

I always try to be be polite about it. (I used to hate rudeness when I went door-to-door in TWI.) You could try a little white lie, though, such as telling them you're feeling weak from your recent blood donation.

It's one thing to be an arrogant know it all and another to be arrogant and think no one knows anything including one's self except for what is arrogantly posted as if it means something to anyone. That's not the only 2 ways to do it either.

I’m getting to her testimony but dear baby Jesus on a pogo stick they have more “woke” labels starting out that podcast than I can even concentrate on. Hopefully that won’t obscure her message. Well she seems to talk all around the topic as opposed to addressing the commonly held definitions of Christianity. Jesus and John Wayne seems to attack the male image in religion - the topic seems more “wokism” than “faith” regardless of the truth of male dominated organizations. I agree with her sentiments on feeling the need to prove her background and views especially labels like “Calvinist”. Christianity to me is from the heart and judged by God not some kind of 90 page questionnaire checking boxes on aligned theology. She has good advice on having a thick skin if you are going to explore your faith in an online community. Lol. Christianity with a non Fundamentalist view is very different to all of us raised in Fundamentalist teachings. We expect an exact answer to everything when that is not realistic and is not life. She talks about her circle of influence and keeping them valuable and positive. She talks about her church - Reformed Christian not Evangelical Christian - that can help differentiate and navigate common modern organizations. She has her niche and her circle of friends. That is good. I get really lost trying to place her inner faith message with all of the modern and woke labels and descriptions. Accepting variances of views in other Christians while still working with them praying with them interacting and doing ministry work with them to me is the crux of all the teachings on one body of Christ which TWI has missed for decades generations and most of their lifetimes.

Yes. But of course.. and I have to admit it. I have the attention span of a five year old at times.. give me a long video and I will miss the whole point.

Just me. Kristen has way to words for me to sort through. I prefer the short answer. Not hostile here.. just too much to listen to. I will accept the declaration of faith.. don't need a whole heck of a lot of justification. I'll take you at your (hopefully shorter) word for it.. don't need a whole another epistle to sort through.. I would prefer dialogue.