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waysider

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  1. Blood transfusion is forbidden.
  2. 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.
  3. This pretty much describes every at-the-door encounter I've ever had with JW's. It's purely anecdotal and proves nothing, of course, but you posed the question.
  4. Well then, let's have a hot dog and a beer.
  5. Well, the new week is almost here. Just remember...too much business is wrong for you.
  6. Sad paper courtesan They found him just a man.
  7. Lovely to see you again my friend...
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    Dear Friends

    Do you deliver in the hills?
  9. Farewell the temple master’s bells His kiosk and his black worm seed Courtship solely of his word With Eden guaranteed.
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    waysider

    I can't find my way to messages on this phone. Thank you to those who sent me messages.
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    waysider

    Slowly making my way back.
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    waysider

    Hi everyone. This is waysider. Been a while since I posted. Had an accident on the interstate. I'll be back eventually. Drive safely please. Pay attention in construction zones, please.
  13. Wierwille gave us examples of how he "practiced" discerning of spirits. Was that a veiled invitation to try it ourselves? Well, at the time, it seemed to be. That's my answer to the question regarding D.O.S. excellor sessions. Now, regarding retemories and how such things relate to the discussion of freewill: We were advised to disregard our own thoughts and emotions and replace them with thoughts that had been prescribed for us. We made decisions and behaved in ways we might have otherwise decided against.
  14. Yes. The current tangent spun off a post I made yesterday. Posted yesterday at 11:01 AM Does anyone else remember being taught (Advanced Class or Dealing With The Adversary, perhaps?) that the subconscious is a fallacy? Something about everything really being spiritual background noise or ...something. I think that was proposed as part of the idea behind throwing retemories at undesired thoughts, "keeping the birds from nesting where they land". We were supposed to be the ones who made the decision which thoughts to entertain and which to discard. Somehow, 50 years of life experiences have clouded the details for me. The key element relating to free will thought and behavior was this: "We were supposed to be the ones who made the decision which thoughts to entertain and which to discard."
  15. Interestingly enough, the answer is yes (sort of). Believers used to go to public places, such as malls and fairs and parks, and try to discern the spirits in the people around them. Wierwille indirectly promoted this by his tales of trips to the race track to pick winners and his supposed ability to see black hearts for seed of the serpent and white hearts for holy spirit.
  16. The crux of the issue here is not whether cancer is spirit possession or is not spirit possession. The heart of the matter is whether Wierwille made the claim or didn't. Clearly, he did. No supporting statements are needed. It's on page 22 of the Advanced Class syllabus.
  17. Did you not read what I just posted mere minutes ago?
  18. Tell me cancer is a devil spirit without telling me cancer is a devil spirit. Advanced Class, page 22 "They *(devil spirits)* lodge in your physical body - as diseases that have a life of their own." *Parentheses* added for clarity
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    Love

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