Melinda Mills

Yes, soy milk is deadly - even for women.  The latest health craze..... but the lectins are very bad apart from the female hormones. The only soy which is acceptable is fermented soy.

You stated, " Acts 15:28,29. A blood transfusion uses blood for the same purpose that God intended, (as a life-giving agent in the bloodstream). Drinking blood is not God’s intended purpose for
blood." 
I am about to quote Hannah J Paul from Yahoo Answers! to show you how Acts 15:28, 29 shows why blood transfusions are unbiblical. She states:
This question was just asked and answered. Why ask it again? I’ll answer again as hopefully, will others. 
Humans want to live; life is a wondrous thing and barring very extreme circumstances (agonizing pain or deep depression), we want to hold on to it. Jehovah's Witnesses do not refuse blood transfusions because they are Jehovah's Witnesses. Catholics do not refuse to murder because they are Catholics do they? Witnesses refuse blood transfusions because we have aligned our perspective regarding the sanctity of blood and of life with God's view. In essence, this is the same reason we do not murder - we have the view of the sanctity of life that God has taught. 
Jehovah God elaborates respecting his view at Leviticus 17:11-12 and 14. In verse 11 God says "the life of the creature is in the blood and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves . . . it is the blood that makes atonement . . . that is why I have said to the Israelites, you must not eat the blood of any creature." [New International Version] Here he outlined the only acceptable use for blood: This of course was pointing to the greater atonement that the shed blood of Christ would make. God is the Giver of life, blood is the symbol of life. Both must be respected; any use must be within the Lifegiver's framework. Where in His framework is the allowance for the introduction of blood onto or into the body to sustain or extend life? Where in this framework can we find an exception for transfusions? 
Moreover, we read the command at Acts 15:28-29 to "abstain from . . .blood . . . and from sexual immorality." Notice the word "abstain." The meaning in the original Greek is the same as in our English: to keep oneself from, to withhold oneself from. For instance, here we are also commanded to keep ourselves from sexual immorality. The scripture is not focusing on whatever form the sexual immorality takes (and there are many), nor is it focusing on the effect of the sexual immorality. The scriptural command is to abstain from it. And so it is with blood. Some may see a marked difference between "eating" blood and taking a transfusion. But its form of delivery and its effect is not addressed by the scripture. If I refuse to eat blood through my mouth, yet I take it into my veins, can I truthfully say that I am abstaining from blood? 
It cannot be denied that those who want to help extend lives are exhibiting a loving attitude and such sincerity and concern is highly commendable. At John 10:34, Christ said that scripture cannot be nullified. This would include Acts 15:19, 20, 28, 29 and Acts 21:25 which clearly command Christians to "abstain," to "keep abstaining" and to "keep themselves" from blood. How can we be left with any other conclusion but that there is no way to accept a blood transfusion and at the same time, abstain from blood? 
There are many attempts to sustain or preserve life, yes; but every attempt is not acceptable to God. To illustrate, my next-door neighbor who has been convicted of murders in the past, has repeatedly made serious threats on my life. There is every reason to believe that, given the opportunity, he will carry out this threat. When he tries to do so, I defend my life, killing him in the process. We know this as self-defense. Now in that same scenario, instead of waiting for his attempt, I kill him first. In both instances, I took measures to sustain my life. But in the second instance, I am in the wrong because while I have every right to defend my life, I have no right to do so by carrying out a preemptive attack. What point am I trying to make? That although God gives us the right to sustain and preserve our lives, any and every method to do so is not acceptable to God. Applying that rationale to blood transfusions, I have every right to sustain and preserve my life and I am extremely grateful to the medical community which helps me do that. There is no doubt that oftentimes, blood transfusions help; there is also no doubt that oftentimes they don't, and sometimes they definitely harm. There is no need to doubt the medical professional's sincere desire to sustain and preserve life and that's what they are trained to do. But when such things as method, reasons, effect, and sincere desire to help are put aside, leaving only the fundamental act itself, we are left with the bald fact that basically, an attempt is being made to sustain or preserve life with blood. This is the key: attempting to sustain or preserve life with blood. There is nothing in scripture, explicit or implied, which would allow humans to sustain or preserve life with blood. 
People can dance around Acts 15 all they want. And they can dance around the word abstain all they want. But people who want to practice sexual immorality because it feels good will do precisely that – despite the clear condemnation of it found at Acts 15:28, 29 in God’s word the Bible. They will find a way to justify it six ways from Sunday. And they do. Everyday. “We’re in love!” “Sex between people who love each other is not bad even if they’re not married!” “We’re engaged so it’s okay.” “God wants us to feel good!” And they do the same sort of justification when it comes to blood transfusions. “It’s just a dietary law”, “abstain just means don't eat it,” “it’s okay to take it in but not eat it,” “it’s okay to take it in but not drink it,” “it’s okay to take it in but not take a bath in it,” “it’s okay to take it in but not cook with it,” “it just means animal blood, not human.” When all these artful dodges and contrivances are done – when you come back to the floor after all these gymnastics – it is quite clear that the Bible in its entirety does not allow for blood transfusions – the sustaining of life with the blood of humans. Oh yeah, when Jesus said to drink my blood and eat my flesh – it should be manifest to anyone thinking that he meant it metaphorically. How then can any reasoning person possibly point to His words and say ‘See! We can take blood transfusions!” More gymnastics. 
Hannah J Paul

OUR  BROTHER,  sorry  name  just  forgotten   AND  HIS  WIFE  SISTER  HELEN
LOYAL  AND  ALWAYS  FORGIVING  UNTIL  THE  LAST  HOUR ?

I  CAN  FORGIVE  QUICKLY  AND  FREELY    JEHOVAH  WANTS  IT  FROM  US !
Forgiving  is  easy,  but  forgetting  is  harder,  bec. we've  a  brain / mind !   But  we're  learning  all  in  1000 yrs.
 
 

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Yea, I was in the Organization in 1975 (was baptized 1973) and while brothers and sisters were speculating about it all the time in private I never heard it mentioned on the platform and I did not see it in important books we were studying.  Many were thinking that the day of "rest" would start (1000 reign). 
 

Is that like 15 minutes of fame?

I have tried to follow this thread from beginning to end ... but I am 70 now, and very tired of bickering over the meaning of Nebuchadnezzar's image  toes, etc.
If I sat down and wrote out EVERYTHING that we need do to please God, and achieve salvation through Christ, I strongly suspect I could get it ALL on two pages.  Everything else would be background reading ... and WOULD NOT MATTER AT ALL.
I have been beaten up by pontificating experts for over 50 YEARS, and I in my Barbarian perceptions have been right MORE than the "pontiffs" ... by a considerable margin. 
I am sick to my very soul of having to carry around these burdensome bags of sand, and hear MILLIONS of words about Justice, and love, and MERCY ... and see NONE of it practiced ... only the machinations of policy wonks.
I quit  the best job I ever had, in the Congo, in 1974, to be home with my parents, and my brother and two sisters when Armageddon was supposed to occur in 1975. 
I did not believe it, but talks at Circuit and District Assemblies, Special Talks at the Kingdom Halls, and at Civic Centers in Virginia, and everyone I knew KNOWING that it would all be over by 1975, wore me down.  I began to reason ... "How could I be right, when EVERYONE else is proclaiming the END of this System in 1975?".
I don't care about how many Angels can dance on the head of a pin .... ANYMORE
I am going to live my life the best I know how, and let the theorists consume each other.
If I am wrong .... OF COURSE I will have to "pay the price"
If "they" are wrong .. . I STILL have to "pay the price", and they pay NO PRICE WHATSOEVER.
But.. please,  carry on ... this thread IS interesting reading .... perhaps because I am a compulsive reader.

In order to be able to answer that I would have to know what you mean by "They get there “direction” from God himself". Do you mean that Jehovah directly communicates with them through some supernatural way, or that they get their direction from His own word, the Bible? If it's the latter, then all true Christians get their direction from that source.

Absolutely. Revisionists try to redefine WWI as just "one of those things." The eventual next step will be to redefine the last days. ISIS attacks, North Korea, sexbots programmed to 'rape,' gender-hopping, addictive drug pandemics, and universal FAKE NEWS will all be just "another one of those things."

NO, thats only a deal / business for rich and weird people...  Nobody ever will resurrect on the moon and can live,  not possible,  stupid idea !  

Whether they are coming back from the sea, from atoms, or from the ground, they will not be resurrected on the moon.
 

The larger book, "Things which which it is Impossible for God to Lie", is out of print. I was looking for a copy the other day and was not successful. My parents studied that with me. You have the references changed around.  Page 184 is in reference to the smaller book, "Worldwide Security under the Prince of Peace", It says: 
*** ws chap. 22 p. 184 par. 10 The God of the “Prince of Peace” Becomes “All Things to Everyone” ***
10 To all eternity our earth will bear a distinction that no other planet throughout endless space will enjoy, though the earth may not be the only planet that will ever be inhabited. Uniquely, it will be where Jehovah has indisputably vindicated his universal sovereignty, establishing an eternal and universal legal precedent. It will be the only planet on which Jehovah of armies will have fought “the war of the great day of God the Almighty.” It will be the only planet to which God sent his dearest Son to become a man and die in order to recover the planet’s inhabitants from sin and death. It will be the only planet from which Jehovah will have taken 144,000 of its inhabitants to be “heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ.”—Romans 8:17.
I dare add that Jehovah says he gave the earth to the sons of men.
(Psalm 115:16) 16 As for the heavens, they belong to Jehovah, But the earth he has given to the sons of men.
'You are from the realms below; I am from the realms above. You are from this world; I am not from this world.”—John 8:23. -- Jesus.
It is best to stick to the things written as the apostle Paul recommended.
(1 Corinthians 4:6) 6 Now, brothers, these things I have applied to myself and A·polʹlos for your good, that through us you may learn the rule: “Do not go beyond the things that are written,” so that you may not be puffed up with pride, favoring one against the other. 
I can't see imperfect people colonizing outer space anyway. Perfection will be needed, and  the resurrection will take place where Jesus will be administering his healing services to surviving and resurrected mankind. Rev 5:9,10 says He and the 144,000  will be ruling over the earth.
Frankly I don't believe we will necessarily be moving, maybe visiting, if it is God's will.  As imperfect creatures we have learned to visit with long preparation and difficulty, so maybe we could do that better and faster after perfection. Look at the preparation  people (so as not to damage their eyes) have to do just to observe a partial eclipse of the sun [Aug 21]) 
Note that those moving to heaven to be with Jesus will have had to be changed to spirit bodies and achieve perfection in those bodies.   
Jehovah has a lot in store but let us wait and see. Everyone likes a pleasant surprise.
By the way, being resurrected on the moon is just as unlikely as being resurrected in the middle of the ocean. Where would the support be?  
 
 

Resurrected with telephone and AI?  You should turn that discussion into a book.

Why is Satan called “the one having the means to cause death?
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  "So that through his death he might bring to nothing the one having the means to cause death, that is, the Devil, and that he might set free all those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death." ( Hebrews 2:14,15).
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At Hebrews 2:14, why is Satan called “the one having the means to cause death”?
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In brief, Paul meant that Satan, personally or through his agents, can cause the physical death of humans. In harmony with that, Jesus called Satan “a manslayer when he began.”—John 8:44.
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How does Satan exercise “the means to cause death”? In the book of Job, we read of one instance that may be somewhat exceptional. The account says that Satan used a storm to ‘cause the death’ of Job’s children. Notice, though, that Satan could do this only with God’s permission, which was given because a vital issue was being decided. (Job 1:12, 18, 19) Indeed, Satan was not able to kill Job himself. Permission for that was withheld. (Job 2:6) This shows that even though, on occasion, Satan has been able to cause the death of faithful humans, we need not fear that he can snuff out our lives at will.
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Satan has also caused death through human agents. Thus, many Christians have died for their faith, some being murdered by enraged mobs or unjustly executed on the orders of government officials or corrupt judges.—Revelation 2:13.
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Further, Satan has sometimes caused death by playing on human weaknesses. Back in the days of Israel, the prophet Balaam counseled the Moabites to entice the Israelites “to commit unfaithfulness toward Jehovah.” (Numbers 31:16) That resulted in the death of more than 23,000 Israelites. (Numbers 25:9; 1 Corinthians 10:8) Today, some likewise fall for Satan’s “machinations” and are lured into immorality or other ungodly practices. (Ephesians 6:11) True, such ones usually do not immediately lose their lives. But they do risk losing out on everlasting life, and in that way Satan causes their death.
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Even though we recognize Satan’s potential to cause harm, we need not fear him unduly. When Paul said that Satan had the means to cause death, he also said that Christ died in order that he “might bring [Satan] to nothing . . . and that he might emancipate all those who for fear of death were subject to slavery all through their lives.” (Hebrews 2:14, 15) Yes, Jesus paid the ransom and thus freed believing mankind from slavery to sin and death.—2 Timothy 1:10.
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Of course, it is sobering to think that Satan has the means to cause death, but we are confident that Jehovah can undo any harm caused by Satan and his agents. Jehovah assures us that the resurrected Jesus will “break up the works of the Devil.” (1 John 3:8) In Jehovah’s power, Jesus will resurrect the dead and thus nullify death itself. (John 5:28, 29) Eventually, Jesus will dramatically expose the limits of Satan’s power by abyssing him. Satan is finally consigned to everlasting destruction.—Revelation 20:1-10.
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Was announced at the meeting about a month ago:  Jesus—The Way, the Truth, the Life
Starting December 2017.

Was announced at the meeting about a month ago:  Jesus—The Way, the Truth, the Life
Starting December 2017.

I think it is Jesus life and ministry starting sometime in December

Looks like you all could go and watch that again. I saw the old movie also. Not too impressed.

Notice how the T-Rex cocked its head like a puppydog.

I ALSO BURST OUT LAUGHING at the "mirror scene", and again when the Lawyer was in the Porta-potty, and the T-Rex ate him.
If it had been a shark, the Lawyer would not have been eaten, as he would have received ... professional courtesy.

I liked the part when they glimpse in the sideview mirror the Tyranasaurus chasing them. It is close enough that it looks like it may swallow their Jeep, and the mirror caution says: 'Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.'
My kids gave me a dirty look on this one. The heroes were clambering atop the false ceiling when a mean dinosaur lunged at them. It was so over the top that I burst out laughing at what was supposed to be a very frightening moment.

What is theocratic law by the way? I thought it was the principles laid out in the Bible.
You need to encourage respondents but being gentle with them and showing honour. No one has to reply. 

What is theocratic law by the way? I thought it was the principles laid out in the Bible.
You need to encourage respondents but being gentle with them and showing honour. No one has to reply. 

It's a little too soon to tell.