It is a scientific fact that smoking relieves stress. It is a scientific fact that stress contributes to health problems, such as heart disease.
But, shockingly, no JW is allowed to smoke. They even go so far as to kick any JW caught smoking out of the congregation — they are disfellowshiped!!!
I know of no other religion that forbids their members to smoke on pain of excommunication.
Suggestion:
Rofl!
Great stuff!
We can eat smoked salmon & smokey bacon crisps (chips to you) though.
What more do you want?
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It's a myth that smoking relieves stress:
– The apparent relaxant effect of smoking only reflects the reversal of the tension and irritability that develop during nicotine depletion.
– Dependent smokers need nicotine to feel normal.
It is proven that when smokers manage to quit smoking, they gradually become less stressed over time. So, there are really no grounds for smokers to continue believing that cigarettes help relieve stress.
This is what scientists have concluded.
Smokers need to learn to manage stress properly, not by using a "crutch" like smoking…
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[Quote]"…they don't care about Bible principles and wouldn't even expel or excommunicate Hitler…"[/quote]
Wendi888, that cracked me up! Got to remember to use that one next time lol
Jehovah's Witnesses stop smoking before they are permitted to be baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Their understanding is that they know the consequences before taking up the habit again.
No one is "blind-sighted" and put out of the congregation for smoking. The material that is studied, the scriptures that are gone over, and the questions asked to qualify for baptism are all very clear.
Very few Witnesses are actually disfellowshipped for smoking. Most find their health and quality of life greatly enhanced by removing smoking from their lives. And very few choose to return to smoking.
As for stress relief – making changes in their lives to conform to the Bible's standards is the greatest stress relief available.
Smoking actually increases the cost of living and the health risks and sets a poor example of neighborly love and for those who are parents, a poor example to the children in the family.
Yes, I know a couple of people that were disfellowshipped for smoking. I find it odd that I see that the JW's are talking about valuing life and doing what you can do preserve life by not smoking, however they are ever so willing to throw their lives (and their innocent children's lives) away by refusing a blood transfusion – a bit of an odd one, eh?
The refusal of Jehovah’s Witnesses to accept blood transfusions stems from a misunderstanding of the Biblical Scriptures at Leviticus 17 and Acts 15:29, both of which speak of not “eating” blood. The context of these Scriptures was in reference to animal sacrifice where God told Israel to pour animal blood out on the ground because the life of the flesh is in the blood. Once the blood was removed, Israelites were allowed to eat the meat of the animal that was sacrificed.
Nothing in these Scriptures speak of human blood, nor do they speak of non-sacrificial, blood transfusions where the blood is replaced in the human body with other human blood and not eaten. Thus, we conclude that the Scriptures Jehovah’s Witnesses use to support their blood refusal policies are taken completely out of context.
Furthermore, scientists affirm that one is not “eating” blood when the blood enters the body through the veins because the blood that is transfused into the veins functions like an organ of the body and merely replaces the blood lost during a surgical procedure or an injury. The body does not digest blood, so there is no connection whatsoever with the Biblical policy forbidding the eating of animal blood.
WOW! Was this a real question? It is a scientific fact that smoking causes cancer and many more health problems that are way more serious than the "stress" you may find yourself experiencing if you were not smoking.
Also, I would recommend doing some research, about even other religious groups sharing that belief about smoking. The only difference is, they let their imperfect human desires overpower their decisions and they continue allowing it, belittling the counsel from the scriptures. this is sad
No, we are actually discouraging suicide in slow motion, and even homicide when others are affected by the habit. Your comparison of stress and heart disease is a poor joke. There are medications that relieve stress, even diet and exercise can help, but there is no benefit from smoking tobacco. Weed relieves stress, too, but it is illegal. What's the difference?
Any Witness who has a problem with nicotine addiction is given a lot of help and counsel for quite a while before they would be disfellowshiped. And that would be for showing no repentance nor desire to quit. You're right. Other religions don't do it, but then they don't care about Bible principles and wouldn't even expel or excommunicate Hitler. They are cowards, we have Jehovah God backing us, big, big difference.
It is NOT a "scientific fact" that smoking relieves stress.
What IS a scientific fact is that smoking harms the body.
What IS a scientific fact is that smoking has been proven to cause cancer, emphysema, and a number of other serious medical conditions.
What IS a scientific fact is that there are many ways to relieve stress that don't involve your sucking in poisonous air into your lungs and causing your body much harm.
I win.
** Ahuvahb is NOT an "ex JW" nor has she ever had any kind of association with Jehovah's Witnesses.
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