I think it is an awareness at the top that a scripturally viable alternative exists to their policy and they deliberately have chosen not to make this alternative known and available to their members.
This awareness and decision to hold the course, knowing full well they are denying people potentially life-saving products is what makes this tantamount to murder.
Given the huge number of 6 million members, I think the 900 figure that dies annually due to their policy is entirely reasonable and conservative. Included are those who refuse permissible components, simply because they cannot understand the present policy of what is allowed and what is forbidden.
Thanks for keeping the topic in the forefront LE. More people need to press this issue.
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