Lee Elder	Re: Serious discussion of blood doctrine
	The disassociation procedure now being quietly used in connection with blood use is pretty unclear. Firstly, I don't believe that even a majority of elders understand the procedure which works something like this: 1. The elders become aware that a cong. member has accepted whole blood or a forbidden blood component. 2. A judicial committee is formed to investigate the charges and determine if they are true. 3. If they are true the committee assesses whether or not the person is repentant. 4. An announcement is made to the congregation that a. a matter involving so and so has been handled (if it is widely known about)and the person has been reproved, adjusted, etc. b. The person has DA themselves. The other option here is to handle the matter privately assuming the person is "repentent" and no one knows. If the person who accepts blood or a forbidden component is turned in by a JW healthcare worker we have a real can of worms. There is a post to BMJ regarding a situation where this happened recently. There is potential for civil and criminal penalties. This entire process has turned into a quagmire from which the WTS needs to extricate itself. Lee
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