AJWRB is pleased to announce that we are now publishing a

quarterly newsletter to keep you up to date regarding developments

around the Watchtower Society blood transfusion policy.

You may view the current issue of the newsletter at:

http://www.ajwrb.org/newsletter/1-15-04.html

If you take a moment to register, you can receive the newsletter

delivered to your email box each quarter at no charge. Use the

following link:

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*********************************************************************The Associated Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood, is a diverse group of Witnesses from over 25 countries, including elders and other organization officials, Hospital Liaison Committee members, doctors and members of the general public. All have volunteered their time and energies in an effort to bring about an end to a tragic and misguided policy that has claimed thousands of lives, many of them children.Website: http://www.ajwrb.org Email: info@ajwrb.orgPlease support our educational work, send your contribution to:AJWRB - P.O. Box 190089 - Boise, ID 83719-0089 U.S.A.*********************************************************************

Good to see that you are still active. I remember your first steps from h20 - the days when I was a WT-apologetic.

Thanks, Lee, I signed up.  We just changed our healthcare proxies to reflect our new views.  I refer many people to your website.  Thanks for all the work you and your crew do.

Blondie

Thanks for the update, Lee.........we need it.

 

Lee----Do you really have Hospital Liason Members and other organization men involved in AJWRB? Or was that at one time when you and others thought that perhaps the organization could be "reformed"?

Lee

I'd love to read a history on the origins of AJWRB, but whether thats possible due to confidentiality whatever? It would be a great read.....

I think most of us now realise that the Watchtower Society will not reform, something I once hoped for with great expectations. But like The Third Reich, it will remain committed to its agenda until the poison drink is passed to the children and the leaders blow their brains out with Luegers.

Or do you still think reform is possible?

Sincerely,

Pope

Dear PopeofEruke,

AJWRB's purpose and goals remain unchanged. We applied a great deal of pressure in the late 90's and there was the possibility of the doctrine being discarded at that time. I believe that a number of the WT leaders wanted that too but they simply did not have the votes. They did, however, have enough input to push through some significant changes, namely the right of each JW to use every known blood fraction. This is going to safe a lot of lives when the hemoglobin solutions become widely available.

It is my belief that there will be more reforms. This is a process that we have begun. Slow and painful to watch but necessary. I don't know that I would do anything differently. I think we played it right. What I never envisioned is how many people would leave the WTS after critically examining the blood policy. That was never part of the plan - and still isn't. Apparently the truth does set people free.

Lee

 

Dear PopeofEruke,

You can read about the history of AJWRB here:

http://www.ajwrb.org/about.shtml

We may provide something more elaborate in the future. Some of us still have family members inside so we prefer to be cautious.

If we define reform as: "a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses", my response would be yes - the WT can be reformed. Indeed, it must be reformed.

Lee

Dear Concerned Mama,

Very pleased to hear of your position, that you appreciate the material and that you refer others to the site. Education is the greatest enemy the WTS has on this issue.

Lee

Actually, izobcenec, 'allogeneic' is the correct spelling.

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