Jehovah’s Witnesses and AML

by Marvin Shilmer 20 Replies latest jw friends

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  Scully

  A conservative estimate of preventable deaths in year 2011 among Jehovah's Witnesses suffering severe anemia is right at 2,000 souls.

  I remember posting a long time ago, that if the number of deaths among JWs for lack of blood transfusions occurred all at once, instead of one at a time, in isolated incidents, the body count would be greater than Jonestown, and the outcry against the practice would be deafening.

  918 people - men, women and children - died at Jonestown. We have here a conservative estimate of 2000 preventable deaths in 2011 among JWs. That's more than TWO Jonestowns in a single year.

  This has to stop. We have to start making a lot more noise.

  
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  Marvin Shilmer

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  This has to stop. We have to start making a lot more noise.

  You're God damned right about that!

  Watchtower is presiding over its own holocaust!!!

  Everyone from medical doctors to politicians tip-toe around this 800lb gorilla in the room!

  Marvin Shilmer

  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com
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  free @ last
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  free @ last
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  JW GoneBad

  Scully your post () reminds me of the expression ......'A picture is worth a thousand words.'

  Marvin ' Watchtower is presiding over its own holocaust!!!'
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  Marvin Shilmer

  free @ last,

  I’d love to see your feedback on this topic but I can’t. Can you repost?

  Marvin Shilmer

  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com
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  Band on the Run

  When did the blood doctrine became doctrine? I'm curious what political/social forces were occuring in the Witnesses. Sometimes I wonder if giving your very life was meant to rachet total obedience.
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  Finkelstein

  I can't understand why they don't begin to fade the blood doctrine. It is not essential doctrine. They retire pyramids, 1975, so many things in their history. Why not blood?

  It is an expression of complete power and control of which the WTS. has been bestowed themselves with.

  The difference with this particular doctrine is its well known how many JWS have died from this doctrine, to remove it now would

  create too much damage and dissension.

  Once an organization self proclaims itself the only organization on earth being guided by god, you have to very careful how you handle

  those doctrines you've created , if not, your bound to lose a good portion of your support.
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  Marvin Shilmer

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  When did the blood doctrine became doctrine? I'm curious what political/social forces were occuring in the Witnesses. Sometimes I wonder if giving your very life was meant to rachet total obedience.

  The article Jehovah’s Witnesses Accepting Blood Transfusion (at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2012/02/jehovahs-witnesses-accepting-blood.html ) documents it was 1944 when Watchtower introduced its doctrine against blood transfusion.

  The community of Jehovah’s Witnesses has never fully embraced the thing. From day one there has been serious dissent among Witnesses on the subject. It’s all documented and fully referenced in the article above.

  Marvin Shilmer

  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com
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  Finkelstein

  Oh the human folly of men playing with the power of the Almighty one.

  One interesting thing about this particular doctrine of the many coming out religions like this is that anyone that

  opposes their doctrines can and will be pointed out as apposing god himself. Now thats power baby !