I was visiting my parents several months ago and the WT Blood policy came up (someone in a nearby congregation was affected). He is an elder and my mother has been a JW since a child.
Anyway, I just commented that I expect changes soon in the Blood Policy. They asked why. I said, look at it this way. When I was young, I loved to ride my bike. Even when we went on vacations, I would want to take it with me but normally was not allowed to. They said yes, they remembered.
So i asked them, what would you have done if after being told not to take my bike, that I took if apart (wheels, handlebars, chain etc.) and put it in the trunk? What would you have said when you discovered it? What would you have said when I justified it by saying "I wasn't bring my bike, just bike parts" ?
I said that's the same logic used to justify the current Blood policy.
All my father said was, " I never looked at it that way." My mother, uncharacteristically, didn't say a word, just stared at the floor for a few a seconds.
It was odd to say the least.
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