1999 Draft Article on Blood

by Marvin Shilmer 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  Marvin Shilmer

  1999 Draft Article on Blood

  Today I uploaded an interesting document that was originally shared online in 1999. It is of an article purportedly drafted by request of Watchtower’s governing body to show how it could undo its blood doctrine and introduce it to the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I think a few readers hear may recall the source of this document.

  My blog article containing this document is titled 1999 Draft Article on Blood and it is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/05/1999-draft-article-on-blood.html

  Marvin Shilmer

  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com
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  TD

  I remember....

  That little window of sanity seems to have passed.
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  Marvin Shilmer

  A reader of my blog had a copy of one of the presentations of the 1999 material recalled and shared in this article. I have updated the linked blog article accordingly. The then author’s introductory and concluding remarks were, as it turns out, prophetic.

  Marvin Shilmer

  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com
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  Marvin Shilmer

  TD writes:

  “That little window of sanity seems to have passed.”

  Today a reader shared his saved copy from one of Friend’s presentations of the article from 1999. I have updated my blog article to include images of that presentation from the old H2O discussion forum.

  In a vein of thought similar to yours above, back in 1999 Friend opined that “ The window of time to make change in our teachings is closing fast.”

  As it turned out, big changes were made but not to the extent toyed with.

  Marvin Shilmer

  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com
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  moshe

  I thought the F&DS would have told the GB all they needed to know about no-blood transfusion dogma-

  Thanks Marvin,