Dr. Denton Cooley Watchtower Misadvertised

Marvin Shilmer

Dr. Denton Cooley — Watchtower Misadvertised

Today I added a new article to my blog showing how Watchtower resorted to spin and misadvertisement of the work of the highly respected and acclaimed Dr. Denton Cooley.

Between the mid-1950s and into the 1990s Dr. Cooley was practically a legend among Jehovah’s Witnesses, and for good reason. The man saved many from premature death resulting from Watchtower imposing its blood doctrine onto the community of Witnesses.

My article is titled Dr. Denton Cooley — Watchtower Misadvertised and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2012/02/dr-denton-cooley-watchtower.html

Marvin Shilmer

http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com

Marvin Shilmer

Another curious incident involving Cooley and Watchtower is a quote made by Dixon and Smalley (both Watchtower insiders) of Cooley in their 1981 article published in JAMA. Dixon and Smalley wrote:

“In response to our request, Cooley recently did a statistical review of 1,026 operations, 22% on minors, and determined ‘that the risk of surgery in patients of the Jehovah's Witness group has not been substantially higher than for others.’”— Dixon and Smalley, Jehovah's Witnesses—The Surgical Ethical Challenge, Journal of the American Medical Association, Nov. 27, 1981, Vol. 246, No. 21, pp. 2471-2472.

Neither Dixon nor Smalley offered bibliographic information to check this quote of Cooley, and so far as I can find, outside the walls of Watchtower no one other than Cooley knows the complete findings of his review that Watchtower apparently hired him to undertake. Something about this smells.

Marvin Shilmer

http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com