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I didn't mean to change the subject of your thread, but mention of Bethel doctors led me to wonder just how good they actually are.
VM44,
Back in the 1920s and 40s there was much medical quackery being practiced all over the world. That Watchtower fell victim to snake-oil hucksters should surprise no one; just about everyone else of the period experienced the same on at least one occasion, and probably more than once.
But for a licensed medical doctor in a contemporary developed society to write, in effect, as a Watchtower apologist is stunning. Not very many of Jehovah’s Witnesses licensed in the medical field are willing to write directly on the subject of Watchtower’s blood doctrine, and for good reason. They are unable to justify the thing with any semblance of rational thought process.
When one does pick up the torture stake of Watchtower’s blood doctrine, they tend to speak of the doctrine in terms of what it states rather than offer rationale for distinctions it makes. For example, rather than express solid reasons why Witnesses should treat fellow members one way for accepting transfusion of cryosupernatant but treat them contrarily for accepting transfusion of plasma, instead they only repeat the religious position that Witnesses cannot accept plasma but can accept cryosupernatant. These kooks have no explanation for such quack thinking, so they don’t even bother!
What is most stunning to me is that one of Jehovah’s Witnesses who is also a licensed medical doctor should be able to articulate good solid reasons (scriptural reasons, no less!) for holding belief in Watchtower’s blood doctrine. But to date I have yet to see one go on record with so much as an attempt at doing that very thing. This leads me to believe these MDs are not very good thinkers, which makes me wonder whether I’d trust them to give medical advice!
Marvin Shilmer
http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com
