Donating Blood to the American Red Cross from Randall Watters on Vimeo.
On Youtube:
What is whole blood? Do non-Jehovah's Witnesses receive whole blood? Where is blood replacement technology at now? A few misconceptions are cleared up by Dr. Fridey of the headquarters of the American Red Cross in Pomona, Calif. 2012. Thanks to Sevan Najarian of AmmoniaFilms for filming this interview gratis.
A conversation on Google Plus on this video was just commented on by a fellow named Graham, where he repeats the idea that the medical community is benefitting from this deadly doctrine, and the medical world is getting on board! My response was:
Wishful thinking, Graham. Yes, we have come a long way, but only in certain areas. JWs still die in emergency situations even though "blood transfusions" will no longer get you disfellowshipped (did you know that? They haven't DF'ed anyone we've found in about two years just for taking a transfusion, but they sure make you think they will!). Just like when the Governing Body decided it was okay to take certain Rh factors if you were a hemophiliac years ago, but they wouldn't tell the publishers for over two years in print, so as to keep them in obedience and fear.
The same thing is happening now, except they are doing this to slowly slide out of the doctrine altogether. "New Light." In actuality, they have been trying to get rid of Smalley for years, but he knows too many dark secrets and the blood doctrine persists. Yet now JWs take large parts of blood and transfuse it... what's the difference which parts you take?
The founder of the Watchtower, C.T. Russell, said the blood prohibition in Acts did not apply to Christians in a 1910 Watchtower magazine. Then a couple of decades later Fred Franz invented the doctrine to create persecution, which is the growth engine of cults.
It is no different than what the Red Cross does, they take certain parts of blood and discard the rest. What is the difference? No one ever gets whole blood except on the battlefield.
Have you seen the new blood form that the Watchtower is using? It's like going to Hamburger Habit and checking off on a list what condiments you want on your sandwich, but instead it has about 3 pages where you list what you will take and what you won't! The Watchtower actually gives you a choice! But you're not likely to risk your eternal life in an extreme emergency, so you avoid blood altogether.
Interesting that they are not circulating this new form in certain parts of the world.... for political reasons. It may only be circulating in certain of the Australian provinces... I haven't seen if they are doing this in the U.S. yet.
Large corporations often have one goal - to make money and followers at all costs. If some die on the way, Jehovah will mop up the mess.
All of this is absolutely ridiculous. The founder of the modern blood policies, Gene Smalley, has been playing God with people's lives. The JWs think they are obeying Jehovah... but in reality they are obeying Gene Smalley, head of this doctrine which was actually invented by Fred Franz to purposely increase persecution on the Witnesses after Rutherford took power and things were slowing down. A carrot-and-stick was needed once more to drum up membership.
High control religions must have persecution and attention to thrive, or they end up like the Watchtower is now... a dying, 19th century carnival-style religion with men who have the charm and intelligence of 5th graders in charge (the Governing Body), while they oversee the life and death of millions of their subjects. This is downright criminal, and Gene Smalley and Fred Rusk should be brought to justice. They have so confused the dying Witness that they don't have to make it a disfellowshipping offense anymore - the Witnesses willingly kill themselves in very extreme circumstances. Very sad.
Randy Watters
The Red Cross on Jehovah's Witnesses Stance on Blood
Gene Smalley and the Watchtower's Blood Transfusion Doctrine
Blood Transfusion ban was Fred Franz's Invention
The Four Presidents of the Watchtower on Blood Transfusions
The Command to Abstain From Blood at Acts Chapter 15—What The Watchtower Left Out