Speaking for Almighty God, they endorsed RADIUM
by Nathan Natas 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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BluesBrother
Similar to the women in match making factories in times past getting “ phosyy jaw from the phosphorus then used in matches …
But how does this involve Watctower ?
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St George of England
I think the OP is thinking of the way WT pushed radium as a beneficial health product, back in JFR's days. One quote I found:-
As we know Radium is an extremely harmful radioactive substance. The “Radio-Solar Pad” was basically a pad containing radioactive radium which you simply strapped to your back. Its makers claimed
"radio-activity is further increased by exposing the pad to sunlight" and "when applied to the body, the pad immediately begins to discharge this energy into the system, sending the life giving current through the blood and nervous system."
As this was endorsed by the President of the Watchtower, Judge Rutherford, it can only be assumed that he would have received some kind of personal payment.
How many Jehovah Witnesses got cancer after wearing this device? Please see Blood Guilt
JFR was prone to jump on all manner of quack science and write about it. The "Water Canopy" is another example, from Isaac Newton Vale, another quack.
George
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blondie
Here's an article that might shed light on this topic: https://sites.google.com/view/channelc-publications/publications/history-practices-beliefs/medical-quakery and this from JWN https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/78562/rutherford-wore-this
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ballistic
Radium Girls the dvd is available on Amazon and eBay, based on the true story of the girls whose job it was to paint the dials for airplane cockpits, so they would glow in the dark.
It is said that if you could peer into the soil where these girls are buried to this day their bones will still be giving off a slight glow.
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ballistic
Taken from the source: Degnen's Standard Radio-Active Solar Pad (1915-1930) | Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity
The original belt which used purfied Radium had a dosage of :
- Approximately 35-40 uR/hr above background at one foot for the radium containing pad (top photo)
- Approximately 1-2 uR/hr above background at one foot for the uranium containing pad (bottom photo)
Doing a rough calculation of microroentgens to what I measure background radiation with which is microsiverts / hour (but not accounting for the space of 1 foot) it comes to 0.35-0.40 microsieverts per hour.
This was before the new version (bottom photo) appeared with drastically reduced levels of radioactivity due to switching to unrefined ore.
To be honest these levels are only several times background radiation and the biggest concern I would have is the possibility of the chemicals leaking, getting into the air, breathed in or ingested. It would be impossible to say whether it led to bowl cancer but the exposure level of the radium girls was very different (chronic).
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BluesBrother
Interesting articles and, yes, we know that the Society through the pages of the Golden Age ( later Awake ! ) often made some pretty extreme comments in the old days .Even today many Witnesses have lingering doubts about regular doctors and favour alternative therapies. Btw, I have definitely benefited from Osteopaths and Chiropractic therapy, but that is hardly extreme.
Many years back when I was still a believer, I could see that such comments on medicine and science were only the view of the article writer although then I accepted that the doctrinal stuff was “ spirit directed “ .
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Nathan Natas
The Watchtower boys claimed to be directed by Jehovah's Holy Spirit. If Jehovah was the creator of all things and omniscient, why were his boys so wrong about these subjects? Does the Holy Spirit speak with a lisp? Certainly Jehovah's Holy Spirit didn't know much.
We have a rag-tag bunch of window washers who looked down on worldly wisdom but were bilge-spouts when it came to information about the nature of the world we live in.
Another, more recent, example is in regard to their statements about lecithin and where it is sourced from by the food industry. A few seconds of reading in the New York Public Library would have provided the Watchtower with accurate facts about industrial sources of lecithin, but it suited their agenda to invent false facts that fit their "Rainbow Covenant" anti-blood doctrine.
Today's Watchtower leadership is worse than the goofiest writer for The Golden Age. Today they openly, boldly, blatantly, instruct their flock to ignore their own common sense and obey Watchtower dictates because doing so will give them everlasting life.
The skeletons in The Watchtower's closet glow in the dark.
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blondie
Following are a sampling of golden nuggets from this journal (Golden Age). Some are highly amusing; others unfortunately were seriously dangerous to health and invasion on follower's personal lives.
"The bobbed hair craze is sure to lead to baldness, sooner or later. The reason for this is that human hair is like a tube sealed at the free end. When the hair is cut, the oils which are the life of the hair become dissipated. The reason why men grow bald so quickly is that they have their hair cut so frequently and, in addition, wear tightly fitting hats, which cut off the circulation of the scalp. The reason why women, hitherto, have had such beautiful hair is that they have not cut it; and the twisting and folding of the hair has helped to retain the natural oil." Many women have turned against the fashion of bobbing the hair, and are letting their hair grow again." Golden Age 1924 Nov 19 p.100
"There is no food that is right food for the morning meal. At breakfast is no time to break a fast. Keep up the daily fast until the noon hour... Drink plenty of water two hours after each meal; drink none just before eating; and a small quantity if any at meal time. Good buttermilk is a health drink at meal times and in between. Do not take a bath until two hours after eating a meal, nor closer than one hour before eating. Drink a full glass of water both before and after the bath." Golden Age 1925 Sep 9 pp.784-785
"If any overzealous doctor condemns your tonsils go and commit suicide with a case-knife. It's cheaper and less painful." Golden Age 1926 Apr 7 p.438
"Sleep on the right side or flat on your back, with the head toward the north so as to get benefit of the earth's magnetic currents. Avoid serum inoculations as they pollute the blood stream with their filthy pus.... Stop chewing gum, as you need the saliva for your food." Golden Age 1929 Nov 12 p.107
"Medicine originated in demonology and spent its time until the last century and a half trying to exorcise demons. During the past half century it has tried to exorcise germs." Golden Age 1931 Aug 5 p.728
"The earlier in the forenoon you take the sun bath, the greater will be the beneficial effect, because you get more of the ultra-violet rays, which are healing." Golden Age 1933 Sep 13 p.777
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NotFormer
Hair is an oil filled tube? 🤨🤔🤣🤣🤣
