I remember every time I had to renew my blood card my book study conductor always told the group that in case of a medical emergency if the doctor asks why you don’t want to accept blood transfusion we should never say that because the Watchtower says so. He told us that we should say that we don’t want blood transfusion because it is our religious conviction.
I was a little bit upset about this because I know I would never come to that conclusion on my own. I accepted this do to the fact that the Watchtower pressured me to do so. (Imagine if I would have expressed my concern to anyone. I would have been marked right away and get the silent treatment from my loving brotherhood. It really makes me feel that the Watchtower is responsible for pressuring its members to risk or give up their lives.
Anybody had this experience?
And I also find it quite dishonest on their part that when they write an article on how to identify an apostate they always mention that apostates attacking the organization for its stand on the Blood Transfusion issue. It is definitely not coming from the Bible.