http://www.freeminds.org/blogs/musings-of-a-watchtower-insider/thousands-die-each-year.htm l. this blog article is solely my personal opinion, but i have tried to present important material for your consideration because i believe that one life lost to this blood-ban is one too many and there have too many deaths since 1945 and it's time something is done about it.
however you think on the subject, just wait until you read the conclusion of my blog article.
oh, by the way, all points of view are important to me and most welcome so i look forward to reading them here on jwn .
"Since the Borg has already allowed "fractions" without raising hardly any shackles amongst the R&F, the next logical step would be for them simply to assert that "packed red cells" or "platelets" could be viewed as "fractions" and therefore, it is up to each individual to decide whether or not they will accept it. "
Mary, that would be WONDERFUL, and as you say, they already have eased in this "fraction" business, they could easily slide a couple of other "fractions" in under that awning!
A problem I had when I first left was that I had never, ever been taught to gracefully and sincerely apologize.
Witnesses are taught that they are always right... even if they don't have a ready answer. They do not back down. They do not listen with an open mind... they do not reason when something makes them uncomfortable.
There seems to be just two emotional switches that are survival instincts when one grows up in the Watchtower Society:
http://www.freeminds.org/blogs/musings-of-a-watchtower-insider/thousands-die-each-year.htm l. this blog article is solely my personal opinion, but i have tried to present important material for your consideration because i believe that one life lost to this blood-ban is one too many and there have too many deaths since 1945 and it's time something is done about it.
however you think on the subject, just wait until you read the conclusion of my blog article.
oh, by the way, all points of view are important to me and most welcome so i look forward to reading them here on jwn .
http://www.freeminds.org/blogs/musings-of-a-watchtower-insider/thousands-die-each-year.htm l. this blog article is solely my personal opinion, but i have tried to present important material for your consideration because i believe that one life lost to this blood-ban is one too many and there have too many deaths since 1945 and it's time something is done about it.
however you think on the subject, just wait until you read the conclusion of my blog article.
oh, by the way, all points of view are important to me and most welcome so i look forward to reading them here on jwn .
I hope against hope that "Kitty" is correct about the "new light" in allowing blood soon... but you and I both know that it won't be "that easy". The ones who have been faithful Witnesses for decades won't consider a blood transfusion, anyway... just like most of them are not taking the newly allowed "fractions". However, it would certainly be a step in the right direction (a step which will come far too late to save my own beloved Father.)
I have no reason to doubt that this dogma causes thousands of deaths, yes, perhaps thousands each and every year. Surely every surgery is a higher risk without the possible option of a transfusion, even as an emergency back-up plan. Every time one of my Witness family members is admitted to a hospital, I cringe in fear that this cult will take yet another of my loved ones.
Thank you so very much, Dear Barbara, for all you do.
First of all, hooray! Good to see you, Sirona! How is the precious little one?
Secondly, I have to agree with those who say this will do no good whatsoever. Anything that makes them feel persecuted REINFORCES their dogma and digs them in much deeper. A spectacle is only that... a spectacle.
It wouldn't have helped me to think or escape... and I can't imagine a scenario wherein a person would be positively affected by this.
I don't know if I have ever actually applauded a television commercial before, but now I have. When I first saw this, I was laughing out loud and actually clapping! Catchy, clever, and effective.
my dad,an elder for 25plus years,concentration camp survivor,the works,died in a few weeks ago.i am df'd but have been the only one who helps him and my mum.my jw sister couldnt give a rats ass about them.i was at my mom and dads house after he died,helping my mom with everyting,hell,id been there for 2 months because i was afraid to leave them alone.i knew my dad wasnt feeling well.guess he was worse than i realized.he died.the witnesses came in droves.small kitchen.im sitting at the table.they not only didnt speak to me,but they didnt even acknowledge that i was in the room,about day 3,i stopped answering the door..one "lady" called.sister carol.when i answered the phone she hesitated and said",now you know,i caint tawk to yew"{strong southern accent.ala elie may clampett}"you orta let cher mawma ainser the phone.
"i told her to bite me and hung up on her...same here,when we got back home.i hate these people with the fury of a thousand suns,but for some reason,i am now in possession of some great elders notes.been laying low,but im going to start posting the juicy stuff.just cause itd be nice for calvin to know that he was seen "dancing recklessly" at a wedding and that sister renee was being councied for her weight and still insisted on gaining more.also that sister e wasnt giving her husband his "due"..{yik}and that certain concetration camp survivors were being coerced into saying that they were jw's at the time of incarceration.but one wouldnt.my dad refused to play their game,and as a result he was asked to step down as an elder at age of 80.that and that he refused to shun me.his notes have been very enlightening..nice folks thise jw's,no?
they were so mean to my dad, he really believed this crap,and tried to do the right thing.but because he wouldnt dance their way,and turn me,his favorite person{and he was mine|into the cold they treated him badly and mocked him and even his accent.i hate them.really.any ideas?the local elder here,just asked my mom about her financial situation...grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
