Lee Elder
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Where the Watchtower missed the boat on Blood
by Lee Elder into really understand the jehovah's witnesses policy on blood, you have to understand the fundamental mistake watchtower leaders made when the policy was first developed.. http://ajwrb.org/the-historical-perspective/the-evolution-of-the-watchtower-blood-policy.
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Medical prohibitions leading to documented loss
by Vanderhoven7 inother than general cases involving blood prohibitions...are you aware of instances of jws or exjws who have suffered health issues as a result of obedience to wts medical dictates?.
i'm thinking specifically of those who were denied vaccinations or organ transplants and i would also include those who were denied hemophelac preparations from 1975 - 1978.. any known or documented examples would be appreciated..
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Where Do You Think Your Dear Loved Ones Are?
by minimus insince we were jws at one time, has it influenced your view as to where your dead loved ones are now?
i know many here do not believe in anything biblical but i’m curious as to whether you believe anyone is in heaven?
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Blood Componenets Are The Issue
by Lee Elder inin a new "must read" article, a former jw hlc committee chairman explains why blood components are the real issue, and the terrible price paid to learn this important lesson.. http://ajwrb.org/components-of-blood-are-the-issue.
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Not posted for a year because mum died did not want blood.
by Witness 007 ini posted here weekly until a year ago when my mum died of a mild form of lukemia which is easy to treat with 2 blood tranfusions a month.
you can live to 100 with treatment, but no my mum chose to die a faithful witness after 2 years of chemo and hell for her family and doctors.
her chemo doctor cried when she only had weeks left to live knowing that she could be saved with one bag of blood!
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AJWRB on Twitter
by Lee Elder inyou can now follow ajwrb on twitter for the latest updates on the watchtower society's policy on blood, and how it is impacting the lives of people around the world.. https://twitter.com/ajwrb.
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How Blood Saved Evelyn's Life
by Lee Elder inat the 1988 divine justice district convention of jw’s.
i had stopped going to the meetings for six months.
before that i was fading, but it wasn’t deliberate.
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Psychological Conflicts of a Jehovah's Witness Patient
by Lee Elder inbonnie zieman writes about the turmoil and outside pressure experienced by jehovah's witnesses facing the blood issue in this new article from ajwrb.. http://ajwrb.org/psychological-conflicts-of-a-jehovahs-witness-patient.
abstract.
when obtaining informed consent from a jehovah’s witness for treatments involving blood products, incongruent, inconsistent and uninformed behavior may be observed.
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Three Simple Reasons Why an Assault-Weapons Ban Is Bad Policy
by freemindfade ini keep saying this is a bad place/policy to put all the time, energy and resources if you really do in fact care, or if you are just riding the agenda bandwagon: .
an assault-weapons ban is irrelevant to suicide deaths.
the large majority of gun deaths are suicides, and there is no credible argument that an assault-weapons ban will have the slightest effect on suicide.