today i added a new article to my blog addressing an article written by a jw medical doctor in a regional medical journal.
it's part of an initiative giving attention to how licensed medical professionals among jws have dealt with the blood transfusion subject.
what they say, how they say it, and what they don't say are all very telling.
Island Man,
In the earlier days of Watchtower's blood transfusion taboo the religion's leadership leveraged nutritional gain as the reason why JWs should be concerned with the therapy. Then it admitted it was pointless to argue that transfusion was a means of providing nutrition. The latter was said point-blank by Watchtower in a letter to one of its appointed elders.
I just added an article to my blog highlighting this at: Nutrition or not? Not! So what?
today i added a new article to my blog addressing an article written by a jw medical doctor in a regional medical journal.
it's part of an initiative giving attention to how licensed medical professionals among jws have dealt with the blood transfusion subject.
what they say, how they say it, and what they don't say are all very telling.
Today I added a new article to my blog addressing an article written by a JW medical doctor in a regional medical journal. It's part of an initiative giving attention to how licensed medical professionals among JWs have dealt with the blood transfusion subject. What they say, how they say it, and what they don't say are all very telling. These men and women have licenses and professional careers at stake! As you can imagine, each has to tread carefully on the subject. But my reading suggests each one hedges where they feel comfortable doing so.
For the latest in this series see the article JW Doctor mis-Illustrates a Blood Doctrine
i've applied some fixes to the avatar uploading to make it cope better with larger images.
if you've been trying to update yours and it hasn't been working, maybe give it another try..
on this new version of jwn my inbox notification icon has the little mailbox emblem and next to it a -2. what is that all about?
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On this new version of JWN my inbox notification icon has the little mailbox emblem and next to it a -2. What is that all about?
i think i finally tracked down the bug that was affecting ie users - you should now be able to sign in and use the site.
i've only had chance to test with ie 11 but it should work with ie 10 as well, i'm not sure about ie 9 and ie 8 or older is doubtful.. fingers crossed we get some replies from ie'ers.
note: there may still be other issues but the first and biggest hurdle is getting signed on..
Just tried to log on with a different computer using IE 11. Every time I went to the JWN page and hit the signin button my IE stopped working and wanted to close down. After several attempts I opened up the Chrome browser (which I've never used on this particular device) and logged on to make this post.
I don't know all the technical stuff. Not a computer nerd by a long, long shot. What I know is that yesterday I was able to log on with IE 11 using my older laptop device. Today I'm on a desktop unit that is much newer (and which supposedly has bells and whistles galore) and faster and was unable to use IE 11 to do anything here. I tried clicking on a discussion topic and, well, nothing. After a couple minutes (or so) IE said the page was not responding and IE shut down.
i think i finally tracked down the bug that was affecting ie users - you should now be able to sign in and use the site.
i've only had chance to test with ie 11 but it should work with ie 10 as well, i'm not sure about ie 9 and ie 8 or older is doubtful.. fingers crossed we get some replies from ie'ers.
note: there may still be other issues but the first and biggest hurdle is getting signed on..
well, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.
today i added a new article to my blog.
the information is a little dated.
material cited was published in 1973. but i don't find any good sources online for this information so i published it myself.. the doctor involved (now deceased) was dr. j lowell dixon.
There is another JW medical doctor who has published articles more recently in support of Watchtower's blood doctrine. He did this in year 2007 and again in year 2011. His name is Harvey Jon Schiller.
His work is telling in that he offers no shred of biblical support. But his work is telling for something else too.
Of Dr. Schiller's work:
Watchtower doctor being honest? at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2012/03/watchtower-doctor-being-honest.html
Watchtower Doctor on Blood at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2012/03/watchtower-doctor-on-blood.html
today i added a new article to my blog.
the information is a little dated.
material cited was published in 1973. but i don't find any good sources online for this information so i published it myself.. the doctor involved (now deceased) was dr. j lowell dixon.
Today I added a new article to my blog. The information is a little dated. Material cited was published in 1973. But I don't find any good sources online for this information so I published it myself.
The doctor involved (now deceased) was Dr. J Lowell Dixon. He was Medical Director for Watchtower for years. This is the first instance known to me where Dr. Dixon went on the record with a published article presenting theological premises supposely in support of Watchtower's infamous blood doctrine. His premises are false at every turn. None of this is earth-shaking news. But Dixon's article deserves attention for sake of those who might Google it (or Dixon) and need reference material.
The article is titled Watchtower Top Doctor on Blood and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2014/12/watchtower-top-doctor-on-blood.html
during one of those meetings that took place before my jc, one of the elders, who was a good friend of mine back then and used to come up with a few outlandish personal views about some teachings, attempted to counter one of my arguments like this:.
eden - "well, if the truth doesn't change, why is it that what we teach as 'truth' has changed over the years (several examples given)?
how can we dogmatically claim at any given moment that we have 'the truth' if our teachings keep changing?".
I would simply blink my eyes, smile and say, "You're scaring me!"
That's perfect!!!
