I agree with No Apologies...this is typical of their 'double-speak' lies. All they care about is covering their corporate asses. The more confusing they make this issue for the average publisher -- the better. For the WTS , of course...if some 'faithful' JW dies over the fear of making the wrong decision, so what ?
Under_Believer, I second your language use, sometimes it's the only way to convey the proper rage for such a horrible toll the WT has had on people who truly believe they are 'pleasing' God.
My Mom was murdered by this confusing blood doctrine a few years ago. At the time, hemoglobin was allowed as a "conscience matter," but, like most JW's (especially the elderly) they feel 'safer' taking the strictest interpretation...ya' know, the one they've always known -- NO BLOOD OF ANY KIND !
I was explaining to my JW daughter (when she was still talking to me) how the Blood Doctrine has changed so many times and how that now, she could take ALL fractions, just not the whole components. I explained also, how, after all those years of JW's dying because, of organ transplants being prohibited, too, the WTS changed their mind one day and said "it's now a conscience matter."
I was hoping she would 'make the connection' that the WTS had led innocent faithful people -- to their deaths. Only to get "NewLight" the next day.
Instead, she told me, "Well, the GB never claimed to be perfect, so yeah, they've made some mistakes. That's why on the new Blood Card, I chose "No Blood Products" of any kind."
Me: W-what...??? Y-you signed the Durable Power of Attorney...?
She explained, "I just think since there's been so many changes, back and forth, the safest thing is not to take any blood products. And, No organ transplants, either. Just to be sure."
Then, she smiled confidently at me...sure, in her heart, she was doing the best for her loving God -- and His loving earthy corporation.
I shook all over inside...I cried inside. In my mind's eye...I saw my own sweet mother, lying dead & cold in her casket, then, I could see my daughter...cold & dead in a casket of her own. Dead...over a corporation policy.
To the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses: You know if confuse them enough, then, even when you're faced with legal liability that forces you to "change the wording" a little...you can still get your way. You can still get them to die for you. I'll bet that that thought makes you smile having that kind of adoration.
Fuck you !
Rabbit
