My theory on the blood policy and the GB

by 5go 7 Replies latest watchtower medical

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  5go

  I think this was an temp to pull a bulgaria on everyone in the world.

  By saying that fractions are a grey area they were hoping that the brain washing would kick in and cause the R&F to say in they're heads "hey this is a grey area what did the FDS say about grey areas oh stay away from them".

  ( Your old fence setter analogy. Fence stters I.E. neutral people and thing are really evil people and things, they thought the black and white black thinking would take care of the blood dilema.)

  Hence the GB would be able to say it is up to the R&F to decide what they want but they thought that the R&F would do what they told them to do in the past.

  I think they forgot about the 1975-1980 drain and refill. The new R&F did not have the programing hence when they heard it's up to you they decide hey I don't want to die so I will take these fractions it only gray.

  To make it short the GB blood plan backfired in they're face.

  Anyone else agree.
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  jgnat

  I hope you are right, 5go. I like your thinking.
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  cognizant dissident

  Hence the GB would be able to say it is up to the R&F to decide what they want but they thought that the R&F would do what they told them to do in the past.

  I think there is some truth to this theory. My husband, who is old school dub, and my mother (and I'm sure many others) do not really understand what all the blood fractions are and so, just to make it easier and more consistent, they still refuse all blood fractions to be on the "safe" side. I suppose they could do some research and learn what all the fractions entail, but they have been programmed to just do whatever the society tells them to do, it is easier than taking responsibility for yourself. So, quite a few dubs I know fall into this category. I do believe the society was counting on this effect to a great extent. I guess they underestimated many other dub's will to live!

  Does anyone remember the part from the 2001 and 2004 blood fraction articles in the Watchtower, where the society says what fractions are up to your conscience, but they also said, (paraphrasing) make no mistake, what you decide is a serious matter and Jehovah will judge you on what you decide? I felt there was a veiled message in that statement, in effect saying, it's your decision, but you know what the "right" decision is. We can't do anything to you, but Jehovah still can at the big A. I immediately thought that if it was so serious that Jehovah was going to judge us for our decision, then maybe he should have spelled out all the allowable fractions a little more clearly in the Bible. Did anyone else notice that point in those articles?

  Cog
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  compound complex

  RE: COG/DIS thoughts:

  Something always comes to mind you hadn't thought of for years. A Seventh Day Adventist neighbor told me 30 years ago that one's salvation depends on one's obeying the Sabbath. Well, that's what he told me, and he was old and knowledgeable. Anyway, I feel the GB is backed into a corner [ 5go's reasoning] and they're still playing their authority card, making it SEEM that Jah's gonna get us if we make one false move. Now, it's up to your conscience, but maybe it's just better if you refuse blood altogether........Salvation depends on your respect for blood. If you "DA" yourself for making the wrong choice, you're "dead". If a JC investigates and decides you're unrepentant, they DF you, you're "dead". The GB holds the cards, but they are not card sharks, they are paper tigers, in reality:

  "Often false prophets, when caught, try to shift the emphasis by falling back on their humanity. They would like everyone to forget the original facade and arrogance as they pretended to be the pipeline of the Holy Spirit." - Kurt Goedelman

  It's only a matter of time, a very short time....

  Compound-Complex
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  Abandoned

  They may have changed the blood policy hoping everyone would continue as they always did. I have another theory though. I think they are just scared and trying to eleviate some of the growing liability against them for giving people medical advice that has proved fatal. I don't think they base any of their decisions on what the bible says anyway. Ray Franz in his Crisis of Conscience book mentioned how the governing body don't have time to study the bible anyway.

  I think they realized that they finally did something they could be sued to kindgomd come for (pun intended) and they're in full-blown damage control mode. I doubt their too worried about appearing as hypocrites because they already do. The thing is you generally can't be sued for being a hypocrite but you can be sued for giving faulty medical advice and that without a license.
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  5go

  They may have changed the blood policy hoping everyone would continue as they always did. I have another theory though. I think they are just scared and trying to eleviate some of the growing liability against them for giving people medical advice that has proved fatal. I don't think they base any of their decisions on what the bible says anyway. Ray Franz in his Crisis of Conscience book mentioned how the governing body don't have time to study the bible anyway.

  Yeah that what I'm saying this was an atemp to have their cake and eat it as well. To avoid litagation they could say hey we give them a choise but they chose to obey the bible.

  It backfired in the face most of the R&F don't really care what the bible said ( I know it's what they the GB and the R&F think not everyone else in the world thinks the bible says ) just the what GB says. And if the GB says we ain't going to do anything you taking it well than it might not be ok but, hell I want to live.

  Most of the bad advise on blood began after the fractions were allowed. Before then they just hey the bible says no. Then the whole insident in san antonio with TV show "Life in the ER" triggered the blood fractions thing. At least thats how I heard it started.
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  Sam Beli

  Allowing "parts" of blood is not new, but which "parts" are allowed keeps changing.

  http://www.ajwrb.org/history/index.shtml#modern
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  steve2

  The parts of blood that are up to the individual's conscience require more blood donors than whole blood. JWs are hypocrites: Able to use blood parts which have been donated by 1,000s of donors, but never donating any blood themselves.