Knocking My Impresssions

by kwr 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  kwr

  I just watched the Knocking DVD and it is a very good documentary about JW's. Two families are followed by the producer. One is 23 year old Seth that is dying from liver failure and requires a transplant. The documentary covers the struggle to obtain a bloodless transplant. The second story is about a Jewish man that survived the Nazi death camps and was inspired by the faith of the JW's in the camps and converts to Jehovah's Witness.

  The documentary covers the struggles of each family dealing with their faith and choices they made and have to make.

  I will give a "B" grade and it is worth watching by anyone associated with a JW to understand their faith and their stands.
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  dark angle

  how to obtain it? little bit curious of the end story.
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  kwr

  You can order the DVD or wait for it to be on PBS network's Independents Lens program around May 20th.
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  VanillaMocha73

  I find it interesting that they would showcase a &bloodless transplant" without mentioning that just a few years earlier organ transplants were a disfellowshipping offense in their own right. Was that mentioned?
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  Monkeyironfoot

  I just watched the "Knocking" dvd yesterday. It does not mention the fact that organ transplants were not allowed until 1980. Infact, the father (who is a JW) donates part of his liver so his son (who is also a JW) can receive the organ transplant. I'm glad they showed this because for years, JW's have argued with me saying that organ transplants are not allowed in the organization. Last year, I had a conversation with a JW elder who partakes at the memorial. He kept insisting that organ transplants were not allowed for JW's. I told him the issue of the watchtower that stated in was a conscience matter. He just laughed at me. I was thinking to myself, "and this guys an elder?" Here is the quote for any JW's that are in denial...

  *** w80 3/15 p. 31 Questions From Readers *** While the Bible specifically forbids consuming blood, there is no Biblical command pointedly forbidding the taking in of other human tissue. For this reason, each individual faced with making a decision on this matter should carefully and prayerfully weigh matters and then decide conscientiously what he or she could or could not do before God. It is a matter for personal decision. (Gal. 6:5) The congregation judicial committee would not take disciplinary action if someone accepted an organ transplant.

  Here is the link for the DVD with sample clips...

  http://www.knocking.org/

  Cheers

  P.S. I've been lurking here off and on for years and decided to start posting.
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  Leolaia

  Welcome, monkeyironfoot!