by Lee Elder 14 Replies latest watchtower medical
Every blood fraction they accept (97% of whole blood at the last count) is seeking blood-based medical management.
To say they seek nonblood medical management is a lie, or at best not accurately representative of reality.
It would be completely accurate to say:
"We seek the best possible medical management including all blood fractions but excluding major components we define as red cells, white cells etc etc..."
I've heard plenty of stories of the rank and file dying due to refusal of blood but never of a higher up such as a co, do or gb. How is that possible? Do you think a higher up would secretly use a blood transfusion?
Thanks Besty.
Sometimes the neurons take a while to get in sync.
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The focus I recommend: the 12 or so JWs leaders claim their exclusiveness
(the only leaders of a literal 144,000, a fraud started by Russell and continued
ever since) is shown by 12 or so exclusive or relatively exclusive rules, which
they claim are required by a conservative interpretation of the Bible and are
substantiated by the best evidence and reasoning.
That isn't true or those rules wouldn't be so exclusive about such old
material tackled from about any angle you can think of for centuries.
1. So when they go to try to prove those rules that way, and they quote from a
book, look for the book. (There are books of examples of JWs leaders using
quotes out of context misrepresentatively, and there are chapters in my report
of authors complaining about their reference books being misused that way by JWs
leaders.)
2. If they say, "That's what the others" (such as mainstream Christians)
"say," see what the most reasonable thing is the others say. The JWs leaders
probably don't represent them by their most reasonable outlooks.
3. If related historical context is important, you better look it up yourself
because if it's bad for their case, they won't tell you about it.
The motive for the insincerity for exclusiveness is for the money from
literature sales. It's especially bad if anyone is hurt or killed over it.
(The leaders seperate persistant critics from their other victims by notably
harsh shunning rules, such as for any of their distinctive rules, which has
divided friends and family. Followers have died following the JWs leaders in
Germany and Malawi, etc. The JWs leaders had a tract on their blood rules that
had kids on the cover and claimed thousands have died putting God's word first.)
In this case, the ethics are comparible to Peter Poppof feigning exclusiveness
with a radio transmitter in his ear and telling followers God told him their
names and addresses and illnesses (transmitted to him by his wife backstage),
that they were healed, and to throw away life sustaining medications like nitro-
glycerin and insulin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Popoff
The JWs leaders are the only ones with their rules about the medical use of
blood and minor blood fractions. All three methods given above apply to how to
research the way they teach it. The matter of quotes out of context is
especially ironic when the book is the Bible and things like Paul's writings
about food are omitted.
http://www.freewebs.com/glenster1/gtjbrooklynindex.htm
http://gtw6437.tripod.com/
Lee Elder, that was a much appreciated article. On the Beacon for former forum there is a nice banter. My favorite man M Shilmer has much food for thought in regards to watchtower leadership and the doctine of blood.
