I am doing research on this and have found many, many references. Except one. Wasn't there an article from the WTBS that speaks of Organ Transplanting as 'on of our modern marvels of this time'? It would be before they changed their minds and called it cannabalism (prior to 1967). Does anyone know what I'm referring to? Thanks.
Organ Transplants...HELP!
by AwSnap 23 Replies latest watchtower bible
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BluesBrother
This was the most positive comment that I found, certainly they have no objection to bloodless transplants these days..
Awake. 2001 8/6 p7
"Frenchman Louis Pasteur used vaccination to fight rabies and anthrax. He also proved that germs play a key role in causing disease. In 1882, Robert Koch identified the germ that causes tuberculosis, described by one historian as “the greatest killer disease of the nineteenth century.” About a year later, Koch identified the germ that causes cholera. Says Life magazine: “The work of Pasteur and Koch ushered in the science of microbiology and led to advances in immunology, sanitation and hygiene that have done more to increase the life span of humans than any other scientific advance of the past 1,000 years.”
At the beginning of the 20th century, medicine found itself standing on the shoulders of these and other brilliant practitioners. Since then, medical advances have been made at a breathtaking rate—insulin for diabetes, chemotherapy for cancer, hormone treatment for glandular disorders, antibiotics for tuberculosis, chloroquine for certain types of malaria, and dialysis for kidney complaints, as well as open-heart surgery and organ transplants, to name a few.
But now that we stand at the dawn of the 21st century, how near is medicine to the goal of guaranteeing “an acceptable level of health for all the people of the world”?
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AwSnap
Oh thank you! Nelly & Blues, I've just printed those articles (and THEN SOME!). So I guess you've never seen the article where it talks about organ transplants being a modern marvel (speaking about it in a good light)? I remember seeing it. But now I can't find it anywhere.
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nelly136
blondie is the godess of borg lit, if she doesnt pop by this thread then maybe if you pm her she'll be able to find the article you're looking for.
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coffee_black
I don't remember anything positive being said about transplants prior to thier change to make it a conscience matter. My dad died due to this policy...2 years before they changed thier minds.
Coffee
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TD
I believe you're remembering an article that appeared in the December 22 1949 issue of Awake! entitled "Spare Parts For Your Body." Organ transplantation was praised as a wonder of modern surgery.
I don't have the exact text text available at the moment, but I've got original copies of the magazine in the library at home
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AwSnap
Fantastic, TD, I think that's what I'm thinking of. Coffee, I'm so sorry...I was searching jwfacts.com earlier today and saw your heartbreaking story. I've already had the "discussion" with 2 witnesses this afternoon, but I will try and get a copy of that 49' Awake article somehow. I was furious with the 2 responses I received. The first was, "well, that's why it's best to look up the most current information because that's up to date." And "Let's say someone from the 60's died as a result of refusing an organ transplant. What's most important to Jehovah is that they followed the faithful and discreet slave and they have the hope of being resurrected." My main question to them was put this way: "Well, I am curious since I don't have a great knowledge of the Bible....did the congregation leaders of the Bible make decisions for their congregations and then change their rules? and then change them back? Obviously, I am not speaking of the individuals because I know everybody is imperfect. I am speaking of the leaders making decisions for the whole congregation. Maybe you can find out for me?"
So that was that. We'll see if they ever come to speak with me again.
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bluecanary
"Let's say someone from the 60's died as a result of refusing an organ transplant. What's most important to Jehovah is that they followed the faithful and discreet slave and they have the hope of being resurrected."
My question in response to that is, regardless of whether Jehovah resurrects the person later, whom does he hold accountable for the loss of life? Let's agree that life is sacred to Jehovah and he commands us to respect it and take utmost care of it. Obviously if the new light is true, Jehovah never commanded people to reject organ transplants; that was a command of men. If someone's conscience would allow them to receive this transplant, yet the governing body prohibited them from receiving a life saving treatment by threat of expulsion from God's congregation, and that person died, in what way is the governing body not accountable for that death? What does Jehovah do to a person or body of persons who are responsible for causing deaths?
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AwSnap
I hear you, Blue. I will definitely keep that point in mind if the subject is raised again (by them OR me)