by Terry 22 Replies latest watchtower medical
I cannot see the WTS changing it's policy.
Oh they'll change it.
They have to change it.
They will fight changing it outright.
But, the gradual changes they've already made have destroyed their credibility. They just have to work their way around to total abandonment
of the evil they've done. Conscience is not a possession of these people.
Why do you believe that they have to change it Terry ?
They have the potential of losing much if they do.
Its amazing how the WTS will scuff off other peoples lives just to hold up their own devised doctrines.
I wonder how many peoples lives were lost when they banded vaccinations ?
Why do you believe that they have to change it Terry ?
They have the potential of losing much if they do.
Think of it this way.
These are (don't laugh) HONEST people. They are trying to do what they think is right.
They aren't stupid.
They get letters from the brothers and sisters who are confused and hurting and the powers that be explain how they are supposed to think.
They get more letters. Painful letters. They try explaining another way.
In the process of all this explaining. They are really trying to explain it to themselves. You see?
Eventually, it becomes obvious.
What can they do? What can they say? How better to explain?
They think about it and pray about it and read and study more and more.
The changes come about because they can't face the truth but they can't NOT be honest.
So, the changes come. Slowly.
Changes have come already.
They are inching toward facing how wrong they've been.
But--it would be like putting a gun to Jehovah's head and pulling the trigger to fully face the problem; THEY AREN'T FAITHFUL OR DISCREET in their slavery.
The dissonance is misery. But....like I said....they are honest people.
They've changed so many things over the years.
So many things.
Why bother if they aren't honest seekers of "truth?"
They are slouching toward self-truth.
But, it is slow poison. It is killing them.
A guilty mind? No. Too much hubris.
It takes humility to be wrong.
So, they take the long, long, long way around making left turns over and over again.
Eventually they will get there.
And when they do they'll say it was New Light or Jehovah's Spirit or some other mysterious and miraculous explanation.
But, they are honest men. In the end.
It's definitely an albatross around their collective neck at this point...
The next, most logical policy shift would be to reduce the prohibition to just whole blood alone.
The JW leadership could very easily and truthfully observe that every mention of "blood" in the Bible is a reference to whole blood only. Fractions and components of all types were unknown at the time, and would therefore be, "matters of conscience."
I think they now allow platelets which I think hemophiliacs need.
Platelets are still forbidden. Factors VII and IX are allowed.
Platelet deficiency (Thrombocytopenia) can be caused by an autoimmune disorder or drug interaction
Hemophilia is a congenital inability to produce factor VII or IX
And when they do they'll say it was New Light or Jehovah's Spirit.
You might be right about that but the forethought in doing so would and could cause
the occurrence of many law suits levied against the organization. It would be interesting nevertheless.
If they did you can best assume prior to doing so that they would carefully examine the situation with their lawyers.
Then the matter once again is created involving the organization believability status.
Religious organizations like this operate on creating belief in the organization itself, therefore change
and reversion of doctrines is very problematic to pursue.
What sort of kick back by many long time JWS might actually be the worse part of this doctrinal change.
You might be right about that but the forethought in doing so would and could cause
the occurrence of many law suits levied against the organization. It would be interesting nevertheless.
If they did you can best assume prior to doing so that they would carefully examine the situation with their lawyers.
Then the matter once again is created involving the organization believability status.
Religious organizations like this operate on creating belief in the organization itself, therefore change
and reversion of doctrines is very problematic to pursue.
The problem with blowback from Watchtower Governing Body policies is that compliance is voluntary on the part of the families
who choose to follow the instructions.
There is a buffer of plausible deniability on the part of the Corporation. They reorganized, you'll remember, and put a hedgerow between the Governing Body and the Corporation.
It is sort of like "The Devil Made Me Do It" defense......only, in this case---it is "Jehovah made me do it."
Terry, Have you read Blood on the Altar by David A. Reed 1996. Google it and him. Here is a quote from the back jacket of the book."The faraway reality of Jehovah's Witnesses dying for lack of blood does not intrude on the average Witness's joie de vivre any more than Dachau or Auschwitz spoiled the parties and nightlife of National socialist Berlin.
"The story about the ongoing tragedy among Jehovah's Witnesses is a tale that must be told." Terry, this is a must read for all those that have issues with the blood doctrine.
Blueblades
The acceptance of fractiosn was the beginning and i hope to see, in our lifetime, the change to acceptance of Blood.
They will probably say how FINALLY science has caught up to a point where transfusions are acceptable to God as per the new light.
Or something silly and of course the rank and file will eat it up because, well lets face it, it's in their best interest to accept a new light that will actually be able to SAVE some of them.
