could they be any stranger???? oh god,,,and i was one of them...
Are Jehovah's Witnesses allowed to live in homes made of PLYWOOD? A Watchtower viewpoint from 1964.
by ThomasCovenant 23 Replies latest watchtower medical
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BabaYaga
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A Christian purchaser or contractor may seek to obtain blood-free plywood if he can do so; however, if he decides to use all types of plywood, it must be left to his conscience.
Wow. Who knew plywood was a conscience matter.
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upnorth
I had not heard of this aversion to wood products before now, too funny.
When I was a little kid I remember my stupid JW mother having a fit because she had found out there was a chance that Junior Mints could have blood in them. We were banned from eating those.
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John Doe
Does anyone remember the rumors from about 20 years ago that chocolate had blood in it as an "emulsifier," and people were going around saying you shouldn't eat chocolate? You can't make this stuff up.
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blondie
I posted this above.
This reminds me of the hoopla about there being blood lecithin in food products. The standard today is that only soy lecithin is used and that jws need not worry. I would say that any jw that still believes since 1979 that chocolate has blood lecithin in it has not done their research of the WT publications.
*** w63 2/15 pp. 123-124 Carry Your Own Load of Responsibility ***The Christian may feel that it would be fine if the Watch Tower Society would make up a list of all the food products and medical preparations that contain blood. But the Society has not done so for good reasons. There are many substances found in blood that are also found elsewhere. This is to be expected, since human and animal bodies are not the only creations produced from the earth. For example, while lecithin is found in blood, it is also derived from soybeans, which happen to be the common commercial source of most lecithin. If there is doubt about a product, it is up to the individual to investigate by inquiring of the manufacturer.He cannot expect a brother in the congregation to rule on the matter for him; the brother did not make the product and neither did the Society. The substance may have been derived from blood or it may not. He must bear his own load of responsibility.
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They followed up with this perhaps trying to get the rumor to die.
*** w79 3/15 p. 31 Questions From Readers ***
Lecithin is found in blood. And many processed foods have lecithin as an ingredient. Is such lecithin obtained from blood?
No, there is no reason for thinking so.
Lecithin is a natural substance that has many industrial uses because of its affinity for both oil and water in an emulsion. It is often used commercially in ice cream, candies and baking products, as well as in some cosmetics and chemical products. But what is the source of this lecithin?
Lecithin is a phospholipid present in all living cells. The 1977 EncyclopediaAmericana points out: “The highest concentrations of lecithins are found in brain and nervous tissue and in red blood cells. They are also present in large quantities in egg yolk and in some types of plant seeds.”—Vol. 17, p. 147.
The fact that blood contains lecithin has been of concern to some Christians who have seen lecithin listed as an ingredient on food labels. The Bible commands Christians to ‘abstain from blood.’ (Acts 15:28, 29) They should thus avoid eating unbled meat and foods made with blood, such as blood sausage or blood pudding. Since red blood cells, though, contain concentrations of lecithin, some Christians have refused to eat any product having lecithin listed as an ingredient. Others have felt compelled to write to manufacturers to check on the source of the lecithin used in certain foods.
However, The Encyclopedia Americana continues: “Commercially, lecithin is used as an emulsifier in the food industry, particularly in the manufacture of margarine and chocolate. Lecithin for industrial uses is obtained from eggs or as a by-product in the manufacture of soybean oil.” (Italics added.)
Because commercial quantities of relatively inexpensive lecithin can be obtained from eggs or soybean oil, there is no reason for any manufacturer to seek to have lecithin extracted from blood. By way of illustration: Red blood cells also contain molecules of iron. Yet how senseless it would be for a manufacturer to consider extracting iron from blood so he could make cooking pots or other iron products when the same substance (iron) can be obtained from iron ore at a fraction of the cost.
The fact is, then, that commercial lecithin does not come from blood. So Christians need not be concerned about blood when they see “lecithin” listed on the label of some food product.
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Heaven
People are starving in the world but JWs continue to focus on and do crap that is completely useless.
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BluesBrother
I can vaguely remember these topics. We took it that since you obviously could not avoid living without having something made of plywood, it was not not meant for us to go to extremes to investigate things
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Think About It
Wonder if this plywood is approved by the WTS as long as there is no blood products in the glue? Their taking a stand on issues like this would make at least some sense, rather than their obsession with what materials blood might be in.
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mentallyfree31
Funny stuff! There is no end to their bizzare ideas!
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besty
classic question for any lurker/conscious class looking for a simple way to introduce the plywood doctrine to a true believer:
"I heard Jack Barr died. Do you think the GB will now change the plywood doctrine from 1964?"
