yea that letter reminds me of one I received. Very cold. Almost as if the writer caused an issue in just writing the letter. Then it gets kicked back to the writer as if they were the source of the problem. NO answer. Almost a veiled threat. Yep. Know it well
Letter About Blood Doctrine
by Bangalore 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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irondork
For the benefit of so many newcomers... I enjoyed this thread.
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Bangalore
Glad you liked it,Irondork.
Bangalore
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Vidiot
Phizzy - "I did not realise until recently that they have known for years that the Blood doctrine is not right, but have stuck to it, why?"
Psychological
Authoritarian leaders cannot admit they are wrong; it goes against every fiber in their collective body.
They'd rather chug horse jism.
Legal
America is a litigous society; if the WTS makes transfusions a "concience matter", they potentially open the floodgates to thousands of wrongful-death lawsuits from non-JW relatives of rank-and-filers who died "maintaining their faith".
I suspect this happened on a (relatively) small scale after they made transplants a "concience matter", but they were able to keep it on the DL with out-of-court settlements.
Which, in turn, would have set an internal procedural precedent and developed into the policies they apply nowadays across the board.