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Could I ask you something about #8 I think you might fint it very interesting.
You say that you think that GB believes everything that it inforces, this confuses me I will try to explain to you why for the following example.
This is a non doctrinal question so that means that you will have to think, is that ok?
No offence but it is just unfair that you have people to think for you and you could go into your books (reasoning, insight etc...) and get a ready made anwser while the rest of us have to use our noodle to come up with a reasonable one.
Anyway here it is.
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If you believed something wouldent you vote in its favor?
To me that makes sense because why then would you show your approval of somthing when your conscience does not allow you to?
I ask that because the GB members rearly, as far as I know make unanimous decisions about any doctrinal issues, they actually vote and a 2/3 majority decides the result as you probaly know.
So imagin this:
Your daughter was born prematurely, and she needed a blood component so that she could LIVE. But there is a problem, the watchtower dident aprove of that particular blood component. The wordly doctors that are trying to save your daughters life say there is no alternative, a witness doctor is consulted immediately and he agrees also with the worldlys that there is no alternative. There is a crissis of conscience. You have this crisis because of something that you know.
Heres what you know.
The vote on accepting this blood component went 4 infavor of its acceptance and 8 against. Since a three thirds majority is required it is passed on to the r&f that the component cannot be accepted because Jehovah does not approve. They keep their vote secret but it got to you through the grape vine.
You heard it first from apostates whom you dident believe at first but then it was confirmed from one of your brothers in a high position (he is a former bethleite). The apostates were proven to be right after all. But you still don't trust them, you still view them as un Godly and deceptive.
Anyway this vote means that 4 of the members of the GB would let the child accept the component but the others dident think that God would aprove. Since the people that they have to do their research for them cant seem to come to an agreement either. They have people to do research for them becase they are now to old and feeble to do any indepth study of the matter. They can bearly open their bibles without help, farless do any real research. Some are even suffering wih the mental illnesses associated with their age. Only the youngest of the group are in their early 70's.
You also know that the legal department was concerned about potential suits if the doctrine were to be changed in favour of its acceptance, these suits could cause substantial loss in revnue compounding the econimic slowdown and could even open the door to other suits involvig similar cases if they were to lose the case.
The word around bethel is that this factor has seriously infulenced the decision 4 of the GB members. So tis means that money played a role in the decision to keep and inforce this doctrine not only Gods will.
If these tree members were to vote in favour of the acceptance of the blood component then the doctrine would have to be changed.
The vote would now be 8 for its acceptanc and 4 against.
You as a Jehovahs Witness are supposed to be submissive to God and to authority but not to only a mans whims. psalm 118:8
Since there dosent seem to be any specific bible law against the acceptance of this blood component, (this conclusion was determined through much examining of the scriptures and still having no real biblicall support) it would be by definition the opinion of a man.
Because God dosent change and his word does not contradict itself it would be blasphm to suggest that Jehovah could not make up his mind.
A yes versus a no as in this case (as in yes you do accept no you dont) is a contradiction, therefore a reasonably minded person can conclude that the opinion does not originate from Jehovah.
Now what would you do, neglect your natural instinct and let you own daughter suffer and die and hope to see her in the new order that is coming soon ( soon was soon for the last 120 years !)
or would you do what your instincs suggests, that is to stop tyour precious daughter from suffering and give her a chance to live, that is follow your heart.
I say your heart because there seems to be no distinction between blood components in the bible so you would be putting the life of your daughter in a mans hands rather than the hands of Jehovah. You believe that these men have the approval of God but this dosent seem to have his approval beause if it did he would have let all of the members of the GB to come to the same conclusion that the component is NOT ACCEPTABLE. No new light seems to be comming.
Since your main goal in life is serve Jehovah and to do his will then what would your decision be.
Whose will would you follow?
Would you put your own life above your daughter by allowing your daughter to accept the component and then in effect sacrifice a great deal of your present life by being shunned by all your friends and family who donot know the full details of your situation but only care that you are breaking what they think are Jehovahs laws. You tried to explain it but they would only care about where you got this info about the GB from, you can except no sympthy from them in your time of need. Many of them wouldent even visit the hospital.
Or would you think that it is best to follow the advise of these men even thought you know that some of them would let their own great grand daughter accept the component.
Where youl your conscience lead you, what decision woul you make?
The Bible is a two edged sword wield it for evil and it you may get hurt.
