A baby to be sacrificed on the alter of Jehovah thwarted by New Zealands High Court.

smiddy

The Herald Sun newspaper article titled "Jehovahs baby rule " "A sick babyis under the guardianship of New Zealand`s High Court so she can receive life-saving blood transfusions.......She could develop life-threatening complications without a transfusion.

To be fair the article also states "She has been given a 90 per cent survival rate with treatment,but is likely to need a blood transfusion-which her parents will not allow as they are Jehovah`s Witnesses.

My observations /concerns are this : Jehovah`s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions.A baptised JW who takes a blood transfusion can/will be disfellowshiped for not abiding by JW`s doctrine.Going against GB policy direction is causing division.

Jehovah`s Witnesses do not beleive in donating blood to a blood bank even if it is theirs for their own private exclusive use .

Official teaching on blood by Jehovah`s Witnesses is, it is not to be stored, it is to be poured out on the ground.It is not to be used for any purpose.

Jehovah`s Witnesses will not use blood and bone in their gardens,they will not eat blood sausage,and a married couple will certainly not engage in sexual activity when the wife is menstruating.

The dilemma/inconsistencys :Why is it only a conscience matter, no penaltys applied for anyone to accept every fraction of blood that is donated by other people.? They will use blood that is donated by other people , processed in a laboratory into various fractions and injected into their own bodies , and they dont see a problem with this hypocricy ? Double standards ?

The trouble is Jehovah`s Witnesses are conditioned not to think for themselves. and to let their elders /governing body members do their thinking for them.

smiddy

Phizzy

All praise to the Court.

There is no such thing as a "Jehovah's Witness child". They are simply children of parents who are Jehovah's Witnesses.

The child has the Right to Life, and the right to decide in adulthood how he/she leads that life.

The parents have no right to take that life.

The really evil thing about the mind-control of the WT is that the parents, who in most circumstances will fight tooth and nail for their child's well-being, are made to bury their natural feelings, and sacrifice their child's life as surely as burning the child in a fire to Molech.

Nowhere in WT literature can they find a command to do this, it is all done by inference, and they are controlled by the fear that somehow Jehovah will be displeased that they have saved the life of their child.

Jehovah/Molech, much difference ?

konceptual99

Minor technical point smiddy but the WTS changed the position on accepting transfusions around 2000. It is not a DF offence. Someone who unrepentently accepts a blood transfusion has disassociated themselves by their actions.

Of course the result for the individual is the same - shunning.

The benefit for the WTS is that they can honestly say to the media that JWs do not throw people out of the org for having a transfusion. It also reduces the chance of a law suit. They have never openly published this change in the Organised book or the WT however. You only officially know about it if you are an elder. There were also newspaper reports on the matter from years ago.

Julia Orwell

I saw this on Cedars' page. Praise the NZ court!

Phizzy

The GB and Writing Committee, and their Legal advisors, are guilty of causing countless unnecessary deaths.

How can they sleep at night ?

carla

Using their logic the baby is technically not a jw as it has not been baptized.

They cannot have their cake and eat it too! When a jw is in the news for some crime the first thing out of their mouth is 'were they baptized? no? then they are not a jw!' There is no reason to withhold blood from this child or any other within the cult as they should not even be considered 'real' jw's to use the term my jw uses when it suits him.

Crazyguy

Sweet, good to hear someone is looking out for the children.

Mary

Dr. Jack Kevorkian spent years in prison for 'doctor assisted suicide'. So why are the Governing Body members not in prison for 'religious assisted suicide'? Because that's exactly what they're doing. They're forcing their followers to let themselves die when they could be saved, due to their warped interpretation of a scripture that has nothing to do with transfusing blood from one person to another.

Good thing Satan's court of law sees it a bit differently eh?

Julia Orwell

Yup. Satan's courts and governments do the WTBTS a lot of favours, as well as look after all the oldies who can't work anymore but were promised wouldn't get to go to tertiary education because Armageddon would be here.

adamah

Mary said-

They're forcing their followers to let themselves die when they could be saved, due to their warped interpretation of a scripture that has nothing to do with transfusing blood from one person to another.

Yup, thanks to a BOTCHED translation in the NWT for Genesis 9:5-6, which causes the JWs to confuse a BLESSING for an OBLIGATION, and missing the last two steps of a three-part solution God provided in Noah's Flood:

http://awgue.weebly.com/does-jehovahs-witnesses-blood-policy-reflect-they-understand-noahs-flood.html

Good thing Satan's court of law sees it a bit differently eh?

Heh, after seeing both Abraham's AND Jephthah's name included on the list of the 'Faith Hall of Fame' in Hebrews 11, I'm guessing Christians don't really have much of a problem with child sacrifice as a demonstration of their faith, and actually relish the opportunity: after all, THEIR eternal lives are on the line, and it's THEIR eternal panda-petting privileges at stake! After all, God can always resurrect the child in the New System (per Paul in Hebrews 11, Abraham KNEW that God would be able to resurrect Isaac, IF he hadn't been stopped by the angel, at the last moment). So the PARENTS MUST demonstrate THEIR faith to survive Armageddon!

It almost makes some logical sense, if you're willing to overlook the string of flawed suppositions upon which the conclusion relies!

Thank God (yes, being sarcastic here) the court in NZ was acting as the angel who stepped in at the last minute to save the baby's life, huh?

Adam

A baby to be sacrificed on the alter of Jehovah thwarted by New Zealands High Court.

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