There is a little known booklet called "Preparing for child custody cases" which on page 55 says the following:
PREPARATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION about the practice of his religiol1, al1d that he is l1ot merely parroting the expressions that you have provided for him. If your child is to be tested, you should also try to prepare him or her to face the experience with an open al1d positive attitude. 5. If you do not understand a question, ask for clarification. If you are asked a question you do not understand or if you feel that the interviewer is getting at something other thal1 what is stated, you should calmly ask the evaluator to restate or rephrase the question so that you may provide an accurate answer. 6. You may be asked questions about your refusal to take blood or blood products. You may be questioned about whether you would permit your child to die because of your refusal to consent to a blood transfusion. Rather than just explaining your hope in your child's resurrection in Gods new world and deemphasizing the importance of your childs life il1 this system, show a balanced view and state in positive terms the medical steps that you would take to assure the child had the best possible medical treatment available. Be prepared to discuss with the evaluator specific alternative medical treatments which would be available to the child if some doctor was of the opinion that blood was needed. You do not want to give the impression that your religion requires you to allow your child to die should a medical emergency arise. I believe that this is the only clear statement from a Society publication where it is stated so clearly that a witness should die rather reciving a blood tranfusion And this decision is approved by Watchtower Society or using her terminology "your religion, the Watchtower Society, requires you to die without a blood transfusion. Did they notice that what Jesus did for making for a universal blood transfusion for our sins? |