by gavindlt 36 Replies latest jw friends
A very well written letter. We all know it will not matter one jot to the Bethel automatons but that is not the point. It gave the writer the chance to say what is in his heart for perhaps the first and only time. I especially liked his excellent summary of the UNO scandal.
Personally I do not agree about the vaccine thing , but I respect others right to disagree.
I understand and respect that BluesBrother. I have read most of your posts.
Respect!
Quote from jw.org: Jehovah’s Witnesses seek nonblood medical management for their health-care needs. In exercising their right to bodily self-determination, they want the best medical treatment for themselves and their children
So where that self-determination right did go when it comes to forcing people to get the jab? Again, hypocrites....
https://www.jw.org/en/legal/information-brochures/information/packet-medical-care/
Quote from jw brochure:
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights gives everyone “the right to respect for hisp rivate . . . life.” In Jehovah’s Witnesses of Moscow v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights( ECHR) stated that “the imposition of medical treatment without the consent of a mentally competent adult patient would interfere with his or her right to physical integrity and impinge on the rights protected under Article 8.” In the same case, the Court went on to explain: “The freedom to accept or refuse specific medical treatment, or to select an alternative form of treatment, is vital to the principles of self-determination and personal autonomy. A competent adult patient is free to decide, for instance, whether or not to undergo surgery or treatment or, by the same token, to have a blood transfusion. However, for this freedom to be meaningful, patients must have the right to make choices that accord with their own views and values."
Exactly Person I agree!
Keep in mind that the WTS prefers to have as much control as they can over the rank and file. When they talk about having the freedom to choose anything, it is usually because it's a thorny issue and they want to be sure they have an excuse they can fall back on. That's when they say that a particular issue is up to "each individuals conscience, and between them and Jehovah." That's when you know it's an issue they would rather not commit to because it might be an inconvenience for them.
Also they are moving more and more to legally remove themselves from personal liability, hence carefully reiterating that it's your choice. The deliberate choice of calling the rank and file publishers is not coincidental. It imputes that every witness chooses to publish what they personally believe not what the FDS insists they believe or insist they do.
It's all a legality to absolve themselves. Elders just can't see it yet that they are all going to be the fall guys!
Hi gavindlt, thanks for your insightful contribution. Do you live in South Africa or Australia? I live in Brisbane Australia
Hi bribie
I live In the uk but was born is sa
Thanks for your response Gavin. This stance by the GB to push and promote Covid vaccinations really baffles me. I mean why would they do this when we know that these experimental jabs did nothing in so far as protecting people from transmission and improving their health? In fact we now know that millions world wide have prematurely died or been maimed by these dangerous drugs and yet they were fully sanctioned by the GB.
Even the Amish folk were way far smarter and rejected the vaccines, refused to wear masks and went about their normal daily activities while the rest of America was turned upside down. The result 30X less deaths! I never complied to being jabbed but relied more on natural immunity and good diet and adequate intake of Vitamin C, Zinc and Vitamin D. The GB went too far in my opinion in their handling of Covid.
