How they could change blood doctrine

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  NotFormer

  I remember discussing the blood doctrine with some uninformed JWs. They were under the impression that the blood doctrine had been established as soon as transfusion was invented. I said: not so, the blood doctrine was established in 1945 , blood transfusions had been pioneered in the late 19th century and the blood types had been discovered in the early 20th century. So neither Russell nor Rutherford championed it; it was historically recent.

  The question is, if it is patently unbiblical to have a blood transfusion, why did it take them so long to figure it out?
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  DesirousOfChange

  They simply need to:

  (1) disband the HLC so they are not "guilty" of pressuring anyone to refuse treatment;

  (2) relay to BOEs verbally via COs that due to Satan early hordes using the BT to attempt to destroy the Org, BT will NOT result in DF anytime a person "repents" (this is more or less the unwritten rule currently);

  (3) gradually move it to a contentious decision that everyone must deal with personally between himself & Jehovah. When a question regarding a BT arises, it can be dealt with on an individual basis through the Service Dept (who will decide all cases should be ignored).
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  Vidiot

  Yup, that’d pretty much work.

  God, the degree of gymnastic pretzel-twisting they’ll go through just to avoid saying “we were wrong” is mind-blowing.

  I mean, I get why they do it, but jeezus.

  😳
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  carla

  How would you even know if a gb had a blood transfusion? they are all in the US where such things are protected by HIPPA laws.