Original news info i got here;
http://www.jwblood.org/jehovahs-witnesses-lady-dies-after-rejecting-blood-transfusion/
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Ghana jw.org call for retraction
by mana11 inwe have read with interest the above front-page headline and its articlewhich was published on page 3 of your newspaper the chronicle of june 22, 2015. in the article, the writer, alfred adams of takoradi, reported that rebecca dankwa and her mother, believed to be worshipping at the jehovahs witnesses church, refused to accept blood transfusion on the grounds that their religion forbids blood transfusions, and she died as a result.. as representatives of jehovahs witnesses in ghana, we write to point out the misinformation contained in that report.
our investigation into the matter has clearly established that the said rebecca dankwa was not one of jehovahs witnesses.
since this person mentioned in the report was not one of jehovahs witnesses, we are at a loss as to why the name of jehovahs witnesses should be linked to the story.
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Ghana jw.org call for retraction
by mana11 inwe have read with interest the above front-page headline and its articlewhich was published on page 3 of your newspaper the chronicle of june 22, 2015. in the article, the writer, alfred adams of takoradi, reported that rebecca dankwa and her mother, believed to be worshipping at the jehovahs witnesses church, refused to accept blood transfusion on the grounds that their religion forbids blood transfusions, and she died as a result.. as representatives of jehovahs witnesses in ghana, we write to point out the misinformation contained in that report.
our investigation into the matter has clearly established that the said rebecca dankwa was not one of jehovahs witnesses.
since this person mentioned in the report was not one of jehovahs witnesses, we are at a loss as to why the name of jehovahs witnesses should be linked to the story.
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We have read with interest the above front-page headline and its articlewhich was published on page 3 of your newspaper The Chronicle of June 22, 2015. In the article, the writer, Alfred Adams of Takoradi, reported that “Rebecca Dankwa and her mother, believed to be worshipping at the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church,” refused to accept blood transfusion “on the grounds that their religion forbids blood transfusions,” and she died as a result.
As representatives of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ghana, we write to point out the misinformation contained in that report. Our investigation into the matter has clearly established that the said Rebecca Dankwa was not one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Since this person mentioned in the report was not one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, we are at a loss as to why the name of Jehovah’s Witnesses should be linked to the story. We, therefore, request that you publish a retraction of the part of the story that mentioned Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Also, of interest is your editorial on that report which was entitled -“A-G must intervene in Jehovah’s Witnesses bunkum.” We request that you publish our comments on this.
We want to make it very clear that the editorial got the stand of Jehovah’s Witnesses on this issue completely wrong. Jehovah’s Witnesses do not refuse all medical treatment for themselves and their children.
That is not the case at all. It is only a form of medical treatment—blood transfusion—that we object to, and rather ask for known alternative treatment.
If a person declines blood transfusion and also turns down any alternatives available, then the conclusion may well be reached that he is denying himself medical treatment. But this is not the case with Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ours is a choice of medical treatment and not a refusal of medical treatment. Does a patient not have the right to choose the form of treatment administered to him?
Jehovah’s Witnesses do not accept blood transfusion for themselves and their children primarily for religious reasons. The Bible at Acts 15:28, 29 states: “The holy spirit and we ourselves have favored adding no further burden to you except these necessary things: to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you!”
The Bible’s clear command is “to keep abstaining… from blood.” We understand this to include not accepting blood transfusions. If a doctor tells a patient to abstain from penicillin, would it mean that introducing penicillin into his system orally is disallowed but that introducing it into his system intravenously is allowed? For this reason, we ask to be given non-blood alternative treatments, which are available in this country, are safer, and are cheaper in the long run.
Mr. Editor, please note that our stand is not “religious bigotry… being unfurled on innocent people,” as your editorial put it. When we and our children fall sick, we seek the best treatment available.
In this vein, please note what Dr. Charles Huggins, director of transfusion service at the large Massachusetts General Hospital, U.S.A., said as reported in The Boston Globe Magazine of February 4, 1990: “Blood has never been safer. But it must be considered unavoidably non-safe. It is the most dangerous substance we use in medicine.”
A front-page article in the May 24, 1997 issue of the Weekly Spectator entitled – “Blood Bank Faces Shortage,” confirms this. In that article an official of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Blood Bank pointed out the risk of acquiring the HIV virus from donated blood.
Would it, therefore, be wrong for a parent, Jehovah’s Witness or not, who is seeking the best treatment for himself or his child, to refuse blood transfusion and ask for alternative treatment?
Section 79 (b) of the Criminal Code 1960 (Act 29) says: “A parent is under a duty to give access to the necessaries of health and life to his child actually under his control not being of such age and capacity as to be able to obtain these necessaries.”
Therefore, Witness parents who opt for safer alternative treatment for their children and are not willing to endanger the children’s health and life by accepting blood transfusion for them are actually doing what the law requires of them.
In this country evidence is piling up that it is possible to treat seriously ill patients, both adults and children, without blood. Most doctors and hospital administrators are aware that Jehovah’s Witnesses have an excellent network that easily and quickly provides doctors with medical information they need in the handling of such very difficult cases. We provide free information from experts around the globe on bloodless treatment.
In conclusion, we must say that the reference the editorial made to the proviso in Article 28 of the 1992 Constitution that a child shall not be denied medical care on religious grounds is noteworthy.
However, this does not apply to Jehovah’s Witnesses but to some medical personnel who unfortunately refuse to give alternative treatment and only leave Witness patients to die because they exercise their right to choose the type of medical treatment they want.
Some patients have even been prevented from being transferred to other medical facilities where the personnel are ready to provide the alternative treatment. Sadly, some of such instances have resulted in the death of the patient and the cause of death has invariably been attributed to his refusal to accept a blood transfusion rather than to the real cause, his being denied the necessary alternative medical care.
Asking for alternative treatment is not the same as asking to be allowed to die without treatment. So we agree with you in “calling on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice and the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection to sit up and apply the laws of the land” to those who leave patients to die simply because they exercise their right to choose one form of treatment over another.
Thank you for correcting the wrong impression created.
Yours sincerely,
Nathaniel Gbedemah
Media Contact for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ghana
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Captive virgins, polygamy and sex slaves: What marriage would look like if we actually followed the Bible
by Captain Schmideo2 ina friend linked this on his facebook page, sharing:http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/captive-virgins-polygamy-and-sex-slaves-what-marriage-would-look-like-if-we-actually-followed-the-bible/one quote that stood out for me:"granted, sometimes even decent people do get sucked into a sort of text worship that i call bibliolatry, and bible worship can make a persons moral priorities as archaic and cruel as those of the iron age tribesmen who wrote the texts.
(i once listened, horrified, while a sweet, elderly pair of jehovahs witnesses rationalized the old testament slaughter of children with the same words nazis used to justify the slaughter of jewish babies.
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Teenage Jehovah’s Witness refuses blood transfusion and dies
by mana11 inhttp://www.jwblood.org/teenage-jehovahs-witness-refuses-blood-transfusion-and-dies/.
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Candace Conti Settles
by Nitty-Gritty inhot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.
but it's all quiet here.
are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?
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On the subject of Child Baptism - Video
by cappytan inso, the latest "kids" kingdom melody video is out.. here are some screenshots:.
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yep, that's right, they showed a kid with a teddy bear getting baptized.. here's the video in full for documentation, if you can stomach it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellrtyj_maq.
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CANADA: Jehovah's Witnesses appoint female 2015 District Convention Co-ordinator ???
by jwleaks inall along the watch tower: annual convention returns next month.
cornwall seaway news.
may 04, 2015. cornwall, ontario - it's nearly time for the annual pilgrimage to cornwall for thousands of jehovah's witnesses.. the faithful will start converging in cornwall on june 12 for the first of three watch tower conventions being held at the cornwall civic complex in the ed lumley arena.. altogether more than 7,500 delegates will be attending the three conventions, pumping in excess of $3.5 million dollars in economic benefits into the community, the city said monday.
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A woman cannot hold a microphon.
A Woman cannot be a convention Coordinator.
Notice the Full Stop after each.
Just Imagine a Sister walking down the isle, Tight skirt, Loose Skirt, Perfume Wafting about, Standing pointing a mike at a brother watching him get an erection, as she reaches accross the seats to get to the bro, Impossible, Never going to happen. Of Course the GB may approve it if one of them enjoyed it a little.
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Having a hard time holding my tongue...
by problemaddict 2 in...recently.. i'm normally pretty calculated.
my fade is done, my wife is out, my family and friends know, i maintain quite abit of the friendships of those closest to me jw or not, my family isn't shunning, and the few people we have kept it from for other reasons we are calculating how to break it.
(elderly matriarch that we are simply not going to tell so she doesn't die).. but.....all these facebook meme's and stupid feeds about reliance on jehovah, distraction, staying close to his organization, persevering against satan.....its driving me nuts.
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I'm late to the party on this Gog of Magog change...
by sd-7 inso this may 2015 study edition...i know you guys have talked about it already, but wow.
this is classic.
mostly i like to revel in the presentation of these changes.
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£150,000,000 Jehovahs Witnesses HQ approved
by defender of truth inthe jehovahs witnesses have gained planning to build a vast uk headquarters complex in chelmsford.the international bible students association, which manages the christian groups literature, gained planning to redevelop a derelict farm near galleywood with a 1.2m sq ft scheme.the 150m complex will provide homes for 1,200 people spread across 16 five-storey blocks, a large printing plant, offices, auditorium, health and fitness centre, water treatment plant and on-site parking for 1,040 vehicles.. the ibsa is now set to begin groundwork at the 82-acre temple farm site and start construction by 2016.. .
www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/04/29/150m-jehovahs-witnesses-hq-approved-for-chelmsford/.
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And in 10 to 20 years times they will have a sale and start again. all the while continuing to play with hedge funds and gamble with the assets. profit ,, build profit, profit, free labor, more profit,,,great business model....
