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  "The G.B. is neither inspired nor infallible"

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that admission in the feb.17 ,study edition of the watchtower , " who is leading gods people today ?

  " "the governing body is neither inspired, nor infallible, therefore it (they/we) can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction .".

  have the many jehovahs witnesses past and present who have lost their lives by refusing blood transfusions due to the prohibition on blood tranfusions by jehovahs witnesses really got the sense of this statement ?.

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  The GB don't admit to 'mistakes'.

  In Watchtower language, a 'mistake' by the GB is called NEW LIGHT
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  "The G.B. is neither inspired nor infallible"

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that admission in the feb.17 ,study edition of the watchtower , " who is leading gods people today ?

  " "the governing body is neither inspired, nor infallible, therefore it (they/we) can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction .".

  have the many jehovahs witnesses past and present who have lost their lives by refusing blood transfusions due to the prohibition on blood tranfusions by jehovahs witnesses really got the sense of this statement ?.

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  When has WT doctrinal errors resulted in deaths and abuse of JW?

  And what about the Factor VII problem?

  When the WTS allowed some JW hemophiliacs to receive factor VII (a fractionated blood product) but didn't let all the JWs know this? Only some JWs received that treatment (clinical trial?).

  And then, the WTS has made considerable mileage on the HIV tainted blood scandal - without acknowledging that some of the JWs that did receive factor VII did contract HIV through factor VII transfusions. That the WTS had approved.
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  Canada - Macleans article, Oct. 28, 2016: A Jehovah’s Witness and her deadly devotion

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.macleans.ca/news/a-jehovahs-witness-and-her-deadly-devotion/.

  a jehovah’s witness and her deadly devotion.

  did a jehovah’s witness die after refusing a blood transfusion, and should the state have let it happen?.

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  OrphanCrow

  Thank you for posting that article, Barbara.

  Excellent article.

  It is so good to see that the "care plan for mothers" that was recently sent to the elders has made its way into the hands of someone in the public.

  People need to be made aware of how coercive the blood refusal belief actually is.

  And hats off to wifibandit for leaking the care plan to begin with.
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  So I just watched Jackson's ARC interview...

  by schnell in

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  2. experiences

  thank you, everybody here, for introducing me to this.

  no, no i had not heard of this.

  child abuse issues have been roundly dismissed as apostate attacks in the congregations i've attended in the last decade.

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  OrphanCrow

  Yup.

  Jackson got baptized at 13, quit school at 14, and now he heads up the writing department of a worldwide corporation.

  Good gig if ya can land it.

  Nice suit too.
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  97 Columbia Heights For Sale

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdyjb_v4gye.

  http://imgur.com/a/yhraf.

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  OrphanCrow

  Some history on 97 Columbia Heights:

  http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/10/27/throwback-thursday-demise-hotel-margaret
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  Quebec coroner investigating death of another Jehovah's Witness after childbirth

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  quebec coroner investigating death of another jehovah's witness after childbirth.

  by stephen smith, cbc news posted: oct 26, 2016 6:39 pm et.

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-coroner-investigates-death-of-another-jehovahs-witness-1.3822768.

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  OrphanCrow

  Vidiot: In all my time as an active JW, it never once occurred to me that the "bloodless" medical-tech industry might be something that the Org may being quietly profiting from.

  Vidiot, I still remember exactly the moment that thought crystallized for me. It horrified and shocked me but at the same time it made total and complete sense.

  Everything that I have turned up since that time indicates that the no blood doctrine is a phobia, not a religious belief. And that that phobia against using other people's blood is a profitable position that the Watchtower Society has exploited through their alliances with the bloodless industry.

  The Watchtower goes on and on about all the money that is needed for the "worldwide work".

  But...the questions that need to be asked and answered:

  How much money has the org spent on promoting bloodless technology?

  Is the Hospital Information Services part of their "worldwide work"?

  Is advocating for and promoting bloodless medicine a religious activity?

  And, how is the Hospital Information Services financed? Does that money come from the charitable donations the Watchtower receives?

  Who are the largest contributors to the WTS? Do they have interests in keeping the blood doctrine alive...or massaging the blood doctrine to serve the needs of the bloodless industry?

  Why has the WTS change their position on using processed blood at exactly the same times that the bloodless industry needed subjects to trial their products on?

  Why has the HLC made arrangements for procedures to be used on JW patients and then later...those procedures/products were stopped over safety concerns? Why does the WTS go on and on about the dangers of blood transfusions but NEVER says anything about the dangers that they have exposed the JWs to through experimental bloodless procedures?
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  Quebec coroner investigating death of another Jehovah's Witness after childbirth

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  quebec coroner investigating death of another jehovah's witness after childbirth.

  by stephen smith, cbc news posted: oct 26, 2016 6:39 pm et.

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-coroner-investigates-death-of-another-jehovahs-witness-1.3822768.

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  OrphanCrow

  Notice this part at the end of the story:

  The committees are composed of Jehovah's Witness elders who are dispatched to a hospital when a member is facing a blood transfusion decision.
  According to the faith group, their role is to advocate for bloodless medical procedures and ensure their members' wishes are respected.

  I think a critical question to answer will be whether the advocacy for bloodless medical procedures is the reason for the HLC's involvement and if those concerns were primary in the HLC's actions. If the HLC were ensuring that the blood refusal was carried out for the reason of promoting alternative procedures, that should raise a huge red flag.

  It seems to me that the HLC are walking an ethical tightrope. Whose interests are they really looking out for? The patient's? Or the interests of the bloodless industry that require the JW patients for clinical trials and experimental procedures?
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  Quebec coroner investigating death of another Jehovah's Witness after childbirth

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  quebec coroner investigating death of another jehovah's witness after childbirth.

  by stephen smith, cbc news posted: oct 26, 2016 6:39 pm et.

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-coroner-investigates-death-of-another-jehovahs-witness-1.3822768.

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  Quebec coroner investigating death of another Jehovah's Witness after childbirth

  By Stephen Smith, CBC News Posted: Oct 26, 2016 6:39 PM ET
  

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-coroner-investigates-death-of-another-jehovahs-witness-1.3822768

  Mirlande Cadet, 46, died of suspected hemorrhage day after giving birth by C-section
  A Quebec coroner is investigating the death of a 46-year-old Jehovah's Witness who died Oct. 3 from complications shortly after giving birth by caesarian section in a Montreal hospital.
  A spokeswoman for the coroner's office, Geneviève Guilbault, confirmed that the bureau was launching an investigation into Cadet's death in an email to CBC Montreal.
  "Based on information that's been circulating … and other information we received from the hospital, it's been decided that a coroner will investigate the death of Mrs. Cadet," Guilbault wrote.
  The inquest is the second coroner's investigation this month into the death of a Jehovah's Witness following childbirth in Quebec.

  Read full story at link
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  Hemosep - blood recycling system

  by TheWonderofYou in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hemosep – blood recycling system.

  a blood recycling system, the hemosep cell savage, was developped at brightwake ltd. it is praised as costsaving and lifesaving device for jw who undertake major surgery.

  one of the company's trading arms advancis surgical markets the device.

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  OrphanCrow

  Wonder: I'm just learning the basics and make a clue of it. Hemosep is a blood management procedure.

  Hemosep is a device that recently and successfully broke in the market of blood salvage.

  Hemosep seems to have taken over a market share from Haemonetics with this machine. Haemonetics has been one of the largest supplier of blood management technologies to this point - they developed one of the first cell savers back in the early 70s.

  Hemosep boasts that it is small, easy to transport and use. It is also cost effective making it attractive to places like the Canadian market whose health care system is bolstered with public funds.

  However, it also has drawbacks. It can only process one litre of blood at a time*, making it a questionable device for trauma emergencies where a patient loses much more than a litre of blood when they hemorrhage. (*basically, what a Hemosep machine does, is it takes a person's blood and concentrates it and then that concentrated blood is transfused back into the patient. The patient gets all the 'goodies' from their blood without the volume - the volume has already been added to the patient's system with synthetic volume expanders)

  At this point, as far as I know, the Hemosep machine has been approved by Health Canada for use in cardiac surgeries and for "other situations". In other words....they will use if for JWs who have no other option than to use the machine for "off-label" use - to try to save their lives when conventional transfusion have been taken off the table as a line of treatment.

  I guess time will tell if the Hemosep machine has any safety issues yet to be worked out. It is performing fairly well so far from all indications. But it is a fairly new device that is still, as far as I can tell, in testing stages, especially for procedures other than open heart surgery.
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  RBC Used Tools Liquidation - 80% Off Cost!

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone else received this email?

  "items priced to move, up to 80% off cost".

  i'd post the email but i worry they put secret identifying marks on it somehow.

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  OrphanCrow

  No way.

  Not me. I ain't buying any of those tools.

  They probably have demons attached to them.