Posts by OrphanCrow

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Blood Transfusion and Eating

by dugout in

i get highly irritated when this subject comes up.

this idiot gave a talk in my hall recently and said that transfusion of blood and eating blood was the same thing.

my wife accepts this reasoning.

OrphanCrow

I had a medical doctor explain to me the difference between taking blood into the body as a transfusion as opposed to eating blood.

A friend of mine received blood transfusions for hemorrhaging esophageal varices. While he was recovering, several days later, he was behaving strangely (in the doctor's words - "loopy").

The doctor explained his behavior to me:

"When a person gets a blood transfusion, their body does not usually have a problem accepting the blood. However, when a person digests their own blood, and that is what happened to your friend - it does something funny to their brain and they behave as though they are drunk - "loopy". It takes a few days for the blood to be completely digested and after that, they will return to their normal behavior. We don't know why this happens but it does."

After being told this, I got to thinking about the bible verses that dealt with god's prohibition on "drinking the blood of your enemies" and getting "drunk" on that blood.

Eating blood does very different things to your body than what accepting a blood transfusion will.

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A New Watchtower trade name: Hudson Valley

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

watchtower and trading business is a never ending combination, now under the new name of hudson valley, selling their building machines online: .

http://used-tools-equipment.com.

OrphanCrow

sir82: Why would they have bought the excavator they are trying to sell ($299,000) in the first place?
Wouldn't it have been much more cost-effective to rent or lease one?

These schemes are not about "cost effectiveness". They concern the opposite - how to get money out of the WT and into the hands of money seeking JWs themselves.

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Hidden Abuse Under Watchtower

by MicaSmith in

the center for investigative journalism whose website is now called revealnews.org, has an entire section on stories being investigated by their staff and others on how the watchtower is handling child abuse cases.. "the jehovah’s witnesses have systematically instructed leaders to keep child sexual abuse secret from law enforcement and members of their own congregations.

" https://www.revealnews.org/topic/jehovahs-witnesses/.

please share you thoughts on this issue because i really would like to know when the governing body and their lawyers are going to properly address this issue because i can't worship in a place that allows dangerous men in, that's what they accused the catholic church of doing and now here it is that they are caught doing the same thing but have not expressed any concern for the victims.

OrphanCrow

Heaven: They will never fix this problem because the fundamentalism of patriarchy from the Bible is at the core of the issue.

I agree wholeheartedly. At the heart of the issue is the dis-empowerment of the individual.

The focus is always on the WT changing their policies when the problem is far deeper that that - it is the doctrine that has to change. And that never will.

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Canadians - please sign petition to stop paid blood donor clinics

by OrphanCrow in

blood saves lives.

a safe blood supply is vital for the health of everybody.. in canada, the province with the highest rates of hiv and hep c is saskatchewan.

and it is in this province, run by a right wing government, where for-profit blood donation will be rolled out.. http://regina.ctvnews.ca/company-that-pays-for-blood-donations-opening-first-sask-clinic-1.2741056.

OrphanCrow

An update on the Canadian plasma clinic.

It has already opened and has been buying blood. However, they do not have buyers for that blood yet and the controversy is still ongoing.

This is a recent article that reveals not only the health risks involved, but also the politics that is driving the controversy.

Blood money: Legislated out of Ontario, Canadian Plasma Resources courts controversy with Saskatoon clinic

It is an emotionally charged issue with critics and supporters facing off. The opponents to the paid clinics include the Ontario Hemophilia Society, the World Health Organization and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

What complicates the issue is the ownership of the company Canadian Plasma Resources:

Beyond the debate on compensation for plasma donations, Canadian Plasma Resources has faced challenges over its ties to Iran.
In September, the Federal Court upheld a Canada Border Services Agency decision to deny a work permit for Ramin Fallah, a shareholder in Canadian Plasma Resources’ parent company, Exa Pharma Inc., who had been hired as an executive.
The CBSA claimed his former employer, Fanavari Azmayeshgahi, “has been identified in open sources and by allied governments as being an entity of (weapons of mass destruction) concern.”
The court found that Fallah did not raise any evidence to counter that allegation.
Another alleged link to Iran’s nuclear program is through Canadian Plasma’s business partnership with the German pharmaceutical company, Biotest AG, which has processing plants in the U.S. and Germany.
Biotest has a joint venture called Bio Daru with pharmaceutical company Darou Pakhsh, which is on a list of Iranian companies Britain considers at risk of using exports for weapons of mass destruction proliferation. Nasser Riahi, founder of Exa Pharma and father of its president, Yalda Riahi, is also a founder of Bio Daru.
Bahardoust said Nasser “severed his ties with Exa Pharma years ago,” and Yalda is now the only member of the Riahi family with an interest in Canadian Plasma Resources.

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New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

here is the trailer..

OrphanCrow

Zeb: I feel their energy might have been better directed to the recent ulcer opened on paedophiles'

Zeb, this film has been in the works for years. Personally, I am over the moon that this long neglected issue - the blood ban - is finally getting some attention.

The child abuse issues will get their spotlight some day but it won't be getting it with this much needed film. The pedophile problem is not the only problem that deserves to be scrutinized.

The energy and commitment that has already gone into this film deserves respect, not criticism.

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New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

here is the trailer..

OrphanCrow

steve2: I'd also assume funding is provided by Christian outreach groups...

The film is not being funded by Christian outreach groups.

I checked with the producer, Alex, as to where the funding is coming from and his response was that it has been, so far, self funded. Lol! He said that he sold all his "worldly" possessions in order to get the film off the ground.

The good news is that there are some potential investors on the horizon. And they are not Christian outreach groups.

Dio: .....if its a good film with good direction, storyline AND packs an emotional punch, it could do really well.

From what I have heard so far, this film has the potential to deliver exactly that.

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New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

here is the trailer..

OrphanCrow

An interview with the producers of the film "Blood" - Alex Riker and Jason King - where the background of the film is discussed.

It is long - I am listening to it right now...Alex and Jason give lots of details about their JW experiences and, in addition to the film, they discuss many aspects of the religion, including child abuse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6v5KVHl5rY

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New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

here is the trailer..

OrphanCrow

DoC: Sad to say, I don't see a big audience for this. The public really doesn't care about JWs because they are such a minority of the population, a nuisance (and mostly weird).
JW's, of course, will be told to boycott it.
Only family members who have been affected by a JW refusing transfusion will have any remote interest.

The only reason that "the public" shows little interest is simply because they are ignorant of the the full implications of the WT's blood ban.

I used to think the same as you, Doc, until I started talking to non-JWs about the blood ban and it has been surprising how many people are totally unaware of how much this issue has affected those affiliated with the JWs. The "public" that I have spoken to about the blood issue have been horrified when they learn how many JWs die each year from refusing blood.

They have simply shown no interest because they know nothing about it. This film will change that.

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New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

here is the trailer..

OrphanCrow

OMG I cannot believe that someone is making a Hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and Jehovah's Witnesses!

The producer is an exJW from Canada.

The film has gone into pre-production this month - March - and it goes to camera in October.

Thanks for posting, ILove. I am quite looking forward to seeing this film - it should be a good one.

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2nd amendment right ... where should it end?

by Simon in

one thing i like to do to test a theory is to take things to extremes or to their logical conclusion to see if the premises still hold.

very often, a claim that seems to make sense at a superficial level falls apart when you start to stretch it a little.. so let's play a game.. suppose the 2nd amendment is valid, that some "well regulated militia" really is necessary to hold the government to account.. obviously when this was drafted the government had access to the weapons of it's day which would be muskets!

so muskets all round.

OrphanCrow

finkel: Perhaps it might be a bit more relevant and prudent to talk about people hunting people in cites rather than people hunting animals in the woods.
Protecting people from other people seems to be a little more important of an issue is it not ?

Exactly. That is the whole point. Hand guns are only good for killing people, not animals. Only poor hunters need side arms. Or people who want to kill other people.