Besty - SBF is correct - the title of the thread is inaccurate.
The title is as how it appeared on a news website, and the article url.
SBF - I don't believe there is any such thing as "false understanding", just different understandings.
That is an extreme comment. "We do not need water in order to live" is a false understanding, not a different understanding, and if acted upon will lead to death.
You say that the State is another form of tryanny to avoid. If a parent is abusing their child, how do you react in the cases that occur on at least a yearly basis when the state does nothing and the child dies?
SBF - The question I pose is, "if at 17 you required a transfusion and had it forced upon you, how would you feel now?" As far as I know, you were an active JW at the time, and like that boy would have been willing to die for your religious ideals. Knowing what you know now, would you be grateful to have been given a chance at life?
Most people I know that attempt suicide and survive, are grateful to survive. We do not always act in our best interests.