ABibleStudent says,
It is obvious that Mr Tobin does not know WTBTS doctrine on a couple of levels. JWs are not allowed to store their own blood for a future operation for themselves either. The WTBTS has a shun-gun pointed at the mind of all JWs, so how can that be interpreted as not being unduly influenced?
It seems that the WTBTS and its representatives are very good at spinning stories to protect the image of the WTBTS.
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Actually they are now allowed to store their own blood briefly, and not just in a running pump, but you won't find it in print. Zen from AJWRB could tell you more on that. More WT misinformation. Why? Because no one bothers to do further checks of their printed statements to see if that is what really happens. Many are happy to just quote the Watchtower mag and the Shepherding book. Very foolish. Zen of AJWRB.ORG has been talking to a few doctors recently, too, and is getting all kinds of interesting information.
The rest of you are arguing blood from a theological standpoint, because you still believe the WT does this because of religious reasons. NOT. You are wasting your time. Fred Franz invented this doctrine to bolster the persecution and attractiveness of the organization after Rutherford's many failures.
Blood Transfusion ban was Fred Franz's Invention
Attack the vile leaders who invented the doctrine... don't fall into their stupid shell games with the Bible. Russell made it very plain, as does every other commentary on Acts, that this was not a BINDING LAW on Christians, or it would defeat the whole message of GRACE and make them legalists, putting Christ back on the cross. You're arguing with Gene Smalley is just what they want. It takes the attention off the REAL crime. Smalley should rot in jail. Fred cFranz is already well-rotted by now. Good for him!
Here is why the Acts message about abstaining from blood has no bearing on the lives of Christians today...
Read this:
I am continually amazed at how successful the GB is at convincing the Witnesses how to make the WT's dogma out to be like it is their own doctrine!
The Sparlock video is a perfect example: use QUESTIONS to make a person feel guilty and don't TELL them what to do, but make them feel guilty if they don't. That slimy video deserves a BIG series of jokes, and many have already come through on Youtube with that. IT WORKS, FOLKS. IT WORKED with Scientology as well and the Anonymous group.
I'm so pissed off I'm going to create a cartoon strip a la "South Park" on the Sparlock stuff. I think I'll play Cartman-style myself. :-))
Please, all of you, do more reading on cults (not the Watchtower). You'll understand human nature a lot better.
The most powerful way to kill off cults is to make fun of them, but not with malice. (That's why former victims should not do this... only if you were not burned by the WT yourself, so you do not subconsciously inject your own anger into the mocking.)
It is just funny. Think Armageddon Okies.
Why is making fun of them so effective? Because their egos are ENORMOUS and can't take the heat, and they GO OFF on you. The public sees that, and it's like watching Tom Cruise jump up and down on Oprah Winfrey's show like a nut. His cred will never be the same. And the public LOVES it, innoculating them. It's like listening to Charles Manson talk... you can never again take him seriously as to his thoughts. He is a complete idiot.
Don't believe ANYTHING the WT says.
This is precisely my point in my article on the WT's Unholy Trinity at: http://www.freeminds.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3200:how-the-watchtowers-unholy-trinity-speaks&catid=16:ethics&Itemid=702, which ALSO applies in the case of pedophilia - different levels of secrecy and policy. The comical thing is that many of you actually BELIEVE that what the Watchtower says they teach is how they will really act... obviously you have not worked with these creeps. They even hold back information and hidden policies from Circuit and District overseers, let alone elders and the "Shepherding" book. Harley Miller revisited.
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN - if you believe the WT even after being out of it for years, you need to be exit-counseled. Or at LEAST read books that tell stories of how large corporations hide information and mislead even their own top executives, all to keep the organization alive. GET AN EDUCATION ON THIS SUBJECT.
In this case, it looks like the WT got just what they wanted. They confuse and guilt-trip the average JW into going FAR BEYOND the WT's latest policies, even those written in their mags, because they can't keep up with it, and are so afraid they will die for all eternity they don't want to take ANY chances of slipping up. They WOULD NOT have DF'ed this young man - it was HIS DECISION... boosted by fear-induction from the elders who stop short of promising DFing. This happens all the time. The history of the Society tells many of these stories where JWs go BEYOND current WT written policy due to the effectiveness of the brainwashing! They make it appear that the decision is really the victim's - because it is! But nothing would have happened to the voung man if he took blood. The congo would not have DFed him.
Now he is DEAD.
The WT can wash their hands of any "wrongdoing," as it was his decision. Another feather in the cap for Gene Smalley and Fred Rusk.
Gene Smalley y la Doctrina de Transfusión de Sangre de la Watchtower
Friday 20 April 2007 [arriba: Gene Smalley como se vio en la posada del IMPACTANTE video de PBS en el 2006] [En preparación para este artículo llamé a Gene Smalley a Betel el 29/3/07 para estar seguro que él todavía estaba vivo y aleteando. Ustedes pueden leer el resumen...Gene Smalley e Doutrina da Torre de Vigia de Transfusão de Sangue
Thursday 03 February 2011 Randy diz: Em preparação para este artigo Liguei Gene Smalley em Betel em 3/29/07 para se certificar de que ele ainda estava vivo e chutando. Recentemente eu tive de comunicação com uma toupeira de Betel, que esteve lá muitos anos, e está a par de...Gene Smalley and the Watchtower's Blood Transfusion Doctrine
Tuesday 03 April 2007 Randy says: In preparation for this article I called Gene Smalley at Bethel on 3/29/07 to make sure he was still alive and kicking. Recently I have had communication with a mole from Bethel who has been there many years, and is privy to certain...
And as for the Candace Conti case...
I posted after several pages on my original post at:
The main players in this case are convinced that the WT cannot get out of it by a bond.
I would imagine that an attorney who has prosecuted dozens of cases like this with the Catholic Church would at least know that much and tell their clients as such, but this is not the case.
That's all I can say for now. We shall see.
Randy
It seems that no one bothered to contact Cynthia Hampton or had any contact with Candace herself. THEY are the main players in this case. Why speculate when you were not even there???
But keep in mind that both Candace and her mother Katherine are still technically JWs, which is even better, as we watch to see how the WT spins their DFing or DAing. Or will they DF them? Time will tell.
