Just for your reference to know the situation.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060925a6.html
Monday, Sept. 25, 2006
Some hospitals OK blood for kids over parents' objections
Three out of four hospitals that have guidelines on Jehovah's Witness patients have said they would give young children blood transfusions even if their parents opposed such procedures on account of their faith, according to a survey released Sunday.
The survey was conducted in March by Tetsuro Kagawa, an anesthesiologist at Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, on 64 hospitals nationwide. Forty said they have guidelines.
Of those with guidelines, 30 said they would conduct blood transfusions, while three said they would not. The others said their guidelines have no specific provisions for children.
The survey showed that doctors at 12 hospitals performed a total of 23 operations on patients aged up to 18 related to Jehovah's Witness followers in 2005. Kagawa did not ask whether any of these hospitals complied with parental requests against blood transfusions.
Some hospitals have drawn up guidelines following a 2000 Supreme Court ruling that accommodated a rejection of a blood transfusion by a Jehovah's Witness as a matter subject to an individual's right to decide.
Many hospitals are believed to have no guidelines regarding Jehovah's Witnesses, who are estimated to number around 220,000 in Japan. Seeing the results of the survey, some experts expressed concerns about whether children's rights to medical treatment are properly protected.
The survey posed the hypothetical question of whether a hospital would go ahead with a blood transfusion for a 2-year-old patient if his Jehovah's Witness parents had refused a transfusion but there was no other way to save his life.
The Japan Times
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A Survey regarding Blood Transfusion and JW Children
by windchime injust for your reference to know the situation..
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060925a6.html.
monday, sept. 25, 2006.
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NEWBIES how many of you
by plmkrzy inhave joined in the past month or two?.
i can't keep up there seems to be so many so i wanted to start a welcome thread for new newbies.. sorry if this was already done recently.. note: the in-built search system is currently being redeveloped so i am not able to check for this topic without looking through tons of pages.. anyway...say hello!.
plm.
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windchime
I am a newbie, too. I started posting in August.
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What do JWs teach about survival of Armageddon....As of non-JW spouse?
by windchime ina friend of mine asked me what do they teach regarding non-believers' future.
can they survive it (probably because of good deed of jw wife or husband)?
it should be different in case of the partner is friendly to jw and its belief or persecutors.
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Thank you for sharing your experience.
I have attended my grandma's funeral with JW's way. She wasn't believer nor studied Bible at all. At funeral talk, our elder told as if she had hope of paradise! Very funny.
those being resurrected would be without any sexual desires or need to procreate (neuters?) I also have heard of those who ressurected would be like angels. So they won't need their spouses anymore, maybe. -
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What do JWs teach about survival of Armageddon....As of non-JW spouse?
by windchime ina friend of mine asked me what do they teach regarding non-believers' future.
can they survive it (probably because of good deed of jw wife or husband)?
it should be different in case of the partner is friendly to jw and its belief or persecutors.
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>good works or kind thoughts is no protection at all from the Witness point of view.
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What do JWs teach about survival of Armageddon....As of non-JW spouse?
by windchime ina friend of mine asked me what do they teach regarding non-believers' future.
can they survive it (probably because of good deed of jw wife or husband)?
it should be different in case of the partner is friendly to jw and its belief or persecutors.
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May I ask you a question? (Forgive me, since I am not native English speaker.)What "hot as a fox" means? It seems to me, that is "juvenescent" Sounds strange why he thought he could keep you away from girls with such a story??
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What do JWs teach about survival of Armageddon....As of non-JW spouse?
by windchime ina friend of mine asked me what do they teach regarding non-believers' future.
can they survive it (probably because of good deed of jw wife or husband)?
it should be different in case of the partner is friendly to jw and its belief or persecutors.
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Thanks, shera. Yes, I remember their so-called "Tacking". My conductor insisted that this leads us to the truth till the end. Funny!
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What do JWs teach about survival of Armageddon....As of non-JW spouse?
by windchime ina friend of mine asked me what do they teach regarding non-believers' future.
can they survive it (probably because of good deed of jw wife or husband)?
it should be different in case of the partner is friendly to jw and its belief or persecutors.
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windchime
Thank you very much. I was impressed your deep insight. It seems that non-JW spouse won't be saved according to Ezekiel's prophecy.
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What do JWs teach about survival of Armageddon....As of non-JW spouse?
by windchime ina friend of mine asked me what do they teach regarding non-believers' future.
can they survive it (probably because of good deed of jw wife or husband)?
it should be different in case of the partner is friendly to jw and its belief or persecutors.
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>The JWs are too thick they see everything in black and white
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Wikipedia being abused by Jehovahs Witnesses
by Simon ini had a look at the wikipedia entry for jehovahs witnesses yesterday and noticed that it wasn't as comprehensive as it once was.. most links to non-pro-jw sites have gone as is anything truly critical or exposing of their beliefs and practices.. last night i added a link to this site to the "other sources" section.
this morning it is gone.. i wonder whether this is some private zealot who has decided to do it or an organised campaign?.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses.
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It's a same old story. You can see conflict at JP wikipedia. Now it is going to be deleted...
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Hello! I'm new here
by exwitless ini'm new to posting to this forum.
my husband and i have been reading it for a few months.
we have finally written, sealed, and stamped our da letter, and it's ready to go directly to the post office.
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windchime
Welcome, exwitles! It's great to hear that you both realized "the truth" of the org and decided to get out of it.