To show you how screwed up the thinking is in the Socxiety, I asked a brother on the Hospital Liason Committee why the Socxiety would not be held blood guilty before God if someone refused a blood fraction or organ transplant and died as a result and later the Society had a change of position on what was acceptable (such as organ transplants or blood fractions). The answer was, that this is the decision the person himself personally made. He is thus accountable for his own decisions. The only factor the brother on the HLC failed to take into consideration is that a gun is held to their head in the form of disfellowshipping. How could a person be held accountable to make such a personal, life and death, conscience decision, while knowing he will be ostracised (at the very least) by his friends, or disfellowshipped by family and most of all by the persons he felt were the FDS, caretakers of the Lord's belongings? We so easily forget a basic bible truth: Psalm 146:3,4.
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Lots have asked for me to post why I did the research on Blood here is why
by skyking inhe asked why couldnt we auto-transfuse ourselves?
everyone at the study group wanted me to answer the question.
was it true jw's could take a transfusion without any sanctions in bulgaria kept flooding in my mind.
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Fade Unsuccessful
by FadingELD ini am new to this site but have been lurking for a while now.
i have not told my story yet because i am in the middle of a situation i had hoped to avoid.
my wife is still a jw in good standing, my two sons were dfd a year ago.
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Hi, been doing the fade for about a year. Served as an elder for 25 years. Totally agree with DocBob. You cannot be disfellowshipped for reading COC and for having doubts. The only thing to be aware of is if you have expressed those doubts to others. This can be misused by the elders as spreading apostate information. As long as you don't volunteer incriminating information you should be OK. They will probably ask you whom you have been speaking to, and they will interview those people.
Also, I would not let my wife get away with violating the confidence of our marriage. Explain to her that this will inhibit free exchange of thoughts and communication between you.
Good luck.