court orders jehovah's witness boy be given blood transfusionsean fewster from:adelaidenow june 04, 2010 7:12pma hospital has won the right to give a child potentially life-saving blood transfusions despite the religious objections of the boy and his family.. in a south australian legal first, the supreme court this afternoon gave the women's and children's hospital the right to give a 10-year-old boy - a member of the jehovah's witness faith - transfusions as part of his cancer treatment.. the decision, in line with similar rulings from around the world, paves the way for hospitals to take action in future debates with religious parents.. the boy is suffering from an aggressive form of cancer that doctors fear will spread throughout his entire body if not treated with an intense 39-week regime of chemotherapy and surgery,adelaide now reported.. .
the speed of that process will not allow his blood cells time to regenerate, meaning he will require transfusions so that the chemotherapy can continue unabated.. in a statement read to the court, the boy said transfusions carried spiritual consequences.. "the doctors have told me i might die and i don't want to - but i don't want blood," he said.. "the blood will change me... when you take blood, you are taking someone else's life.. "i really don't want this and my heart is ripping apart.".
read more about the court's blood transfusion order at adelaide now.. .
Parents can be loving and caring but misguided, which is what is happening in this situation.
I have no doubt the boy’s parents love him very much. But they have been mislead by the WTS regarding blood transfusions, and the medical field recognizes this and are taking control.
i feel like i got my balls back... soooooo much energy.
ready to party and make some love this weekend!!!
what about the rest of yall?.
You’re worrying me
We all want you to be happy. But happy doesn’t mean going totally off your meds with no outside help.
started a new topic b/c i didn't want to threadjack another ongoing pointless debate.
:) (isn't it interesting how the apologists all come out around dc time?).
i have seen that statement made over and over again by jws about disfellowshipping.
And how many getting baptised planned to leave at the time of baptism? You don’t think of getting df’d as something that would happen to you, it was always something that happened to someone else.
I liken it to getting married. When you get married, you know there’s the provision of divorce, but when you get married it’s to be with the person for life. Otherwise there’s no point in getting married in the first place.
i feel like i got my balls back... soooooo much energy.
ready to party and make some love this weekend!!!
what about the rest of yall?.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE treat Zoloft with respect. It’s not something to treat lightly.
GO TO A DOCTOR.
PLEASE!!
Speak to a dr about your desire to get off Zoloft. It can’t be done on your own.
one year sober.
got bombed today.
really upset at myself.
Can we leave the challenge to the JW thing alone, and let this thread be about 5thGen? He’s posted this thread for help, and it’s no help to him to be arguing with JWs.
5thGen, don’t let this slipup get to you. Resolve to take each day as it comes – and in no time it will be another year since you posted this thread.
Hang in there, you’re among friends.
despite growing up a jw i was always curious where this corny plays came from?
my best memories of them were when they used to turn the lights out in the convention center - cause that meant i could sleep!!!
but seriously, who writes them?
LOL @ Babygirl
The only time my cong was involved in a drama was when I was about 10. As you said, it basically came down to a popularity contest. I remember heaps of fake tan was involved, because the brothers’ legs were too white under those old Hebrew skirts.
Another thing was the American accent – the accents always provided a giggle over here in Australia.
what do you think of the doomsday message below from a jw who works in investments?.
my dear friends.
you may not want to read this, but we cant just bury our heads in the sand.. .
I agree with him apart from the God part.
as a kid i would often be repremanded by my parents for putting a poster of a popstar or other contemporary celebrity which i lended my appreciation to.
but what confused me is the much disaproval of my popstars when every time we sat down for dinner we would be watched by a framed illustration of jesus that was produced by the society.. now that i'm older and i visited my parent's house i saw the same photograph, sat proudly on the dining wall demonstrating the 'strong faith' they still have.
reminded of my childhood concerns i sneakly did some research on the watchtower cd and discovered this passage in reference to idols:.
I’m surprised your parents had an image of Jesus on the wall. From what I recall, that kind of thing was forbidden because it imitated the Catholic’s use of images and icons.
This is the Australian Funnel Web spider. They are deadly if you don’t get treatment ASAP.
when you first heard for raymond victor franz?
and who told you about him?.
in my case, one special pioneer, who still serves as a special pioneer, asked me litterally this:.
I stand corrected, Titus.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188186/1/Commentary-on-the-Letter-of-James
