Posts by kenyata

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

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adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

To Bijou,

To answer your question, yes I'd question it and them. If you decide for what ever reason to give your kid(s)away, it shoudn't matter what religion they are in as long as the home and parent(s) are stable, loving, will accept the kid(s) regardless to what religion or background they came from. Don't get me wrong, I know a single widowed JW female who took in foster kids and adoped kids. These kids didn't come from JW homes and she still provided a home for them. And by the way, these kids were in age range 10-16 years of age when she brought them into her home. Yes she introduced them to the religion, they attended the meetings and assembly's but she also assured them that even if they chose not to be witnesses or even study, she wouldn't treat them any different and doesn't. She loves them uncondionally and she treats them like their her blood, not like there were adopted or abandoned. Yes, JW set a high standard of living, just like anyone should but I've never come across any JW who shunned their own family just because they chose not to be a JW, if they do, there's something very deep going on that nobody knows about.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

To Nelly136,

I don't know what's going on with your family cause the JW's I know and grew up with would never turn their kids away unless there was something more going on. The JW's I know are careing, loving, unconditional loving parents. My mother is the only JW on my mom's side that I know of. I have an older brother and 2 younger sisters and even though we're not JW's nor are we studying to be, we don't get shunned like that.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

There may have been something else behind that because yes if a friend
is disfellowshiped or is disassociated, the witnesses are not supposed to associate with them cause then what ever way they aren't living correctly, people may start to assume that you live the same way. As far as a family member goes, its the same thing. But the witnesses know that family will stick together and help each other out if need be. Did you ask further questions or did you leave it at that? My parents have always been unconditional. My moms a JW, not my dad and they raised us the same way. My dad doesn't do the birthdays, holidays or the blood thing either, he was raised in church and he isn't any religion. Different homes have many things going on that you don't know about so there maybe have been something more to that, that meets the eye. Cause I know JW's aren't callous like that towards their family unless there's something more. I am not a JW and my mother treats me the same, she does for me and we get along just fine. Sometimes people take things too far and over due things but just because that kid or kids don't become Witnesses like that parent or parents, the parents don't treat their kids like outsiders unless theres something else going on.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

That statement isn't true at all. I know many JW's, I grew up with them. They may have strong beliefs about blood, etc, but they do care
for their kids. As a matter of fact, my mothers been one for 21 years and yes she feels the same way about blood. If you haven't talked to a JW or haven't been around any, you can't make that comment. My husbands Aunt on his fathers side is a JW and their family grew up in church, she feels the same way on blood and she loves and is devoted to her family. Please don't talk of what you don't know. That's just
like saying any one who goes to church or isn't apart of any religion and dislike JW but still are against blood transfusions don't love their kids and are bad parents. You could have many angry people who respond to you and they may not respond as nice.
against blood transfusions

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

This message is to Nelly 136. If a kid is adopted, when they get older they are going to have questions regardless. There have been many pictures and movies where adopted kids had questions when they got older and they wanted to know who their natural parents are, why they were given up. The religion of the parents when they gave them up is irrelavent. There are people who arent't religious or of other religions who don't believe in blood transfusions, birthdays and holidays either, are they unequiped to adopt also. You not looking at the big picture, a family, regardless of religion should be tested and scanned just like any other couple who wants to adopt. Nelly136, you call the kid an "it". This person is a she or a he, or a they.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

I have no sympathy for the natural mother, she has no rights to decide what religion adopts her kid, she gave up her rights when she
gave up her kid.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

Who says that a JW couple can only adopt a child who's a JW? A child
wouldn't be a JW anyways, remember, they don't get baptised when their
babies like the church people do. They make that decision when they get older and their old enough to understand what kind of decision
they are making. It shouldn't matter what religious background the
child comes from, as long as they are going into a stable environment.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

I think its bogus how this female gives up her kid and then has the
nerve to say who can adopt. Obviously, you weren't being a parent and
you couldn't do the job so you don't have the right to say who can adopt the child, regardless of religion. Maybe some religion is what
you need. What about the natural father, is he in the picture? How dare she. And the adoption agency shouldn't even go along with some one like that. As long as this home is stable, loving and will genuinely care for this child, that should be enough.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

Even if my mother wasn't a JW's, I'd still be against blood trans
fusions. I'd take the fake blood anyday. When you see cases where
a person gets a blood transfusion and years later, they find out
they have some kind of disease and they've possibly passed it on to
their kids, no thanks.

Hurray for that.

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Adoption by Jehovah's Witnesses is blocked

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

adoption by jehovah's witnesses is blocked .

the independent - united kingdom; may 26, 2001. by brian farmer.

a couple originally approved by a council as adoptive parents have been refused permission by social workers to adopt a child, because they are jehovah's witnesses.

kenyata

Why would adoption be blocked? If a couple can't conceive a child
on their own, why can't they give a child a stable home?