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Stevan Hassan on Blood Policy
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/14/schock-each-exemption#comment-1284741090.

please read and write in your thoughts on this issue.. .

lee elder.
Lee Elder

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/14/schock-each-exemption#comment-1284741090

Please read and write in your thoughts on this issue.

Thanks,

Lee Elder

AJWRB
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Looking for Ray Hemming or AJWRB member near London
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i am trying to reach ray hemming (jw disfellowshipped over the blood policy) or another ajwrb.

member near london england/u.k.

please email me at : [email protected] as soon.
Lee Elder

I am trying to reach Ray Hemming (JW disfellowshipped over the blood policy) or another AJWRB

member near London England/U.K. Please email me at : [email protected] as soon

as possible.

Thank you.

Lee
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3 1/2 - 7 Years in Jail....
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
for neglecting to provide medically necessary treatment.

jw parents need to understand.

this can happen to them.
Lee Elder

for neglecting to provide medically necessary treatment. JW parents need to understand

this can happen to them. Indeed we will be advocating on behalf of criminal sentences

for anyone directly responsible for the death of of JW children and adolescents.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/19/catherine-herbert-schaible-sentence_n_4818659.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000051

Lee
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Pediatric Oncologist Needed
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
if you know of someone who is a pediactric oncologist and has experience treating jehovah's witness children would you please let me know by email as i seldom check this forum.

i can be reached at: [email protected].

thank you.. lee.
Lee Elder

No location is not a factor.

Thank you for the link.

Lee
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Pediatric Oncologist Needed
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
if you know of someone who is a pediactric oncologist and has experience treating jehovah's witness children would you please let me know by email as i seldom check this forum.

i can be reached at: [email protected].

thank you.. lee.
Lee Elder

If you know of someone who is a Pediactric Oncologist and has experience treating Jehovah's Witness children would you please let me know by email as I seldom check this forum. I can be reached at: [email protected]

Thank you.

Lee
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What has happened to AJWRB?
by Haelcer in
1. watchtower
2. medical
does anyone know what going on with ajwrb's website?.

"this domain maybe for sale!

buy it now!
Lee Elder

1 re·form

verb \ri- ˈ f ȯ rm\

: to improve (someone or something) by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc.

We have had reform on many levels. Individual JWs who have already posted on this thread who abandoned their former beliefs on blood based in part on the work of AJWRB. Reform in the way many doctors deal with their JW patients and question them regarding their beliefs. Reform of the blood fractions the WTS permits. Reform of the WTS advance directive on blood. Reform of the way the WTS communicates their bizzare policy to the rank and file JW (they understand the policy better than they have at any time previous to AJWRB). To argue that there has been no reform and nothing accomplished by AJWRB sounds like an arguement that would be made by a troll or someone working for the WTS trying to undermine the efforts of those who oppose the WTS blood policy or someone who so deeply frustrated by the existence of the WTS they maintain a fantasy that the WTS can be destroyed. (I.E. its too evil to be reformed). Don't bet the farm on it. There is a much higher probability of chipping away at the most destructive elements of the WTS than there is of it ever going away.

This is a very complex issue that requires time, patience, determination and expertise to address. Like many civil rights issues, it has dragged on for decades and it may very well drag on for more. AJWRB is positioning itself for the long haul at this time. You will be seeing and hearing more about this in the next 60 days or so.

Lee
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What has happened to AJWRB?
by Haelcer in
1. watchtower
2. medical
does anyone know what going on with ajwrb's website?.

"this domain maybe for sale!

buy it now!
Lee Elder

From the site:

"The Associated Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood began with the sole mission of educating Jehovah's Witnesses regarding the many inconsistencies in the Watchtower's blood policy so that they could truly make an informed choice about their medical treatment and that goal has never changed."

AJWRB has always been an educational association which is why we received support from the medical community and were able to publish articles in medical journals:

http://jme.bmj.com/content/26/5/375.full

http://jme.bmj.com/content/26/5/299.full

I think that it would be fair to say that we have opened many eyes both inside the organization and outside. We created dialogue and shined a light upon the policy showing howing grossly inconsistent and dangerous the policy is.

By exposing the WTS public perjury at the ECHR regarding Bulgaria we may have had something to do with their ceasing formal disfellowshipping action worldwide.

By exposing the inconsistency regarding blood fractions we may have had something to do with their now allowing all blood fractions including hemoglobin.

By exposing the lack of knowledge and ignorance concerning the acceptance or availability of these products to Jehovah's Witnesses we probably had a lot to do with their decision to expand the advance directive and list what is available so that Witnesses could make more informed choices. This act in itself unilaterally caused shock waves in the JW community.

I think its probably fair to say that AJWRB has helped thousands of people to rethink their relationship with the WTS and most of those individuals have chosen to leave. That was not our intent but it has proven to be the case.

I would disagree that the WTS cannot be reformed. It seems to me that this particular policy has been in a state of nearly continual change or reform. It is not AJWRB's job to make policy for the WTS. Simply to educate about what that policy is. If history is any guide, and I am pretty confident that it is, there will be more changes to the policy. Indeed, its quite possible that eventually the policy will go the way of the vaccine and organ transplant bans of earlier times.

Lee
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What has happened to AJWRB?
by Haelcer in
1. watchtower
2. medical
does anyone know what going on with ajwrb's website?.

"this domain maybe for sale!

buy it now!
Lee Elder

I don't have any information about Marvin Shilmer or his blog. I have been trying to reach him.

My email address is: [email protected]

Marek: I appreciate your effort to keep the information available in Polish.

Feel free to contact me.

Lee
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What has happened to AJWRB?
by Haelcer in
1. watchtower
2. medical
does anyone know what going on with ajwrb's website?.

"this domain maybe for sale!

buy it now!
Lee Elder

The material is all being updated and is only partially available at this time.
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What has happened to AJWRB?
by Haelcer in
1. watchtower
2. medical
does anyone know what going on with ajwrb's website?.

"this domain maybe for sale!

buy it now!
Lee Elder

Hello Haelcer. I think you've misunderstood the link you posted. That appears to be a company that will attempt to obtain an existing domain name for a fee on your behalf. We still have the domain and AJWRB will be back in the near future. In the meantime there are several copies of the site available with the newest being here:

http://brci.org/ajwrb/

I hope things are well with you.

Lee

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