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The Watchtower on Science and Medicine
by Lee Elder in
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2. medical
new article that will help you understand the watchtower's thinking.

during the era when it formulated its blood ban:.

http://ajwrb.org/science/the-watchtower-on-science-and-medicine.
Lee Elder

New article that will help you understand the Watchtower's thinking

during the era when it formulated its blood ban:

http://ajwrb.org/science/the-watchtower-on-science-and-medicine

Lee
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Blood, Vaccines and Organ Transplants
by Lee Elder in
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2. medical
the database still needs updating but that can bedone later.

if there are any important earlier quotesi have missed, please let me know.

http://ajwrb.org/watchtower/blood-vaccines-and-organ-transplants lee
Lee Elder

The database still needs updating but that can be done later. If there are any important earlier quotes I have missed, please let me know. http://ajwrb.org/watchtower/blood-vaccines-and-organ-transplants Lee
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Watchtower No Blood Card
by Lee Elder in
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2. medical
new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/watchtower-no-blood-card.

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Lee Elder

The references regarding a significant percentage of Jehovah's Witnesses accepting blood were added to the article and I am posting them here as well.

Lee

For these reasons, we believe that it is incumbent upon emergency room physicians to verbally verify the level of commitment to the current Watchtower policy. Especially in view of the fact that it is well-known a significant percentage of Jehovah’s Witness secretly oppose the policy and feel coerced into carrying the blood card or risk exposure as apostates with subsequent shunning.1,2,3,4

References

1-Findley LJ, Redstone PM (March 1982). “Blood transfusion in adult Jehovah’s Witnesses. A case study of one congregation”. Arch Intern Med. 142(3): 606–607. doi:10.1001/archinte. te.142.3.606.
PMID 7065795.

2-Kaaron Benson, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Cancer Control Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, November/December 1995, “Therefore, while most adult Jehovah’s Witness patients were unwilling to accept blood for themselves, most Jehovah’s Witness parents permitted transfusions for their minor children, and many of the young adult patients also were willing to accept transfusions for themselves.”

3-Gyamfi C, Berkowitz RL (September 2004). “Responses by pregnant Jehovah’s Witnesses on health care proxies”. Obstet Gynecol 104 (3): 541–4. doi:10.1097/01.AOG.0000135276.25886.8e. PMID 15339766. “This review refutes the commonly held belief that all Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse to accept blood or any of its products. In this population of pregnant women, the majority were willing to accept some form of blood or blood products.”

4-Empirical data suggest to us that the current level of dissent may be significantly higher. We base this upon the conversations we have had with Emergency Department Physicians and Anesthesiologists at medical conventions.
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Blood Save Their Lives!
by Lee Elder in
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2. medical
new article on ajwrb.

great experiences:.

http://ajwrb.org/experiences/blood-saved-their-lives.
Lee Elder

New article on AJWRB. Great experiences:

http://ajwrb.org/experiences/blood-saved-their-lives

Lee
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Watchtower No Blood Card
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/watchtower-no-blood-card.

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Lee Elder

Daniel: Why don't you post this at AJWRB.

Yada Yada2: I'll add them.

Lee
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Questions for those who believe in the Watchtower Blood Policy
by Lee Elder in
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2. medical
new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/questions-for-those-who-believe-in-the-watcthower-blood-policy.

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Lee Elder

New article on AJWRB:

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/questions-for-those-who-believe-in-the-watcthower-blood-policy

Lee
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Watchtower No Blood Card
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/watchtower-no-blood-card.

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Lee Elder

Could you be more specific? In what way doesn't the 1993 letter not "read right"?

Lee
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Watchtower No Blood Card
by Lee Elder in
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2. medical
new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/watchtower-no-blood-card.

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Lee Elder

You are welcome. Glad to hear you have found the information useful.

Blondie: We will cover the 2001 card in a separate article or just link

to Marvin Shilmer's excellent post on it.

Lee
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Watchtower No Blood Card
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/watchtower-no-blood-card.

lee.
Lee Elder

New article on AJWRB:

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/watchtower-no-blood-card

Lee
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Gestapo Tactics - the Wayne Rogers story
by Lee Elder in
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http://ajwrb.org/experiences/gestapo-tactics-the-wayne-rogers-story.

gestapo tactics the wayne rogers storyposted on july 27, 2014 by lee elderfreedom of thought is a right that many people take for granted.

there are many people who believe they have freedom of thought, but are mistaken.
Lee Elder

It is a paraphrase - there shouldn't be quotation marks around it. If you read the article and page in question it accurately reflects the thoughts conveyed.

Lee