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  Elders/Ex-Elders: Question about Blood

  by JWdaughter in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  after many years of objecting to the wt teachings on many levels, blood being one of them, i recently started to wonder (ok, i am slow!

  ) : what exactly does the wt think that the early non jewish christians were abstaining from in the blood abstention bit.

  while i understand the context of the request that the apostle sent to the brothers, i do not understand what jws think they were abstaining from.. meat slaughtered improperly?.

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  What if one of the GB members suddenly needed blood?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is not much to be analyzed.

  in a cult enviromment the leader will always look up for himself.

  he would never hesitate to break every rule to save his own skin.

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  At times past, we have reason to believe that there was significant support for disbanding or completely gutting the policy. Difficult to say where that stands at this time. True believers, including GB members if they fall into this category, are typically deluded as we saw with Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite, etc. If so, I would expect them to support it. If they have favored reforming or gutting the policy completely (removing the shunning mechanism), I would not be surprised to see them accept blood if needed to live.
  
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  Watchtower Policy Makes Informed Consent Improbable

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  watchtower misinformation on blood, coupled with coercion equals undue influence, and makes informed consent nearly impossible for most jw's in life or death situations.

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  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jehovah-s-witnesses-incapable-of-free-informed-refusal-of-blood-former-adherent-says-1.3829778.

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  Watchtower misinformation on blood, coupled with coercion equals undue influence, and makes informed consent nearly impossible for most JW's in life or death situations.

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jehovah-s-witnesses-incapable-of-free-informed-refusal-of-blood-former-adherent-says-1.3829778
  
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  What Comes After the Watchtower Collapse?

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was going to put this in my thread about pyramid schemes, but i thought it's discreet enough to warrant its own.

  1) there are many faithful jws.

  2) there are many men and women who could take control and fill the void if the watchtower collapses.

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  Freedom, and celebration for the most part.
  
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  Canadian current and former JWs questioning the blood issue

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was interviewed yesterday by stephen smith at the cbc.

  he would also like to interview other current and former jws, along with any elders or hlc members who are questioning the blood policy.here is his contact information:stephen smithweb journalistcbc montreal1-141-62251-514-597-6225email: [email protected] you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly.

  he has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.thanks,lee.

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  No - I'm in the U.S.
  
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  Canadian current and former JWs questioning the blood issue

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was interviewed yesterday by stephen smith at the cbc.

  he would also like to interview other current and former jws, along with any elders or hlc members who are questioning the blood policy.here is his contact information:stephen smithweb journalistcbc montreal1-141-62251-514-597-6225email: [email protected] you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly.

  he has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.thanks,lee.

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  I was interviewed yesterday by Stephen Smith at the CBC. He would also like to interview other current and former JWs, along with any elders or HLC members who are questioning the blood policy.
  
  Here is his contact information:
  Stephen Smith
  Web journalist
  CBC Montreal
  1-141-6225
  1-514-597-6225
  Email: [email protected]
  
  If you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly. He has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Lee
  
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  Cult expert on Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  cult expert steven hassan analyzes the death of young canadian jw mother: https://freedomofmind.com/…/2016/10/21/a-watchtower-tragedy/.

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  Yeah, I don't think you'd see that kind of coverage in the U.S. Hopefully, something positive can come out of it.
  
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  Cult expert on Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  cult expert steven hassan analyzes the death of young canadian jw mother: https://freedomofmind.com/…/2016/10/21/a-watchtower-tragedy/.

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  Cult expert Steven Hassan analyzes the death of young Canadian JW mother: https://freedomofmind.com/…/2016/10/21/a-watchtower-tragedy/
  
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  FYI, Eloise Dupuis, 27, a JW, died last Wednesday in a Quebec hospital because she refused a blood transfusion

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just received the following message from a friend this morning.. barbara.

  eloise dupuis, 27 years old, died at the hotel dieu hospital in lévis, quebec, canada, wednesday, october 12th.

  she died because of her religious principles.

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  Very sad news. Thank you for posting Barbara. We will link to your post from our Facebook page.
  
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  Lessons learned from the outcome of bloodless emergency laparotomies on Jehovah’s Witness women

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the wt has promoted bloodless surgery as a viable (and better) alternative to surgery with blood transfusions.. i have found a medical study that has been used to back up these "evidence based" claims.

  the title of the article is lessons learned from the outcome of bloodless emergency.

  these mostly indigent patients died of peritonitis becauseof delays in payment for antibiotics.

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  Assuming your findings are correct, this is the kind of thing that needs to be responded to imo. The peer review process is supposed to catch this sort of thing. It may be that the simple disclosure of it was deemed sufficient, and the real problem lies with how the information is then used or selectively cited to support WT policy. Its a nice catch for sure. We need to talk.