Posts by Lee Elder

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what is the rarest JW book?

by dogon in

what is the rarest jb book ever printed?

i just bought a copy of the finished mystery and it can be a bit rare.

but i bet there are others much more rare.

Lee Elder

The one that actually tells the "The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life!"

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Drug could reduce bleeding deaths of JW moms. WT Pay Attention

by Lee Elder in

a new study in lancet shows a drug, tranexamic acid, could save the life of a preganant jw woman who is experiencing heaving bleeding following childbirth.

hopefully, watchtower h.i.s.

is paying attention, and gets this information out asap.

Lee Elder

You are pulling statements of out context Darkspilver. Continue reading the second statement for your answer.

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Drug could reduce bleeding deaths of JW moms. WT Pay Attention

by Lee Elder in

a new study in lancet shows a drug, tranexamic acid, could save the life of a preganant jw woman who is experiencing heaving bleeding following childbirth.

hopefully, watchtower h.i.s.

is paying attention, and gets this information out asap.

These points are well taken. Bear in mind, however, that physicians are not generally inclined to take unsolicited medical advice from a religious publishing corporation to begin with, particularly when there is no double blind study to confirm it is a best practice. Additionally, it would be a mistake to assume that every pregnant JW woman is getting HLC advance, because that is not happening, and neither do we want it to as it could interfere with free and informed choice. These situations are unpredictable, and typically extremely urgent. The study is important enough for WT to make a special effort to bring it to the attention of all obstetricians if possible, to update their materials to include it, and perhaps have an article available to the general JW population.

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Drug could reduce bleeding deaths of JW moms. WT Pay Attention

by Lee Elder in

a new study in lancet shows a drug, tranexamic acid, could save the life of a preganant jw woman who is experiencing heaving bleeding following childbirth.

hopefully, watchtower h.i.s.

is paying attention, and gets this information out asap.

Lee Elder

It appears to have the potential to reduce mortality by 20%-30% in the general population who have access to the safety net of red cell transfusion. The benefit to JW mothers will be less, but now there is strong evidence to support its early use at the first sign of bleeding.

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Drug could reduce bleeding deaths of JW moms. WT Pay Attention

by Lee Elder in

a new study in lancet shows a drug, tranexamic acid, could save the life of a preganant jw woman who is experiencing heaving bleeding following childbirth.

hopefully, watchtower h.i.s.

is paying attention, and gets this information out asap.

Lee Elder

A new study in Lancet shows a drug, Tranexamic acid, could save the life of a Preganant JW woman who is experiencing heaving bleeding following childbirth. Hopefully, Watchtower H.I.S. is paying attention, and gets this information out asap. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/26/cheap-widely-available-drug-could-stop-thousands-of-mothers-bleeding-to-death-tranexamic-acid

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If you had to choose

by dothemath in

if you had to choose to belong to 1 religion, i was curious as to what any on the forum would pick.. i realize most here are likely atheist (i would have to say i'm agnostic), but if any would like to share their opinion, and maybe why?.

Lee Elder

I am a faith practicing Deist/Agnostic with Buddhist leanings. If I had to chose one? How about kindness, or maybe love. Those would both be excellent on their own.

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"Wiener Bluttage" - Expert meeting in Austria discussing Patient Blood Management

by TheWonderofYou in

experts meet at the "wiener bluttage" (vienna blood-days) from 20.-22nd april 2017.. wasn' "wiener blut" composed by johann strauss?.

https://www.pressetext.com/news/20170420026.

anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, surgeons and blood bank employees will discuss the topics of transfusion medicine, "patient blood management (pbm)" will be payed special attention.

Lee Elder

Extremely skeptical. Oxygen deprivation = organ damage and death. There remain many situations where there are simply no alternatives to transfusion of red cells, platelets and plasma.

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Apologists saying that the JWs shouldn't be banned, what the hell!??

by Crazyguy in

it's been brought to my attention that there are xjw that say they support the witnesses and don't think russia should ban them.

i would just like to remind all of you that jws are guilty of murder, causing higher rates of suicide, covering up child molestation, and keeping members in prisoned because if they leave they loose family, financial support, possible employment etc.. sure their not strapping bombs to their chests but they easily get members to kill themselves with their blood policies.

they are an extremist group!

Lee Elder

The ban will not stop Jehovah's Witnesses or the Watchtower Society. The approach most likely to promote change is to require full disclosure of the Watchtower's history to individuals they are trying to attract as new members, to make it unlawful for them to bind individuals who joined (by becoming baptized) when they were legally minors, and to withhold tax exempt status until they reform harmful policy related to child abuse, blood products, shunning, women and higher education.

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Even if it's not the truth, it's still the best way to live

by Simon in

how many times did you hear that gem?

it often went along with "the truth is a protection" which is their way of saying "living a moral life is good for you ... and you can't do that without us".. but think about what people are really saying.

i think the real message is "i know it's not the truth, but i chose to follow it anyway".. it seems like a pre-emptive argument because they know they can't defend it as "the truth" so instead they switch to defending it as a lifestyle.. of course any kind of lifestyle that has a decent moral ingredient to it, respect for law and order, discipline etc... probably increases people's chances of doing better in life, but they don't have a monopoly on it.. so just remember, next time you hear someone saying "even if it's not the truth" what they are really admitting is that they already know it isn't..

Lee Elder

The city overseer (pretty large city) actually said this to me. Word for word as I recall. One of his sons basically drank himself to death, the other was addicted to pain medication and ended up disfellowshippped. I understand that he was nearly DF for continuing to talk to the youngest. Oddly, I guess that he probably still feels pretty much the same way. Many hit a point where they know they are "all in", and just try to find a silver lining perhaps. It certainly is not the best way of life, not even close.

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HLC Letters and Documents

by wifibandit in

as i release a set of hlc letters and documents that i have received, i will add them to this thread.

also, in the future, any other hlc documents will be updated here.

when you see me update, it may be a new letter.

Lee Elder

It is of some interest that Watchtower appears to like this V.A. document to the point that they are willing to distribute it. You will note that the VA includes a WT permitted treatment "cryoprecipitate" as one of the major components of blood. Cryosupernatant is a staggering 99% of blood plasma - also WT approved.