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  Ethics Discussion of WTS Blood Policy

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  ethics panel discusses blood policy of watchtower bible & tract society and jehovah's witnesses refusing lifesaving treatment .

  the oncologist journal of august 2002 contains an interesting discussion between a panel of medical professionals on the subject of jehovah's witnesses refusing blood therapies.. this article focuses on a witness woman who refused some blood therapies but was convinced by her congregation elders that it was okay to accept bovine hemoglobin therapy.

  realizing the glaring inconsistency of bovine hemoglobin being acceptable in the face of prohibiting other blood therapies like red cell infusion, one physician said,.

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  ros

  Hi, Marvin, et al:

  There's an interesting article about Hemopure in the July 2002 issue of Discover magazine. According to the article, the manufacturer expected the product to be ready for FDA approval last month.

  http://www.discover.com/july_02/featchemistry.html

  Quote from a paragraph in the article:

  It's been a few years since that day in 1999, but soon the rest of us may have an alternative to blood, too. If all goes according to its manufacturer's plan, Hemopure will be ready for FDA approval this month. Three other products are in the late stages of testing: PolyHeme and Hemolink, based on human hemoglobin, and Oxygent, a synthetic blood substitute based on a chemical called perflubron.

  ~Ros
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  Put Them To Death! Poll

  by Derrick in

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  i believe punishment meted out to these despicable "parents" should be:

  [ ] have the state put them to death!

  [ ] have the state imprison them for life!

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  ros

  Francois:

  My sentiments precisely!

  ~Ros
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  Put Them To Death! Poll

  by Derrick in

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  i believe punishment meted out to these despicable "parents" should be:

  [ ] have the state put them to death!

  [ ] have the state imprison them for life!

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  ros

  From what I have heard, the lives of child-killers and abusers are endangered in our prisons, to the extent that the offenders often have to be caged apart for the regular prison population. Assuming that is true, just put the, uh, 'culprits', in prison and PROHIBIT them from anything like solitary confinement.

  One other solution that the humanists would no doubt object to: Remote island penal (no pun intended) colonies for murderers and pedophiles, where no law is enforced but their own. That would be okay, too.

  ~Ros
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  Where are the Masculine Men?

  by teenyuck in

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  fourskin started a battle of the sexes with his "where are the feminine women" thread.

  i am wondering about men.

  he has a muscle car, however, he has no muscle definition.

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  ros

  Hey, Jan:

  You used to be more astute on this subject. What happened?

  ~Ros
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  Fluffers=1 Researchers=0 Hurting Dubs=-500

  by Farkel in

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  ain't democracy great?.

  farkel

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  ros

  *approaching the podium*

  I agree with Prisca!

  *stepping down from podium*

  ~Ros
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  My Photo & Info. (Fixed Now)

  by Amazing in

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  not my best photo, but it will do for now .

  this face was seen at least at 10,000 doors in many states during my 25 years in the borg.

  this is the face of an evil apostate ... but i feel much better now ... .

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  ros

  Hey, Jim (guess I can call you that now):

  Another coincidence in out multi-coincidental small-world background:

  I didn't know you became a JW in Petaluma! I was in San Jose in 1968 (still an inactive believer), and came up to Petaluma/Santa Rosa a few years later (that was after I was out). Our paths have sure cross a lot of times. :D))

  ~Ros
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  What would you do if religion collapsed?

  by Prisila in

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  at this point in my life i feel very confident that leaving the jws was the best thing for me.

  however, 25 years of brainwashing goes a long way.

  (for arguments sake) if religion collapsed today, would you feel you made a mistake in leaving the wbts?

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  ros

  One thing I realized while I was still a JW--and one of the first things that surfaced of which I consciously knew I disagreed with JWs:

  Babylon the Great has nothing to do with "religion"--except as it may be a part of it like anything else.
  On this I agree with what YouKnow posted. (In fact I think he and I had a private e-mail discussion about it some years ago.)

  If religion fell tomorrow (which would include the Watchtower religion), why would the world's "merchants" care?! (They're the ones that Revelation has "weeping and waling" over the fall of Babylon the Great.) Now if the worldwide "system", as YouKnow referred to it, but let's say the worldwide economic system failed--THEN the merchants would be weeping and waling, and we would see all the things described in the fall of Babylon the Great would we not? (Her merchants (not "her preachers") were her powerful men" it says.

  Just a thought.

  ~Ros
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  Membership has its rewards of the inhuman variety

  by Derrick in

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  first of all i'm starting to arrive at an alarming conclusion: the present governing body and their cohorts in the writing department certainly cannot believe that jehovah exists!

  yes, i'm afraid they must have come to this conclusion on their own that "there is no jehovah.".

  why do i suspect this?.

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  ros

  Hi, Rick:

  Nice the way you've progressed.

  ~Ros
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  A PLEA FROM "SHUNNED FATHER"

  by ros in

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  please excuse if this information has been posted recently.

  just received this from "shunned father".

  my daughters health has improved because of the last chemo treatments.

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  ros

  Please excuse if this information has been posted recently. Just received this from "Shunned Father"
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  My daughters health has improved because of the last chemo treatments. All of her counts are up. But this will only last for a few weeks. Because the cancer has come back it means the cancer cells have become resistant to the chemo drugs. To try other chemo drugs is an option but without the use of blood transfusions it would most likely kill her.

  I am presently trying to locate a reputable clinic that uses natural medicine. This may be a better way to go because it will only kill the cancer cells and not my daughter. No matter what we do, her chances are not good. I have to keep trying to keep her alive and find a cure. There is a clinic in California and the treatment costs $8,000.00 per week. I am told there is a good clinic in Texas but I don't know the name or phone number. Perhaps one of your web users would know?

  I have set up a trust fund to help pay for my daughters treatments. Any monies left over would be donated to the Alberta Childrens Hospital. Would you be willing to post it on your web site?

  Cheques to be made out to " SAVE MIA"

  Mail to:
  MIA
  Box 20161
  Calgary Place R.P.O.
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  T2P 4J2

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  Any help or information will be appreciated beyond measure.
  Thanks,
  ~Ros

  Edited by - ros on 16 July 2002 21:18:30
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  Missing the Target for 125 Years!

  by JanH in

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  missing the target for 125 years .

  the organization that more than 5 million jehovah's witnesses believe to be "god's channel" of communication to mankind, is strangely also the organization with a monumental record of failed predictions.

  after examining dozens of watch tower society (wts) predictions we failed to find a single one that was right.

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  Jan~

  Excellent well-written concise article to keep for reference.
  Liked your other recent articles as well.
  Some great literary publication style, too--even emphasizing the first letter of the first paragraph.
  The formatting of this article is good enough to publish, with the reference listing at the end and all.
  Was this from "All Along the Watchtower"?

  Anyway, thanks for this kind of material. Keeps me checking the board out from time to time.