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	Jehovah's Witness sues over unwanted transfusion

tommy2balmy

2-27-2009 12:04 AM

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jehovah's witness, christians, transfusion, conn

tommy2balmy says:

Sounds like an easy case to me. Patient wins and hospital pays.

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2-27-2009 12:06 PM

Antara

If he said no (insane as it is)....why did they do it?

2-27-2009 1:33 PM

Oortcloud

Agreed. I think he's a religious fruitcake who's ideology would best serve society if it were forgotten, but he made a personal request so it should have been honored.

3-11-2009 2:45 PM

DannyHaszard

Jehovah's Witnesses and no blood transfusions quickie FAQ.

Modified Kosher dogma appeared circa 1945 when the "Christian" JW back then (a fraction of the membership they are in 2009) thought the world was coming to an end any day.

This is the key,the leadership back then never thought that they would 'still be here in this ole system' in the 21st century.The end of the world was suppose to come a long time ago.
So what has happened since is thousands of men,women and CHILDREN have perished for this made up rule,and now the Watchtower legal dept has got to spin this so they don't get sued for wrongful death.

Soooo, they invented the fraction loop hole where in the fine print JW ...

3-11-2009 3:34 PM

Oortcloud

thought the world was coming to an end any day

And continue to do so today. It's not like they said "Oops, we were wrong" they just keep holding their breath.

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