<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post989138840637581986..comments</id><updated>2009-03-23T22:03:20.730-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Sentient Developments: Why BC was right to seize Jehovah's Witnesses babi...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/feeds/989138840637581986/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html'/><author><name>George</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827</uri><email>george@sentientdevelopments.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-5785920640274259263</id><published>2008-12-18T12:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T12:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jehovah's Witnesses are a dangerous cult.  Google ...</title><content type='html'>Jehovah's Witnesses are a dangerous cult.  Google "Emma Gough" if you don't think refusing a blood transfusion when needed can cost you your eternal life.  She was a healthly, young women who all agreed would have lived if she had had a blood transfusion.  JWs are stupid people that you can't reason with.  I could write volumes on their dumb beliefs and prophesies that have failed.  The JWs won't tell you about their failed prophesies unless you do your own research.  If they're wrong on everything else, what good reason do you think they're right about refusing necessary medical attention?  If doesn't follow; they are wrong on the blood transfusion ban for no reason.  The ban is bogus and has cost people their lives unnecessarily!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5785920640274259263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5785920640274259263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1229621400000#c5785920640274259263' title=''/><author><name>Daniel Ciconte</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-8042362996910239832</id><published>2008-05-26T14:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-26T14:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Jehovah's Witnesses have settled  lawsuits all...</title><content type='html'>The Jehovah's Witnesses have settled  lawsuits alleging church policies protected pedophile men who sexually abused children for many years. &lt;BR/&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21917798/&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;The victims were required to sign gag orders to prevent them from saying anything about the money or more importantly about their abusers. Yet more importantly the court documents that were part of the five year legal battle shows exactly what despicable sinks of debauchery that supposed leaders and elders of Jehovah's Witnesses will go to in order to protect pedophiles. &lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;The written record is incriminating and shows the cover up, protection and enabling of Jehovah's Witness child molesters around the world.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/8042362996910239832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/8042362996910239832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1211826840000#c8042362996910239832' title=''/><author><name>Danny Haszard</name><uri>http://www.dannyhaszard.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-5331254022384875258</id><published>2007-05-06T19:08:54.249-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-06T19:08:54.249-04:00</updated><title type='text'>HUNDREDS OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESS LAWSUITS &amp; COURT CAS...</title><content type='html'>HUNDREDS OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESS LAWSUITS &amp; COURT CASES SUMMARIZED&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The following website summarizes 300 U.S. court cases and lawsuits affecting children of Jehovah's Witness Parents, including dozens of cases where the JWParents refused to consent to life-saving blood transfusions:&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;DIVORCE, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, AND OTHER LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;This website summarizes 160 United States court cases and lawsuits filed by Jehovah's Witnesses against Employers:&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;EMPLOYMENT ISSUES UNIQUE TO JEHOVAH'S WITNESS EMPLOYEES&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;http://jwemployees.bravehost.com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5331254022384875258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5331254022384875258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1178492934249#c5331254022384875258' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-4526029302441131600</id><published>2007-04-29T18:47:20.919-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-29T18:47:20.919-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Up close and personal Jehovah's Witnesses can be w...</title><content type='html'>Up close and personal Jehovah's Witnesses can be wolves in sheep's clothing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Think about this-When the devil comes knocking on your door he may not have the 'dark goth look'.They could be smartly dressed and wielding the Christian Bible.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have Jehovah's Witnesses family in the USA who practice the Watchtower JW enforced ritual shunning that i have not seen or heard from in 15 years.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The central core dogma of the Watchtower is Jesus second coming (invisibly) in 1914 and is a lie.Jehovah's Witnesses are a spin-off of the man made Millerite movement of 1840.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A destructive cult of false teachings, that frequently result in spiritual and psychological abuse, as well as needless deaths (bogus blood transfusion ban).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes,you can 'check out anytime you want but you can never leave',because they can and will hold your family hostage.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The world has the Internet now,and there are tens of thousands of pages up from disgruntled ex-Jehovah's Witnesses like myself who have been abused by the Watchtower cult.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jehovah's Witnesses are often a mouth that prays a hand that kills.The Watchtower is a truly Orwellian world.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;10 Million EX-JW now&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;There are now twice as many former Jehovah's Witnesses as there are active ones with 13,000 leaving every month.&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;Learn the truth about the "troof" &lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;----&lt;BR/&gt;Danny Haszard Jehovah's Witness X 33 years and 3rd generation http://www.freeminds.org</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/4526029302441131600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/4526029302441131600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1177886840919#c4526029302441131600' title=''/><author><name>Danny Haszard</name><uri>http://www.freeminds.org</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-7470026129964016202</id><published>2007-04-18T10:25:37.117-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T10:25:37.117-04:00</updated><title type='text'>TROLL SPAM alertNOTICE:SPAM COMMENT by 'JAMES' pos...</title><content type='html'>TROLL SPAM alert&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;NOTICE:SPAM COMMENT by 'JAMES' posted as anonymous IS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES STALKER&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;Who's Danny Haszard?&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;Stalking Jehovah's Witnesses trolls just eaten up with jealousy over Danny Haszard&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Troll flamebaiters--Your notions though many are not worth a penny When it gets down to facts, the apologist does not respond back, everything about the Jehovah's Witnesses troll is deception because you are a supremacist cult who feel no need to be truthful with unbelievers who are all,"gonna die at armageddon anyway".</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/7470026129964016202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/7470026129964016202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1176906337117#c7470026129964016202' title=''/><author><name>Danny Haszard</name><uri>http://www.dannyhaszard.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-3455252417661607074</id><published>2007-04-13T20:34:52.456-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-13T20:34:52.456-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Danny Haszard Cult now has a few followers.  D...</title><content type='html'>The Danny Haszard Cult now has a few followers.  &lt;BR/&gt;Danny has adopted the universal cult-leader stance of presenting himself as both a victim, and a type of &lt;BR/&gt;savior showing the way to salvation.  He is of course successful with only those who reject an honest &lt;BR/&gt;investigation and give themselves over to the control and teachings of someone who teaches hate.&lt;BR/&gt;These traits, of being a victim and a leader intensely interested in saving others, are of course at the very &lt;BR/&gt;essence of Cults and their delusional leaders.  &lt;BR/&gt;Though offering a pretense of help, however, his offering lacks conciliatory and genuine assistance to &lt;BR/&gt;Jehovah's Witnesses, fellow "victims" for whom surely he must hold some kind of good intent....  But, no, &lt;BR/&gt;he sadly and pathetically just tries to create separation and anger, tries to divide families, tries to destroy &lt;BR/&gt;happiness, and teaches a withdrawing from and a rejection of the accepted freedoms of speech of our &lt;BR/&gt;society.  &lt;BR/&gt;He suppresses the truth in favor of his own vitriolic hate.  His efforts are reflective of a perception of &lt;BR/&gt;personal grandeur and a fixation on his own self-worth.  &lt;BR/&gt;Also a trait of Cult leaders, Danny lacks the fortitude and purpose in life to accomplish good for himself &lt;BR/&gt;and others without needing the adulation of others he can dupe.  Cult leaders need to build their own self&lt;BR/&gt;-esteem and to feed their own personal aggrandisement, and to strengthen their own wobbly beliefs by &lt;BR/&gt;grasping for the approval of followers.  Anger is so often a front for fear and weakness.  It is the weak &lt;BR/&gt;person, usually accompanied by weak reasoning, who turns from truth and uses anger and fear as a &lt;BR/&gt;motivator.  Those similarly inclined or susceptible become followers of cult leaders like Danny Haszard. &lt;BR/&gt;He has actually made himself more of a slave to the Watchtower than he ever was as a member - he is &lt;BR/&gt;addicted to his fears and anger, addicted to attacking, delusional as to the success of his efforts to tear &lt;BR/&gt;down the faith of others, and uses hate as a tool to appeal to those similarly lacking in faith, or honesty, or &lt;BR/&gt;dignity, or self-worth, or personal esteem.&lt;BR/&gt;Remarkably his entire purpose in life in now linked to a preoccupation with the Watchtower.  &lt;BR/&gt;This cultish behavior includes efforts to drawing off a following for himself....He has set himself up as an &lt;BR/&gt;authority figure who works hard to attract followers.  &lt;BR/&gt;This is the new Danny Haszard Cult.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/3455252417661607074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/3455252417661607074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1176510892456#c3455252417661607074' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-7126022967578840561</id><published>2007-03-29T11:44:42.487-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T11:44:42.487-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The following website summarizes over 200 similar ...</title><content type='html'>The following website summarizes over 200 similar court cases involving Jehovah's Witness Parents who refuse life-saving blood transfusions for their children:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;DIVORCE, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, AND OTHER LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/7126022967578840561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/7126022967578840561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1175183082487#c7126022967578840561' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-5081259150656835967</id><published>2007-03-24T02:12:36.153-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T02:12:36.153-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ANONYMOUS doesn't write like the kind of person wh...</title><content type='html'>ANONYMOUS doesn't write like the kind of person who would fit the mold of a loving parent.  You fit the profile of a JW who has not learned to think for himself, but has allowed so-called 'elders' to show him the way.  NONE OF JW ELDERS can claim any mastery of the Hebrew language, let alone a proper understanding of the laws that God set forth in the Hebrew scriptures.  Yet, these are the same individuals who waste our time by knocking on our doors to teach what they don't know.  You lost your humanity and are not worthy of holding a Bible open in front of someone else.  THE GREATEST THING ANY MAN CAN DO IS SAVE ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE YOU FOOLS!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5081259150656835967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5081259150656835967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1174716756153#c5081259150656835967' title=''/><author><name>Noahide</name><uri>www.noahide.typepad.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-7712478009741070725</id><published>2007-03-24T02:06:12.609-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T02:06:12.609-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's very strange that the Watchtower Society choo...</title><content type='html'>It's very strange that the Watchtower Society chooses to observe only one of many kosher laws (eating blood) and still, it can't get this one right either.  Why don't JWs follow all the other kosher laws in the Hebrew Scriptures?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nothing can be worse than a religion that forces you to let your children DIE in the name of the Lord.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/7712478009741070725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/7712478009741070725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1174716372609#c7712478009741070725' title=''/><author><name>Noahide</name><uri>www.noahide.typepad.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-842043659944345047</id><published>2007-02-16T16:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-16T16:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Watchtower gospel of gobbledygookThe blood transfu...</title><content type='html'>Watchtower gospel of gobbledygook&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The blood transfusion issue is still a hot item, even though the Watchtower has practically allowed all 'parts' of the blood individually, just not together! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Doesn't the Bible clearly state to "pour ALL the blood onto the ground and cover it with dust because to Jehovah the life blood belongs"?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So, how can the Watchtower leaders allow most of the parts of blood which they euphemistically call "blood fractions" YET forbid "whole blood"?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Isn't it all sacred to Jehovah,or is this a legal ruse to keep from being sued?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(I will be cursed by God for eating a whole ham sandwich but if I eat the bun,mayo,mustard,cheese,ham,pickle separately it's o-kay today.) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Remember thousands of devout obedient Jehovah's Witnesses have DIED for this blood stance.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The entire doctrine is senseless and deadly. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Bible says nothing about blood transfusions. They didn't exist when the Old Testament and Acts were written. The Bible passages in question (kosher law) have to do with diet. Neither the Jews nor other groups oppose blood transfusions because they don't try to put a spin on something that isn't there. If the Watchtower had not issued this prohibition, no Jehovah's Witness would oppose them on Biblical grounds.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; Go to Israel and try and find a super observant Orthodox Jew or Rabbi who believes that blood transfusions are against God's Law given to Moses.You can't.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Danny Haszard</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/842043659944345047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/842043659944345047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1171661700000#c842043659944345047' title=''/><author><name>Danny Haszard</name><uri>http://www.freeminds.org</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-2967466641086705168</id><published>2007-02-15T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-15T16:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I find it very interesting to have read this today...</title><content type='html'>I find it very interesting to have read this today. I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and am of the same belief that blood transfusions are wrong. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I detest that you have stated that blood transfusions are "life saving treatments" because in many cases when a blood transfusions has been given, the patient hasn't lived. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There was another case in Calgary AB that still gets brought up. She was a friend of mine, diagnosed with Leukiemia, old enough to make the decision on her own, considered a mature minor by the province. Her father however chose to take it to the courts of Alberta and asked them to force the tranfusions upon her. He won, but lost, she died. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There's no proof that in every case a blood transfusion will work. There are many cases in which non-witnesses have taken the name of our religion just so they don't have to deal with the politics of having one. As witnesses, people have the choice to accept certain treatments that include blood derivatives that will improve ones health if their life is in danger. Also, your comment about Witnesses not being allowed to give or take organ transplants is untrue, and is actually left up to their own conscience decision.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I find it disgusting that you think that Jehovah's Witnesses would disown the parents, because the decision for the infants to have blood transfusions was not theirs, that choice was taken away from them. The children will also be cared for, loved and cherished just as they were before, but because of the beliefs of witnesses they themselves may feel the stress of having had the tranfusions later in life, not from those around them but because of what they will learn from the Bible about why we are not supposed to take them. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It's interesting that people have such high opinions and strong comments towards witnesses when it comes to their beliefs but if the infants die, even with the transfusions, which is still highly possible, nothing will be said against the gov't or those that agree with what decisions that were made. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Instead of following the lead of the majority, maybe people should allow others, no matter their religious demonination, live their lives reguardless what that entails, or how others view it.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/2967466641086705168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/2967466641086705168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1171574760000#c2967466641086705168' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-2050996729194938590</id><published>2007-02-05T23:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T23:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>you assert that Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept ...</title><content type='html'>you assert that Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept organ transplants. This is factually incorrect. It is left to each one to make their own choice in this matter.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/2050996729194938590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/2050996729194938590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1170736080000#c2050996729194938590' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-4611121432084354160</id><published>2007-02-05T20:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T20:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi, Paul, you seem to be conflating two issues:

1...</title><content type='html'>Hi, Paul, you seem to be conflating two issues:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) whether blood transfusion is moral; and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) whether blood transfusion is safe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your objection isn't really that blood can spread disease: if it was, then you would change your mind if transfusion was demonstrated to be safe.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/4611121432084354160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/4611121432084354160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1170725880000#c4611121432084354160' title=''/><author><name>Steve</name><uri>http://www.spacearchaeology.org</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-6612193516103105372</id><published>2007-02-05T11:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T11:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What does the name of their religion have to do wi...</title><content type='html'>What does the name of their religion have to do with it? The Bible says it is abomination for blood of one person to touch the blood of another, or for us to injest the blood of an animal: for the life is in the blood.  The blood of an individual has antibodies in it from every virus and every disease with which it has made contact-and through many studies of HIV and AIDS, doctors can tell you that injesting someone elses blood through the veins or digestive tract is fastest way to spread disease.  If we eat the flesh of a sick cow or shicken or turkey, it is possible for us to come down sick, because of it.  Just read the laws of cleanliness in Leviticus concerning how not to spread leprosy or other contagious diseases, and it should be enough to teach you not to injest someone else`s blood.  HUsbands are not supposed to have sex with their wives will they are menstuating, or after they`ve given birth to a child.  If that is abomination to God, and an unhealthy practice (to have sex at such a time), then it surely is wrong to  ingest blood of someone else`s in your veins for any reason! Leviticus 7:26; 17:10,11.  My father-in-law died from an allergic reaction to a blood transfusion, when the doctors had given him a good prognosis to live, after a surgery for ulcers of the stomach. If you don`t obey what God says in his laws of cleanliness and diet and morality, then you`re no Christian in the first place!  Jesus said, (speaking of what God has said to us through his law and the prophets): Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD which proceedeth out of the mouth of God, Matthew 4:4.  Paul M.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/6612193516103105372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/6612193516103105372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1170692460000#c6612193516103105372' title=''/><author><name>paul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05960060846953911511</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-1580660464379758210</id><published>2007-02-05T01:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T01:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow.  I can't even fathom how a parent could be so...</title><content type='html'>Wow.  I can't even fathom how a parent could be so wrapped up in religious dogma so as to consider adherence to that dogma more important than their child's very life or health.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As far as enhancements go, some biological enhancements already exist -- take vaccinations, for instance, which augment the immune system.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certain pseudoscience-believing fringe groups notwithstanding, most people today generally believe that vaccinations are a good idea.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the scientific support for the benefits of vaccination is strong enough such that schools more often than not require children to be vaccinated prior to enrollment.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a definite case in which an enhancement has been "normalized", and it's likely that it's only the first of many (I'm sure that if a cancer vaccine were developed, parents who did not provide their child with it would be scorned at the very least!).</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/1580660464379758210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/1580660464379758210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1170657900000#c1580660464379758210' title=''/><author><name>AnneC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04940566603711834053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-5040954985660226077</id><published>2007-02-04T15:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-04T15:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting post ... one quibble: Jehovah's Witnes...</title><content type='html'>Interesting post ... one quibble: Jehovah's Witnesses aren't really Protestant Christians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like the Mormons, I think they'd best be described as non-mainstream Christians or something like that.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5040954985660226077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/989138840637581986/comments/default/5040954985660226077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html?showComment=1170622680000#c5040954985660226077' title=''/><author><name>Steve</name><uri>http://www.spacearchaeology.org</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/02/why-bc-was-right-to-seize-jehovahs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-989138840637581986' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6753820/posts/default/989138840637581986' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>