JW's Governing body is blood-guilty.

There are many documented cases of children dying because of the religious beliefs of their parents; we do not have to argue that one. 99% of people who have died of AIDS or Hepatitis did not die because of blood transfusions, they died because of sex with an infected person, sharing needles etc.. Far, far more people have been saved because of blood transfusions than have died because of them. Noel’s point on this is literally daft. There have been far, far more scandals concerning priests and other shamans than doctors, has Noel forgotten that? All religion is superstition. JW’s are no different. Noel does not hold his opinion regarding blood transfusions as a result of “informed knowledge” as he says, otherwise it would be some coincidence that most JW’s believe as Noel does but Catholics do not. It is not informed, it is a religious belief based on their interpretation of the bible. What is really funny about all this is that the majority of bible students of other Christian religions do not interpret the bible to mean this. So not alone is it not an informed opinion it’s a disputed opinion among people of the same broad religion. So in summary we have an illogical, non medical, non scientific, non statistical (see above), disputed religious opinion possibly leading to the loss of life of someone defenseless, i.e. a child. The fact that the child is the child of a JW has long been recognized by courts as irrelevant when it comes to life saving treatment. The “blood letting” point is daft. We cannot be responsible today for the opinion of those that went before. It is even more useless to pray for someone to get better. I dispute that Noel is capable of making a “personal choice”. Once brainwashed into believing a particular religious edict it is very difficult to make logical choices. Look at what the Islamic terrorist morons are up to. The JW religion can be accused of child abuse because not alone do withhold treatment, they brainwash their unfortunate children into believing the hogwash they believe in.  By william.