The leaders of the Watchtower Society — the legal organization behind the Jehovah’s Witnesses — claim to speak for God.
In reality, they keep changing their minds on what he allegedly told them — regarding blood, for instance.
In the process, they show themselves to be quacks whose nonsense has resulted in numerous needless deaths.
The parents decided to take the case to court, arguing that their rights were breached on a number of grounds, including that officials proceeded on the “stereotypical and paternalistic presumption that the treating doctor is always right and Jehovah’s Witness parents always wrong,” noted Brenner.
A family source said: “Sheila is adamant that John must not have blood. She says giving him a transfusion would be like assaulting him, and he wouldn’t want to live knowing he had disobeyed his God.
Jehovah’s Witnesses blindly follow the errors of the Watchtower organization — even though Bible scholars state it is wrong about blood transfusion and a host of other Bible issues.
Jehovah’s Witnesses blindly believe the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society’s claims regarding the Bible’s teachings on blood and blood transfusions. They are willing to die — or let their family members die — for their false beliefs.
The High Court has ruled that doctors at the Coombe Women’s Hospital in Dublin did not act unlawfully in giving a blood transfusion to one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The delivery of the 32-week-old babies, whose Jehovah Witness parents objected to their getting blood products on religious grounds but have agreed to abide by the court order, is expected to be induced shortly in light of the suspected seriousness of their condition.
A killer cult strikes again: A mother who refused a blood transfusion because she was a Jehovah’s Witness died hours after giving birth as doctors repeatedly pleaded with her family to overrule her decision.
Jehovah’s Witnesses would rather have their babies die than have medical professional give them blood transfusions — simply because the Watchtower cult claims that is what God would want.
Jehovah’s Witnesses aged under 15 should be given blood transfusions if their lives are at risk–even if they or their parents object on religious grounds, according to new guidelines officially announced by a group of academic societies Thursday.