To Lau
Your article is an interpretation of court cases based on the assumption that Witness parent are choosing no treatment or to let their child die. As I have said in numerous ways that is not what is happening or is not what should be happening.
Actually, no, there's some among them that overruled the parents' decision when it was just a case of the wellness of the child and not imminent survival. But anyway, that
is exactly what we're all talking about. I think maybe that's where you and I are having the most trouble. I am not talking about anything at all where the child is not in danger. I am only talking about the cases where you really would be putting the child in danger by refusing that medical procedure for him. Anyway, you said that the court cases rule in the favor of the JW parents refusing treatment for their kids, and that that's been almost unanimously false;
you have no right to do that in this country. You can only refuse for yourself.
I know you've said that that's not happening or shouldn't be happening, and here is where I suppose we disagree the most. You say there is a lot of evidence that you
never need a blood transfusion. I just gave you plenty of instances where you would need it, and mentioned that there have been actual deaths from refusing blood transfusions before. Like you've been doing whenever I make a point that you cannot argue with, you've only ignored it, and this is all you had to say:
Just wondering do you think having a blood transfusion caused the girls with leukemia to continue living or have a better quality of life?
In some cases, yes. Leukemia can be a very aggressive illness, or it can be incredibly mild. I've known people with both; someone close to us died only months after he got it as a teenager despite every available treatment being used aggressively. Not every treatment of leukemia works the same for every person, every case, every type of leukemia. But in cases where it was determined that
leukemia a blood transfusion (
)was the only or the best option, or even a necessary supplemental option for the primary treatment, I will emphatically tell you that yes, it was in the best interest of the patient, and, thankfully, it is not within your legal rights to deny it to your kid.
I have a feeling you might try bringing up the myth that leukemia can be caused by blood transfusions. Sorry if I'm getting presumptuous, but, if you are, let me just say ahead of time that people who suggest that clearly have little to no concept of the human body, and there has never been a bit of evidence to suggest that anyone's leukemia was caused by a blood transfusion. It is just a myth.
I'm really not trying to be a jerk or pick on you here, Lynna. But the facts just simply are not on your side here. I get that you don't like blood transfusions for religious reasons, and that's fine. Don't like them for religious reasons. Be
proud that you don't like them for religious reasons. Just don't try to twist science to make it somehow sound like the reason you don't like blood transfusions is because science and medicine has proven that they are always harmful and unnecessary.
That's just not the case, no matter how much you want it to be, and I can tell just from our brief chat about vaccines that your qualifications as a nurse did not really teach you much about the science behind your craft. No offense, really, but it just obviously hasn't. So stick with the religious angle. If you tell me you don't want a blood transfusion because of religious reasons, I'm not going to give you any trouble. That's not demonstrably false like everything else you've said.
Our only problem is when it comes down to the children. You simply do not get to play games with their life and health. I understand that it's hard for you because of your religious background, but these are kids, Lynna, and for all you know they're going to grow up to be apostates just like us and would neither understand nor appreciate your efforts to deny them treatment, and, while adult Witnesses might be ready to be martyrs for the cause, you
cannot and should not make martyrs out of your children.
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