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Originally Posted by Kadath
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Sometimes I want my wife to do something and she doesn't want to do it. If her reason for not doing it is one she doesn't want to admit to, she will find another reason for not doing it.
Me: "Hey such and such is having a party on Saturday lets go."
Her: "Well you know I have a spin class on Sunday and I don't want to be out to late because I'll be to tired to go."
The second reason is mostly valid, as it can happen at times, but the real reason is that she just wasn't in the mood to go. Whenever she gets in this mood I tell her shes using secondary reasons, and whats the real reason she doesn't want to do something.
Any blood born disease issues is obviously a secondary reason for a JW. Its trying to find something rational after the fact, but the real reason is still the same illogical reason, which I think is based on an obvious misinterpretation of the bible. To equate the drinking of blood with a blood transfusion takes some mental effort.
It doesn't matter if in the end, we no longer need to do blood transfusions, or even if it turns out they are were completely unhealthy. By current medical knowledge there are real and life saving reasons for a transfusion, and to let yourself or your child die based on a vague passage of an ancient and often retranslated text, is perhaps the ultimate illumination of the negative power religion has over some peoples lives.
Some day I'll figure out why so many people assume, god must be a total asshole.