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My ex-business partners and ex-GF were JW's; and the one thing that I had a problem w/ was the blood transfusion part. I remember 2 instances where the family's father died b/c they wouldn't get a blood transfusion after a car accident (I never heard anything about the JWs declining medical treatments just blood transfusions and organ transplants (OT from what I remember was a grey area)). One man left his wife and 2 kids the other left his wife and 1 kid. Both wives didn't work nor could they (not b/c of religious beliefs). Now I highly respect their devotion to their belief, but to leave them alone like that in this world. I know that the ones who are in the light (truth) and are not one of the 144,000 (#?) will inherit the earth, but still...
There were a few more things, but that was the only one that really sticks in my head. I really don't have a problem w/ the J-dubbas we had MANY discussions about evolution (since I'm a geologist) and religion (since my father is baptist, mom is jewish, they sent me to an ultra-conservative christian school, and I married a catholic (yes, Christmas/Chanukah/Easter/Passover is very interesting).
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