Re: Blood transfusions forced on JW infants
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Originally Posted by R'as al Ghul
Wouldn't that actually be easy to decide? You can only act according to your own faith and ethics. I suspect that your belief would tell you that this co-worker needs help or else he dies. In this special situation, assuming that you act according to your faith and help him, how could the JW question your faith and actions afterwards even if it's against his own? He would've to acknowledge that you're a faithful man yourself and have acted accordingly.
If he expects you to respect his faith, so should he respect yours. I for one wouldn't stand by and watch someone die only because I knew that he has different ideas about the matter
Respecting his faith would involve acting according to his beliefs when it concerns his welfare rather than acting in the way you want.
Whilst I am sure that the decision to treat these babies is correct, I am very uncomfortable about giving the state rights to interfere in how children are brought up. It should only happen in extreme circumstances, which these are. 999 times out of 1000 parents know their children best and care most about their welfare, so they should be the ones to make important decisions on their behalf. Of course as the child grows and matures, he or she should also voice an opinion and this opinion should carry increasing weight.
As for characterising all JW as child abusers:thumbsdown: If the state can remove their children, then yours can be taken too. Do you find fetal stem cells, organs bought from people in the third world, cells from aborted fetuses or breeding clones for organs morally objectionable? Now society may agree with you, but values change and you might find yourself out of step with society and your children treated in a way you abhor. If it is ok for JW, then it is ok for you.
