Re: Every Single Sperm

[Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten]

The Fool wrote:
From: Julia Randolph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 05:20:12 -0500, The Fool wrote:
   

From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Russell Chapman wrote:
       

JDG wrote:
         

At 10:32 AM 8/7/2004 +0200 Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
           

When it threatened to decrease the number of flock considerably
             

or
 

more to the point when contraception started interfering with
             

the
 

power base of the holy church.
             

Is it so inconceivable that maybe - just maybe - they sincerely
           

believe
     

that God does not want us to engage in contraception?
           

Well, yes - if there's no basis for it.
No scriptures, no tablets handed down from on high.
Do they sincerely believe we shouldn't take vitamins? That we
shouldn't have remedial surgery. Why is some meddling with the
         

body
 

to
     

improve quality of life OK but other meddling not OK?
         

Enter 'Jehova's witnesses'. NO MEDDLING with the body. Not even to
       

save
 

a childs life or to prevent serious and detrimental health problems
(even in babies and little children) by as simple a thing as
       

vaccination
     

by oral injestion of vaccin.
       

They really still teach that in Europe?  I know they have backed down
     

on
 

most of those here in the U.S. with the exception of blood
     

transfusions.
 

I'm guessing they backed down on those because of the pressure of
lawsuits.
     

There's also the issue of immunizations being required by law if
children are going to public school.  If you don't immunize your child
without good medical reason, the child cannot enroll in public school.
And it's not as easy to home-school children in some states as it is
in others.
   

As far as I know, they ended the vaccination nonsense in the U.S. in the
late forties / early fifties.  I also think they adopted a policy in the
1960's equating organ transplantation as cannibalism, which they slowly
abandoned, in the U.S. anyway.  

 

Situation is still very strict here, but there are many shades of the 
religious. Refusing vaccination on grounds of religious believes is 
allowed and still very much an issue. There have been numerous studies 
to see if there is enough vaccination percentage (even in the very 
religious reformed regions) in the country to keep the vaccination 
program effective. So far it hasn't been a problem so the attitude is 
relaxed.

The only exception to this is polio vaccinations. I believe that the 
religious have backed down on that.

Sonja
GCU: It's very hot and there is going to be a big rain shower soon....
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