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Originally Posted by Jabrwock
The JWs I was talking to are the Watchtower reps who visit door to door. One would expect them to be better knowledged about it than just rumors, and they seemed pretty firm that transfusion makes you ineligible to be a JW. Perhaps it's just the views of the JWs in Saskatchwan/Canada
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What you are referring to, and the case in hand here, are two
VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
If an individual knowingly (i.e., not forced against their will), and unrepentantly accepts a blood transfusion in contradiction to the held Bible-based beliefs, they can be expelled from the congregation. This is no different than any number of religions where someone who directly contradicts a deeply-entrenched doctrine of their religion (examples escape me at the moment).
However,
in the case at hand, the children (and family) have been morally violated, the same as if they had been raped. They would be viewed as victims, just the same as a woman who has been raped. They would be viewed with sympathy and compassion, NOT as "tainted".