NationStates Jolt Archive


A problem with an issue

Einhauser
05-12-2005, 01:46
I was browsing my issues when I saw I had one called "Blood Banks Running Dry." Now, I had never had that one before, so you can understand my excitement to answer it.

However, once I started reading, I found a glaring problem. The second option you can choose has a man that claims to be a Jehovah's Witness denouncing blood donation. That part of the choice seems ok, but the rest is wrong.

Throughout that option the guy refers to God as God. A real Jehovah's Witness refers to Him as Jehovah most of the time.

Secondly, Jehovah does not want witnesses to monkey around with blood. He holds it sacred, so he would not like for us run around doing whatever comes to mind with it.

Thirdly, the guy says he would like to just get on with it and go to heaven. Only 144,000 (there are about 8,000 left) JW's will be going to Heaven; the rest of us are staying here on Earth, after the apocalypse.

Fourthly, there are no Gospels. That is a Catholic thing.

That about wraps up my complaints. I would like to see these rectified, if at all possible. The issue is giving people an unclear example of what a Witness is.

As a final note, I would like to point out that I am a Witness, or at least in-training to be. As such the above information is genuine, although I may have got a few things a little off the mark. For a better example, talk to an Elder.
Enn
05-12-2005, 04:37
There've been complaints about how certain groups are presentewd in issues for a while (in particular, the 'anarchist' viewpoint in the Flag Burning issue). It's unlikely for the issue to be changed. Just think of the person in the issue as being an horrendously uninformed Jehovah's Witness.
The Most Glorious Hack
05-12-2005, 05:47
It's satire. It's supposed to be inaccurate and extremist.
Megalomania the Great
22-12-2006, 06:24
Yeah, I seriously doubt anything can or will be done. It's a shame, since JWs are made to look like "religious nuts", like the issue calls them. What I find wrong is the blatant hostility of the guy (or gal) who made that issue. From what I understand, JWs don't get involved in politics at all and don't try to lobby or legislate. But, then again, the more you allow users to control, the easier it is for them to push their uninformed ideas about minorities--whether they be racial, ethnic, religious, or political.

BTW, there's a documentary from PBS about Jehovah's Witnesses coming next year called Knocking. It might clear up some things for people who care to be informed.
I V Stalin
22-12-2006, 23:15
I thought that post looked familiar...

...because I read it a year ago!

Why trawl through threads that died so long ago and post? Why? :confused: