joeras
Joined Jul 2006
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I am puzzled with the comments by "flowerae" - that "I think that it is wrong to spread the message that there are those that don't accept blood will still live."
Who is spreading this "message"? I ask because I have not seen such a message. Is there rightly a message that avoiding blood has many benefits and as such it actually increases your chances of survival? Well, as a Jehovah's Witness, I can tell you that there are DOCTORS who have told us that.
When Jehovah's Witnesses talk to people, it is not common for them to bring blood up in a conversation. Rather, it is usually other people who do. I always say that I have no right to insist that they should not have a blood transfusion, "that is between you and your Doctor."
On the other hand, I also point out that it would be equally wrong then to tell people, like me, that I MUST have a blood transfusion. It is indeed a very personal matter, between you, the Doctor, your family and what you would never put last on the list, your relationship with God, the Father who gives us all life.
Does that then make us fanatics? I don't think so, no more than those who went to war believing they were fighting for a just cause and willing to die, yes, they will even say for "freedom." Do they not also understand that we are also willing likewise. Not that anybody wants to die, no sane person would. But when God is a real person to you, then we should be "free" and have "freedom" as well, to obey for a higher cause. Just think of all those American bodies on Omaha Beach. To many they died for "something" - it was for what the believed in. Nobody thinks they wanted to die.
The same goes for Jehovah's Witnesses, forcing them to have blood is taking away something they cherish, and it is also about "freedom." Nobody would want to live and be enslaved at the same time.
But, here is the flip side, that God says we will "prosper" if we do "abstain from blood" (Acts 15), that God is not a liar and that the disciple Luke (who wrote Acts) was actually a physician? Yes, several books of the Bible was written by a DOCTOR. May be a coincidence, perhaps, but interesting nonetheless. Avoiding blood has been a blessing - and the benefits hugely outnumbers the negatives, which are actually hard to number at all.
My Mother was told she would die in her 30's if she did not have a blood transfusion and an abortion. She got a better Doctor who did care and did not panic. My kid brother was not aborted, but has kids of his own. My Mother? She is now 82.
I love the last moments of "Knocking" - the part where the Jew JW (that alone sounds funny) on the carousel with that wonderful expression on his face. Priceless.
Who is spreading this "message"? I ask because I have not seen such a message. Is there rightly a message that avoiding blood has many benefits and as such it actually increases your chances of survival? Well, as a Jehovah's Witness, I can tell you that there are DOCTORS who have told us that.
When Jehovah's Witnesses talk to people, it is not common for them to bring blood up in a conversation. Rather, it is usually other people who do. I always say that I have no right to insist that they should not have a blood transfusion, "that is between you and your Doctor."
On the other hand, I also point out that it would be equally wrong then to tell people, like me, that I MUST have a blood transfusion. It is indeed a very personal matter, between you, the Doctor, your family and what you would never put last on the list, your relationship with God, the Father who gives us all life.
Does that then make us fanatics? I don't think so, no more than those who went to war believing they were fighting for a just cause and willing to die, yes, they will even say for "freedom." Do they not also understand that we are also willing likewise. Not that anybody wants to die, no sane person would. But when God is a real person to you, then we should be "free" and have "freedom" as well, to obey for a higher cause. Just think of all those American bodies on Omaha Beach. To many they died for "something" - it was for what the believed in. Nobody thinks they wanted to die.
The same goes for Jehovah's Witnesses, forcing them to have blood is taking away something they cherish, and it is also about "freedom." Nobody would want to live and be enslaved at the same time.
But, here is the flip side, that God says we will "prosper" if we do "abstain from blood" (Acts 15), that God is not a liar and that the disciple Luke (who wrote Acts) was actually a physician? Yes, several books of the Bible was written by a DOCTOR. May be a coincidence, perhaps, but interesting nonetheless. Avoiding blood has been a blessing - and the benefits hugely outnumbers the negatives, which are actually hard to number at all.
My Mother was told she would die in her 30's if she did not have a blood transfusion and an abortion. She got a better Doctor who did care and did not panic. My kid brother was not aborted, but has kids of his own. My Mother? She is now 82.
I love the last moments of "Knocking" - the part where the Jew JW (that alone sounds funny) on the carousel with that wonderful expression on his face. Priceless.
It is out of a long memory I write this review and the score of ten is biased as my late Father was the recording engineer. How dearly I would love to have a copy of this. If somebody has this on tape from a TV screening, check the credits for Palle K Rasmussen. He was in charge of "Dubbing" - the audio side - of DR, the Danish equivalent of the BBC. As the BBC did the video side my Dad was boss of the audio side. The old Elsinore Castle, known as Kronborg by the locals, was not electrified and the BBC paid several thousand pounds to have it done. There is a beach in front of the castle looking across the Sound to Sweden, and as a kid went fishing there (I live in Australia). Now my sister lives in the outskirts of Elsinore and works in the bank near the shadow of the castle. Also Joern Utzon, the designer of the Opera House here in Sydney, lived nearby but passed away just recently. If you ever go there, do go to the castle and see the famous 200 feet long great Knights Hall where the final scene of the duel and Hamlet's death was filmed, the very place Shakespeare had in mind. Walk through the grottoes as well and see the sleeping Holger the Dane. It is well worth it.
As for Plummer's performance, it is a very sensitive and reflective one. Quite authentic in its own way. Now can anybody help with a copy... ?
As for Plummer's performance, it is a very sensitive and reflective one. Quite authentic in its own way. Now can anybody help with a copy... ?