Seems like I'm a prophet, because something in my book just came true! Remembering at all times that these are parodies, here are some of the lyrics to 'You Can't Stop Blasphemy', which blasphemes in turn against Christians, Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons. The Jehovah's Witness section contains these lines (emphasis added to the most relevant one):

And I know they'd like me to commit
To the Watchtower guide but it's full of shit
Can the end of the world please come so they'll quit today?
You can't stop blasphemy

Grab a gun they're an easy kill
And if you wound 'em then they can't replace the blood that you spill
I never felt the urge for homicide, at least not until today

And I can't stop
Jehovah's little army coming up to my door
It's the moment I remind them what profanity's for
'cause it's surprising what a pit bull with your arm in its jaws conveys
My dog's called Blasphemy

So (cliché alert) 'imagine my suprise' when I read this:

Jehovah's Witness shot dead and wife critically ill after being gunned down
Jehovah's Witness Adam Hustler and his wife Amanda were allegedly gunned down by their daughter's jilted lover who is believed to have been forced to end the relationship because of their strict religious views.

It is understood that the couple were strict followers of the religion and forced their eldest daughter Danielle, 20, to break up with her non-Witness boyfriend.

Jehovah's Witnesses are forbidden from receiving blood transfusions, and it is still unclear about whether one was needed.

Sources at the hospital said the gunman allegedly shot Mr Hustler at close range using a high powered gun such as a .22 hunting rifle, before blasting Amanda in the back.

Here's a link to the original story in the Daily Mail, which confirms that a blood transfusion was refused for the woman:

Last night it emerged that 39-year-old Mrs Hustler, also a Jehovah's Witness, had refused a blood transfusion because of her strict religious beliefs.

All I can say is: don't blame me, my song is just joking! However, here are a few of my thoughts on this. From what I can gather, the dead man was beyond help and died anyway, and the woman, who is the one who declined the blood transfusion, survived her operation. So perhaps the end result is exactly the same as it would have been had they not been Jehovah's Witnesses. Fair enough. And I do not in any way condone the shooting of anyone, anywhere, for any reason - a previous blog of mine will show you that I am 100% anti-guns. However, had the woman died purely because she refused a blood transfusion, my opinion would have been this: 'serves you right'. That may seem harsh, but anyone who makes that choice, with the full knowledge they will die because of it, will have no sympathy from me whatsoever. As far as I'm concerned, it then becomes suicide.

Of course Jehovah's Witnesses are quite capable of making these decisions on behalf of other people too, which is where I absolutely draw the line and refuse to accept such 'religious freedoms'. If you allow someone else to die (if the daughter had been shot and the mother had refused treatment for example) that is something I cannot and will never accept. And this certainly has happened before, although in cases where a child is involved hospitals now (as far as I know) have the power to over-rule any parent by taking the child into protective custody, so thankfully the law will defend a helpless child.

This is of course all because the Bible tells people not to eat blood, which the stupid Jehovah's Witnesses intepret as forbidding them to accept blood transfusions. As I've said many times before, of all religious groups, the Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones I despise the most vehemently!

One more thing: Witnesses supposedly don't eat blood, but if so why aren't they all vegetarians? You can't get all the blood out of the meat before you cook and eat it, so why don't they reject the eating of meat? As always, it comes down to this: selective interpretation of the Bible. Where it would be inconvenient to their daily lives (enforced vegetarianism would reduce the number of members, no doubt), they ignore it. Where something is likely to happen rarely, as in the case of blood transfusions, they parade their 'principles' for all to see. Hypocrisy and religion are never far away from each other are they?

Final words: I don't condone violence at all, so don't go shooting Jehovah's Witnesses just to prove my song true! Oh, and don't feed them to your dog either!