Would all jehovah witnesses really leave their loved ones to die if they needed a blood transfusion?

Answer 1

Unbelievably, yes, they would. They have a false teaching that receiving a blood transfusion is the same as eating blood, which anyone who has ever read a science knows simply isn't true.

They argue that it's no different than intraveinous feeding, so it makes it the same as eating blood. What they don't understand is that the body does not consume blood like it does food. Blood is not food. It is like an organ, simply carrying oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.

They have this teaching because it makes them different from all over religions because they are the only ones that believe this, making it seem that they alone have the "truth" about God (the real "truth").

I know of a lot of Jehovah's Witnesses who have let their family members die because they needed blooded and it wasn't allowed to be given. This is actually murder.

Answer 2

You have to study the Bible and learn what blood represents and how Jehovah views blood.
Jehovah's Witnesses only dedicate their lives to doing God's will after extensive Bible study.After which time,they develop a clear and precise understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
During which time,they learn about God's view on blood and they understand it and accept it.
If a Witness was told by surgeons that he/she would die without a transfusion(which is a really long shot),they would expect their family members to respect their wish and not go against their wishes of not having a transfusion.
What doctors and surgeons dont tell people is that there are many alternatives to having blood.There is too much money exchanging hands in the buying and selling of blood for people to be told that
But regardless,Jehovahs Witnesses want to obey their Creator and if they were to die,they can rest assured in the resurrection hope and know that they will be reunited with their loved ones in God's new system of things to come.

Answer 3

Jehovah's Witnesses usually don't have a problem with blood products such as plasma. They do have issues with the transfusion of whole blood because of what their teachings says about it. I'm not a Jehovah's witness, but I did do a study on it while I was in school. I don't think they "leave their loved ones to die". I'm sure that it is not an easy decision for them to make, but they have to think of what the ill person would have wanted. I know I would be very upset if someone went against my wishes while I was impaired and made a medical decision that they know I would not have wanted.
Beliefs do vary from person to person and I'm sure than not every Jehovah's Witness believes that way.

Answer 4

just gotta say to ron that thousands of jehovahs witnesses were killed in hitlers concentration camps because of their beliefs. So not sure that you're answer really works on that level........ and believe me i think JWs are a terrible organisation. But they have a belief that if god wishes it so it shall be (although they do tend to change their beliefs at random. How many times has the world been ending again???) My friend who was a JW nearly let his wife die but the doctor basically told him to fu/ck off and gave her the transfusion anyway stating if god had a problem he could sort it out with him. I thought that doctor was cool!!! lol Both of my friends have left that church now thankfully.

Answer 5

Only my opinion: but I believe some WOULD change their minds when it got right down to it.

AND I don't want a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses jumping down my throat. I did not say all of you would do that. You have a right to your beliefs. I just think when it came down to it, especially if it was a child who needed the transfusion, some would change their minds real quick.

Answer 6

Why doesn't someone ask "I lov oregon" why he and these other ex JW's he mentions are "ex" JW's? Here are some reasons one can be removed from
the Congregation, "Some of the offenses that could merit disfellowshipping from the Christian congregation are fornication, adultery, homosexuality, greed, extortion, thievery, lying, drunkenness, reviling, spiritism, murder, idolatry, apostasy, and the causing of divisions in the congregation. Unlike other religions, we keep our congregations clean.

This is where most, but not all of the negative answers come from, disfellowshipped or apostates, A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion.

Answer 7

yes the jehovahs witnesses would refuse a blood transfusion, if they didn't they refuse it they would get expelled from the congrigation and hardleys any on the people in their "meeting" would speak to them.
I find it hash that people are calling it a cult, it is just a belief, would you call christianity a cult?!?!?!

Answer 8

I dont believe so because I have a friend that work in the hospital and she stated that a woman needed blood and she took it but she stated that she was a Jehaovah witness and she was not suppose to but at the last moment she did.

Answer 9

They just about all have so far.

Allowing a Transfusion to save any life means immediate (excommunication or shunning) ousting from the Cult.

That means - in their minds - they are doomed!

Answer 10

No, how cruel you are. My mother who was not a wittness and my daughter who was raised in my belief was not a wittness yet both of them had to face the issue of blood. They ask their Dr. all the risk of taking blood he anwsered them. I was listen to him and I truly learned about blood. So if God warns us not to take blood it is and their is a pending disaster coming.