Why do Jehovah's Witnesses still think they don't use blood transfusions? They really do.?

Question

See ajwrb.org (Associated Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood) Look at the pie chart. The Watchtower Society "allows" all components of blood. They allow "conscience" use of blood components that were extracted from whole blood donated by others. There is no possible reconcilation of this issue. Yet many JWs have died rather than take a blood transfusion. JWs have died in the past for things they are allowed to do now as "conscience matters." Ask any JW just what refusing blood really means any more. No one of them can give a straight answer because their leadership won't give straight answers. Yet this is a matter of life and death!

Answer 1

The entire JW doctrine is senseless and deadly.

The Bible says nothing about blood transfusions. They didn't exist when the Old Testament and Acts were written. The Bible passages in question (kosher law) have to do with diet. Neither the Kosher Jews nor other groups oppose blood transfusions because they don't try to put a spin on something that isn't there.

If the Watchtower sect leaders had not issued this prohibition, no Jehovah's Witness would oppose them on Biblical grounds.

Wonderful medical advances will surely come 'synthetic blood' will be a reality soon and the Red Cross won't have to have collection centers anymore.

The point is everyone,is that the Watchtower forbids whole blood transfusions now,and has prohibited any and all blood transfusions until recent changes.

To bolster their dogma they have bragged in their own publications (that they bring to your door) how thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses have "kept their integrity to Jehovah" and DIED by the THOUSANDS for refusing blood.

Yes,thousands of devout obedient Jehovah's Witnesses have DIED for this no blood stance.

Answer 2

provided which you have been married to him and he had no longer signed the scientific directive all JWs are meant to hold with them (forbidding entire blood transfusions), ought to you provide permission (if he grow to be subconscious). Any individual that takes a determination on such concerns has to have his needs respected via the scientific occupation. it particularly is barely interior the case of minors that others ought to take judgements, and parental refusal might properly be over-ruled via the Courts. it seems his mom might do each and everything feasible to ward off him getting one, in all probability via asserting she knew his needs and that he does no longer want one. If no longer something is declared in writing via him, it is going to likely be a messy clutter. yet while he nonetheless needs to refuse blood while he's not a working in direction of JW, you will possibly properly confirm that the religion has a company carry on him. he's relatively in all probability to re-connect them at a later point in his existence. that ought to make your place particularly perplexing. the suitable ingredient you should do could be to make certain the biblical motives as to why God does no longer require martyrs to the blood transfusion 'reason', and tutor him from the Bible. after all, the JW stance is largely theological and relatively isn't consistent with any scientific motives in any respect. e mail me in case you like information.

Answer 3

As this questioner suggests, Jehovah's Witnesses soberly recognize the possibility that God may be offended and displeased when a human uses a component derived from a minor blood fraction. That is why it is more accurate to say that Jehovah's Witnesses "tolerate" (rather than "approve") the use of minor blood fractions.

Incidentally, it seems rather arrogant to suggest that forced blood transfusion must be preferable to conscientious non-blood medical management. Ironically, the fact remains undisputed that many MULTIPLES more have died as a direct result of a blood transfusion than have died from a conscientious decision to pursue other medical treatments.

Fair-minded healthcare experts admit that the medical technologies exist to treat literally every illness and injury without resorting to the old-fashioned infusion of whole blood, plasma, platelets, or red/white blood cells. Perhaps pro-blood activists (and/or anti-Witness critics) ignore the fact that Jehovah's Witnesses accept all minor blood fractions, so if there is some targeted need then a Witness will accept a targeted treatment (the only objections are to those four components which approximate actual blood).


Jehovah's Witnesses are not anti-medicine or anti-technology, and they do not have superstitious ideas about some immortal "soul" literally encapsulated in blood. Instead, as Christians, the Witnesses seek to obey the very plain language of the bible regarding blood.

As Christians, they are bound by the bible's words in "the Apostolic Decree". This decree was the first official decision communicated to the various congregations by the twelve faithful apostles (and a handful of other "older men" which the apostles had chosen to add to the first century Christian governing body in Jerusalem). The decree helps demonstrate that the first century Christian congregation was highly organized, and that the holy spirit actively assists those "taking the lead" to make correct decisions.

Here is what the "Apostolic Decree" said, which few self-described Christians obey or even respect:

(Acts 15:20) Write them [the various Christian congregations] to abstain from things polluted by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.

(Acts 15:28-29) For the holy spirit and we ourselves have favored adding no further burden to you, except these necessary things, 29 to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper.


Quite explicitly, the Apostolic Decree quite plainly forbids the misuse of blood by Christians (despite the fact that nearly every other provision of former Jewish Mosaic Law was recognized as unnecessary). It seems odd therefore, that literally one Christian religion continues to teach that humans must not use blood for any purpose other than honoring Almighty God.

A better question would ask: How can other self-described Christian religions justify the fact that they don't even care if their adherents drink blood and eat blood products?

Answer 4

JW DO use Blood donations

Watchtower picks and chooses what "parts" of blood can be transfused by it's arbitary man made regulations.


Thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses including many minor children are dead because of the Watchtower's twisted flip-flopping blood transfusion ban.

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Bottom line -- Jehovah's Witnesses DO USE BLOOD products from the donations of the Red Cross and other collection agencies but don't donate back.

Some educational links provided below:

http://www.ajwrb.org/ Jehovah Witness blood policy reform site

http://www.towertotruth.net/Articles/blood_transfusions.htm Will you die for a lie?

Answer 5

It's because of the level of mind control the Watchtower Bible & Tract Sociey have over the JWs. They tell them that by taking all the components of blood, individually is not accepting a blood transfusion.
Those who aren't under the mind control can see exactly what you see.

Answer 6

It's difficult to understand the logic of False Prophets, because their teachings are based on ideas created in their own minds. Witnesses can only repeat to you what they've trained and taught to believe by the WBTS.

Answer 7

Since only 10% of those refusing blood are witnesses, why aren't you also attacking all the other religions whose members are also refusing blood. Shouldn't they be doing something about their members refusing blood. It makes it look like the witnesses know what they are doing. There's also the 150+ hospitals that now offer all patients this option. IS this a bad example?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmMOLnyQweiYp7EnbKgQvRHty6IX?qid=20070318173604AAJmrkH

Answer 8

Dear Suzanne,

I do not have an answer for you on this question. But there was a recent question with many many points that will answer your question. I hope you will forgive me for taking up space here to remind myself to find the question which will give you answers.

For His glory,
JOYfilled

Answer 9

What do you think is worse that the 68% according to statics of soldiers that are killing in Iraq children are christians, how many blood do you think they spread for a war that is with no sense, what do you think is worse, no JW are supporting that bloodthirsty war, how about you "truly lovely christian"?

Answer 10

And?