any jehovah witnesses in the house how is it you would?

Question

let a family memeber die instead given them blood

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses certainly do not "let a family member die". It would seem that when parents or other designated agents give clear evidence of studiously working to protect and prolong the life and best interests of their loved one, the agent should be given the deference and respect befitting any other serious family decision.


Ironically, the fact remains undisputed that many MULTIPLES more have died as a direct or indirect 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).

It is not Jehovah's Witnesses who decide that blood is sacred, or who decide that other body parts are not specifically declared "sacred". It is Almighty God who declares it so, as the Divine Author of the Holy Bible!

As God's spokesman and as Head of the Christian congregation, Jesus Christ made certain that the early congregation reiterated, recorded, and communicated renewed Christian restrictions against the misuse of 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". Ironically, 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). God and Christ apparently felt (and feel) that respect for blood is quite important.

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 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?


Jehovah's Witnesses recognize the repeated bible teaching that blood is specially "owned" by God, and must not be used for any human purpose. Witnesses do not have any superstitious aversion to testing or respectfully handling blood, and Witnesses believe these Scriptures apply to blood and the four primary components which approximate "blood". An individual Jehovah's Witness is likely to accept a targeted treatment for a targeted need, including a treatment which includes a minor fraction derived from plasma, platelets, and/or red/white blood cells.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/hb/
http://watchtower.org/library/vcnb/article_01.htm

Answer 2

false dichotomy.
How is it that you send your men and women to die in war, for what they believe in?

A couple of blood facts:
1. An average of 2000 people a year die in the US alone as the direct result of receiving a blood transfusion.
(so that would mean every ten years 20,000 people are killed, every hundred years- 200,000 people, why does not the Red Cross, have truth in their presentation of the "blood saves Lives propaganda campaign?)
2. 10s of thousands are infected with deeadly diseases like hepatitus.
3. The most educated doctors and surgeons themselves recognize the dangers of blood transfusions, and refuse to receive them.

So, the question is, Why would you expose a family member to the known dangers of a blood transfusion, when, as a result of the JW's firm stand against blood transfusions, you now have 100% safe blod alternatives?

You should be thanking the JW's for getting the medical community (albeit a very small part) to recognize that blood transfusions are unnecessary, and an unreasonable threat to life.

The hypocratic oath is "First do no harm"
How is this in harmony with the proven deadliness of blood transfusions?


Final point? Why is it, that when you go to the dentist, or the doctor, blood is always regarded as a hazardous material?
Because it is.

Answer 3

http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=1338143&pageid=r&mode=ALL&t=s&query=blood

Witnesses are changing the rules on this doctrine again...they must have a direct line with god, because God doesn't seem to be able to make up his mind on this (doctrine?)

As the governing body gets older, they will make allowences for whole blood transfusions.....Just Watch and see....they are already making allowences for partial blood transfusions.


More Jehovah's witnesses have died due to this false doctrine than most of the suicide cults combined....Not Cute.

Answer 4

what's posted above is rubbish. My JW sister-in-law bled out (and died) after a miscarriage because it was forbidden to take blood. No one who has ever been part of that religion has claimed taking blood is up to their conscience, they're told it's wrong and that their salvation is at stake if they take blood. They encourage dying rather than living and to say otherwise is a blatant lie.

incidentally, JWs will take YOUR blood in the form of "blood fractions" which come from people like you and me who donate our life blood. However, their church forbids them to donate! Hypocrasy!

for anyone reading this who would like to know exactly what can happen to a person when taking a blood transfusion, see this link:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArFo0mcRBGRWQH.voQjGfoHty6IX?qid=20070806225821AAG4QgR