jehovah witness?

Question

do they believe in doctors???

Answer 1

Yes.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe in getting the best medical care available for themselves and their families. Many individuals among Jehovah's Witnesses are themselves physicians and other health care professionals.

It is sad when those who have theological differences with the Witnesses actively work to spread misinformation about their beliefs. The fact is that Jehovah's Witnesses have hundreds of hospital liaison committees around the globe to help advance nonblood medical management technologies and awareness in the medical community.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the scriptures demonstrate a clear pattern indicating the sacredness with which Jehovah God (and thus god-fearing humankind) views all creature blood.


Predates Mosaic Law.
For example, over a thousand years before the birth of Moses, the pre-Israel, pre-Jewish, pre-Hebrew man Noah received what the scriptures record as only the second restrictive command on humans (after Garden of Eden's tree):

"Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will require it [that is, lifeblood] and of man" (Genesis 9:3-5)


Jewish Law.
Later, God's feeling regarding blood was codified into the Mosaic Law. This part of the Law dealing with blood was unique in that it applied, not just to Israel, but also to non-Jewish foreigners among them. It's also interesting that besides forbidding the consumption of blood, the Law also mandated that it be 'poured out on the ground', not used for any purpose.

"No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood. Any man also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust." (Lev 17:12,13)

By comparison, it's significant that the Law also forbid the consumption of ceremonial animal fat, but that didn't apply to non-Jewish foreigners and it DID allow the fat to be used for other purposes.

"The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. The fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of one that is torn by beasts, may be put to any other use" (Lev 7:22-24)


Early Christian era.
The Christian era ended the validity of the Mosaic Law, but remember that the restriction on eating blood preceded the Mosaic Law by over a thousand years. Still, does the New Testament indicate that Jehovah God changed his view of blood's sacredness?

"[God] freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses" (Eph 1:6,7)

"[God's] beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins... and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood" (Colossians 1:13-20)

"we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood." (Acts 15:19,20)

"For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity." Acts 15:28,29


Modern times
Some will claim that the bible's command to "abstain" from blood only applies to eating it, and does not apply to the use of blood for other purpose. If that form of respect for blood were common among Christendom, one might wonder then why so many (who ostensibly follow the book of Acts) so happily eat their blood sausage and blood pudding if they truly respect blood according to some limited understanding of Acts 15:20,29. In fact, respect for blood and for Acts and for the Scriptures themselves is too rare among even supposedly god-fearing persons.

An honest review of the Scriptural pattern over the millenia from Noah to the Apostle Paul teaches humans that blood is to be used for a single purpose: acknowledging the Almighty. Otherwise, for centuries the instruction was to simply dispose of it; 'poor it upon the ground'. When Jehovah's Witnesses pursue non-blood medical management, they are working to honor and obey their Creator.


Learn more:
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/hb/
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/vcnb/article_01.htm

Answer 2

Yes, we do go to doctors. Infact, many Witnesses are doctors or nurses. My sister works in the emergency room.

The one thing we do not believe is following God's law is having a blood transfusion. Thousands of surgeries are performed on Witnesses without blood every year with great success.

Acts 15: 20 & 29

Answer 3

Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses very much appreciate the efforts of doctors, and they seek the best medical care possible - in line with Bible laws. Jesus Christ recognized the potential benefit of such efforts, acknowledging that “those who are healthy do not need a physician, but those who are ailing do.”—Luke 5:31.

The Bible writer who penned those words, Luke, was himself a physician.

Rather, they seek the best care possible for themselves and their children. But they appeal to health-care professionals to provide treatment that is in accord with their religious convictions.

Life is increasingly stressful for doctors in our rapidly changing world, making their sacrifices in aiding the sick praiseworthy indeed. But the biggest changes ever to affect humans are soon to come upon us. Many physicians today confidently look forward to the future that God’s Word promises—a world free of disease! (Revelation 21:1-4) This is a subject worth researching personally.

If you would like further information & learn more - please get in touch with Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit

Answer 4

yes, we do and you know what? Doctors are starting to believe us when it comes to "no blood transfusions." Thousands of doctors now are actually doing and prefer surgery without the use of blood. :-)

Answer 5

Define believe.

Do we believe in them, as in, that they exist? Sure. Do we believe "in them" as in worship them? No. Do we go to them? While it might differ a little from person to person, in general YES.

We as a faith have NO problem with Doctors. We simply strive to apply Bible principles when deciding for or against a procedure. It isn't always easy to apply centuries old principles to modern day medicine.

You might be interested to know, that in part because of our beliefs, many new medical techniques are used.

Answer 6

Yes, in more ways than 1.
But we do not just leave all
our own medical decisions to any 1 doctor.
No body should.
A decent, caring doctor would recommend u get a 2nd opinion;
if & when necessary.
As in a serious condition.

All ppl have the right to choose your own medical care.

example: my mom & mom-in-law both have (had) cancer.
Both decided to take the battle in her own course.
His mom took chemo & fell asleep in death, w/in 6 mos.
My mom went Holistic; and is still alive.
More than 7 yrs later.
Each woman choose for herself
the medical treatment she wanted to go w/.

Answer 7

Yes.

And they follow the word of God.

Act 15:20 "Abstain from Blood".

http://www.noblood.org/

Answer 8

Why wouldn't they? The Bible says that God views life as sacred, and His servants should too. They should show respect for life, so why wouldn't they believe in doctors and go see them when they're sick?

Answer 9

of course! is this a real question?
they just dont take blood transfusion, they take blood alternatives, alternative are better anyway especially in the long run, just ask your doctor!!

Answer 10

Of course we do. The Gospel writer Luke was a physician.

Answer 11

--ABSOLUTELY & they believe in us and our reasonable stand of "abstaining from blood"---

--AT PRESENT there are over 100,000( number has increased since early 2000)
doctors, surgeons & anesthiesiologists world wide who use NON-BLOOD alternatives positively!
--HERE IS a earlier report by what doctors & hospitals have said about our non-blood stand:
*** yb93 pp. 21-24 Jehovah’s Witnesses—1993 Yearbook Report ***
--Hospital Information Services (HIS), located at 25 Columbia Heights, assists the worldwide brotherhood in holding to their firm resolve not to violate God’s clearly stated law on the use of blood. (Acts 15:29) In many ways the last few years have seen dramatic changes in the attitudes and practices of a number of doctors and medical centers all over the world.
--Among the changes are bloodless medicine and surgery centers. From just a handful of helpful doctors who kindly worked with the Witnesses in the past, HIS has now developed a listing of 27,420 cooperative physicians in the lands of 64 branches where 854 Hospital Liaison Committees function. This has been due in great part to the good work done by the 4,300 elders who make up these committees.
--Within that growing pool of doctors, HIS found large teams at individual medical complexes who were willing to be part of a bloodless center to treat Jehovah’s Witnesses. As a result, in the United States, there are now 14 such centers. A front-page headline in The Denver Post read: “University Hospital Now Can Provide ‘Bloodless’ Surgery.” Another newspaper used the headline: “Doctors Rethink Blood Transfusions,” with the subheading, “Program designed to help Jehovah’s Witnesses has advantages for EVERYONE (my caps).”
--In other lands there are similar results.
--In Norway an HIS presentation was heard by 79 doctors and nurses at the country’s largest cancer treatment hospital. That center now accepts the Witnesses, NOT ONE STAFF (my caps) member refusing to cooperate in the program. Germany reports that there are five centers offering bloodless treatment there. Spain reports two bloodless centers, one in Barcelona and one in Madrid. Australia has one. Italy shows a growing trend toward bloodless centers as well. The director of a clinic in Peru said: “We wish to advise you, and through you your Jehovah’s Witnesses brothers, that in our clinic you can count on all the medical assistance you might need [without] blood transfusions.”
*****Attitudes of health-care professionals are changing.
--In Austria a leading doctor in one of Vienna’s largest hospitals told the brothers: “Because of your religious viewpoint, you have been on the right path earlier than we.” The head clinician at a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, said he was “amazed at the depth” of the research manifest in the information being supplied by HIS on bloodless treatment.
--A PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS (my caps) at this same facility reported: “Jehovah’s Witnesses have done us a service in providing the information and stimulating us to reexamine our attitude toward transfusion.”
--A renowned pediatric orthopedic surgeon in the United States said: “From what we now know about the dangers of blood, we can say that Jehovah’s Witnesses HAVE BEEN VINDIACATED" (my caps)
--A director of cardiothoracic anesthesia at a university hospital in the United States said: “All patients, Jehovah’s Witnesses included, stand to benefit from your efforts to inform area physicians about alternatives to blood transfusion. We applaud your group and your efforts.”