Jehovah's Witnesses..???

Question

How does your religion justify this???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7078455.stm

Why was she not allowed a blood transfusion??
Why do you think this is right??

So are all JW's vegans??
And if not, how do they justify eating meat when the passages below say 'take no flesh/blood'?

A transfusion is a 'serious sin' only because some bloke ( Charles Taze Russell) said it was..

JR...How can you eat flesh that doesn't have blood in it??

Eat no blood, to me means eat no part of any animal because it all contains blood.

God forgives all sins so what is your problem??

That is a convienient interpretation of what is written in the Bible.
It actually says eat no flesh as well in the same passages.
So why have JW's distorted what is written in the Bible??

Vot Ana,
Why do the rest of christianity NOT believe what you do?
The main body of bible worshippers does not have an issue with transfusions and they have been reading the bible a lot longer than 130years....try 2000 odd.
I also believe that Christians (not JW's as they hadn't been "made up" yet) were last asked to die for their God in the crusades. Modern Christianity does not ask such things from its members.

I would not kill myself for any man, beast or imaginary deity, where do you get the idea that the Christian God who says "do unto others as you would have them do to you" is quite happy for you to murder fellow humans in the name of your imaginary god?

Answer 1

This organisation is a cult - full stop

Simply, a worldy man made club

Answer 2

The reason Jehovah's Witnesses cannot accept blood transfusions is because they have taken the concept of the blood of Christ so literally, such that it would be inconceivable for them to receive communion. It is a case where the Biblical translations have been interpreted in such a way to form a closed sect, which is exactly the opposite to the tenets of Christianity. Our Lord Jesus would never consider denying a life saving blood transfusion for the cause of a sectarian belief system. There has been a judicial case where the JW child was given a transfusion, by overriding the plea because it was deemed illegal to deny a patient medical treatment.
In my own case with Leukemia, it actually saved my life, plus the treatment, so I would not be here today. Had this not been within the laws of God, then my healing would not have occurred.
This concept by JW's is nothing short of religious bigotry!

Answer 3

While I'm not sure if I agree with it being a sceptic, it was her choice, and the JW's have a strong belief that they should not take transfusions as it is a serious sin. Whether it was right or wrong she understood that it might mean death if there were complications but why fear it if you believed god told you not to do something?

Answer 4

Many have been killed due to this flawed theology.

The sad thing about it is, is that the Organization is slowly changing the rules about blood transfusions. It use to be that you could get disfellowshipped for having an organ transplant.

Can you imagine the grief and the outrage, if you faithfully allowed a child to die due to a belief that organ transplant is a sin, only to have your church tell you that they were in error over their thought on such a procedure.

The ORG> is slowly changing their stance on Blood transfusions...It is already a matter of conscience in countries like Bulgaria, and It will soon be a matter of conscience in Canada.......God must favor the Bulgarians and the Canadians!

Thinking people see how ridiculous this is..It is my hope, that soon the Witnesses will see this too...until then, all we can do is pray.

Answer 5

If you had of read the whole news article it said that a blood transfusion would not have saved her life anyway.

This means that the whole issue is mute.

Of course that wont stop the ones sensationalizing the whole thing and trying to hang the blame on the Jehovah Witnesses.

The fact is (and ALL people that have an operation must face) that sometimes things go wrong , and when they go wrong , there is often nothing that can be done.

Additionally it must also be recognized that Jehovah's Witnesses have fought hard for the medical rights and freedom that YOU yourself enjoy today.

Answer 6

My mother is a Jehovah Witness and she refuses to take blood as the rest of Jw do. As I am underage,I cannot refuse to take blood. And my mother and my father(who is not a JW) agreed that all of their children wil take blood if necessary. And in the most families it is like that. When you stop being underage,you can choose for yourself so you can have it your way. But,no one would let an underage kid die because of that

Answer 7

● What are the Scriptural grounds for objecting to blood transfusions?

Jehovah made a covenant with Noah following the Flood, and included therein was this command: “Flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.” (Gen. 9:4) The Law given through Moses contained these restrictions: “Eat neither fat nor blood.” “Eat no manner of blood.” “Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh.” (Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10, 11, 14; 19:26) And in the Greek Scriptures the instruction to Christians is: “The holy spirit and we ourselves have favored adding no further burden to you, except these necessary things, to keep yourselves free from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things killed without draining their blood and from fornication.”—Acts 15:19, 20, 28, 29; 21:25, NW.

Answer 8

Two little kids will grow up without a mother because a verse in the Bible says not to eat blood.

Edit: Anyone who actually believes that all blood is drained from meat is very misinformed.

Answer 9

My opinion is my personal opinion - not based on a religion and no I do not agree with Johovah Witnesses.

If an adult chooses not to seek medical help then fine but children have a right to receive medical attention and I feel that it is child abuse if they are denied.

Answer 10

That's why I'm atheist. Religion is a bunch of BS. I think that it is wrong for her to be refused a blood transfusion that could save her life. We should be allowed to take advantage of all the benefits modern medicine gives us.

Answer 11

Acts 15:20
Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.


amanda p
It says do not eat flesh that has blood in it.

amanda p
Many things are serious sin, and not because some man says so.. its in the Bible.

Tell me, what does abstain from blood mean to you?

amanda p
You drain the blood from the meat...

amanda p
Lev 17:14 says do not eat blood from any sort of flesh, and Acts 15:20 says to abstain any blood altogether..so its clear that people must abstain from any type of blood and not just animal blood.

We shouldn't commit a sin just because of Gods undeserved kindness (or Grace). It wouldn't show respect to God, nor will it show that we are truly sorry.

amanda p
It says eat no flesh that contains blood.. thats it.