And I know I'm probably being naive before I get yelled at for it!
I was reading them because I didn't know why they refuse blood transfusions but I was shocked by the number of nasty answers some of them from different religions.
Surely as you are all "people of god" you should show compassion and forgiveness not condemnation for someones choices?
2007-11-06 05:11:16 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I want to point out that I'm, I guess what you would call a non practising christian.
My question wasn't to open a debate as to whether JW's are right or wrong, but why are people so mean about it?
2007-11-06 05:21:53 · update #1
people can be very opinionated, if you don't understand you ask, that is after all what this forum was intended for. People have very different views and can get frustrated when others don't know or understand. I hope you get the answer and find out, if not JWs are always willing to talk to you... I have found they tend to be very very friendly and approuchable...
p.s. I am not a religious person... all the best in your search!
2007-11-06 05:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Yeah it can get pretty rough around here - lots of people are passionate about God and their beliefs. We are only human with human failings - but your right, a little compassion goes a long way. How difficult must it be to let a loved-one die when their life could be saved with this simple procedure. As one poster said - would it have been different if it had been the babies lives. I am just glad i will never have to make this decision - only JW's know what's it's like. Even if we don't understand - there's no place for nastiness.
2007-11-06 14:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by ;) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This information has left me rather unhappy. rather as in basic terms final week a Jehovah's witness substitute into telling me there is an option to blood transfusion. She noted some form of Plasma. How come this woman did not be responsive to approximately it??? it rather is a query I consistently ask approximately whilst conversing with JW's. poor little ones......poor youthful husband, now father....i'm hoping God will determine to maintain the family contributors's wages coming in a week...
2016-09-28 11:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by enns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the New testment not the Old but also in the Old was forbidden.
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. Good health to YOU!”
The bible forbid it , the only blood the bible authorize to use is Jesus ´s blood to "drink" in Luke 22 and to "wash" in Revelation 7.
One thing is to eat things strangled that have the blood inside and other is blood, if a doctor told you can´t eat suger no matter how you put in your body by your veins or drinking or eating sugar is the same.
Jesus Christ is the only authorize to give his blood to give us the life, if you accept the blood of other person you are accepting the life given by anyone else instead of Jesus Christ.
Even in the womb the blood of the creature didn´t mix with the mother , a mother can have one type of blood and the baby another kind, why the creator did it in that way?
recently I read an article of a university that told that blood transfusion are dangerous I am looking for the newspaper to put the references.
by the way "and from blood and from things strangled " if you noticed the bible separate the eat of thing with blood and blood alone; Why? if was talking about the same thing why mention two things?
If the doctor forbid you to drink alcohol cause liver´s problem, would you inject it by your veins?
2007-11-06 05:19:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Gartom, I work with 2 J.W's at the court. We have had this discussion many a time and however hard I try, I just can't get my head around this particular point. However, I have had to accept that this is their choice and descion so have always had to bite my tongue when I've felt like saying something that could be construde as 'nasty'
2007-11-06 06:50:12 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ Beaver Diva Sue ♥ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As a nurse i used to find it so hard when i come up against this as it was my role to save lives not let someone die however we had to respect what people wanted through their religious beliefs and it was so hard.
I wonder if it had been the babies lives and not the mom's what would the mom have done alas we will never know.
I feel nothing but sadness that two babies will not have their mother with them.
I do respect their views but as i said do not understand them in this situation being a mom and a nurse.
2007-11-06 05:46:16 · answer #6 · answered by momof3 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Just because I would want to accept blood if it was needed after an operation on ME -I accept and admire a person who would be prepared to die in the name of their Religion. What a pity the lady who featured in the news this week wasn't at our local hospital . They have been donated a piece of equipment,like the one 'Sith Boy' mentioned that helps in the speedy production of a persons OWN blood .
I believe that JW's can GIVE blood to be used on themselves -also done locally here in the private hospital which, if I were that lady I would have done during my pregnancy - just in case
2007-11-06 08:37:03 · answer #7 · answered by nanny chris w 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is probably Gartom that they have taken one little point from the Bible and interpreted it how they want to - the JWs that is. This was a discussion on tv yesterday but I didn;t pay much attention to it. I, personally, am against JW because when my youngest daughter was born she had to have the blood changed completely in her body - not once, but twice. Had she not done so then I wouldn;t have a daughter. I am against people who foist their opinions on others as JW do and especially on their own interpretation of what is right or wrong. How can a little baby be denied the right to live? Or anyone else for that matter.
2007-11-06 05:18:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
JW's accept transfusions, but refuse the ones that violate God's principles in the Bible.
When I say accept transfusions, these include Blood expanders, Iron supplements, Ringer's lactate etc....Substances made not of blood that can help Blood production rapidly without the risk of HIV, Hepititis, Blood poisining(when its not your type).
Its a personal decision.
Just a thought, I saw somebody mentioning that refusing Blood and dying for it is a dumb decision.
Dying for ones beliefs and faith isn't a "dumb" thing.
There many Americans that don't question Soldiers giving their lives in Iraq for their beliefs = George W. Bush.
Just a thought...................
"If you don't STAND for something, you'll FALL for anything"
2007-11-06 05:23:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The operative word in your question is "should" People should do a lot of things they don't and the world and all it's people would be a whole lot better off for it. But people don't and some people won't...ever. The best we can do is to be sure we ourselves live rightly and avoid judging other's choices.
2007-11-06 05:17:17 · answer #10 · answered by CHos3n 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋