how come Jehovah witnesses dont accept donated blood but they will have sex and allow someone Else's fluids

Question

jehova witnesses really confuse me

they do not allow themselves to accept blood from other people but they do allow sex in marriage

is this not allowing another persons fluids into their own body

actually you are right

all religions confuse me

and dont get me started on the fact that people would allow themselves or theis family to die bafore accepting blood,

even though i do not know the facts about the woman with twins it dosent discount the fact that it does happen

Answer 1

I read about this in the paper? Apparently a woman died because she (and her family!) refused to have a blood transfusion that would save her life. If you ask me, her faith did kill her (although thats just my oppinion)

Answer 2

Sex is for marriage partners. Swapping fluids is not the reason for abstinance from blood. A Bible command is.

The Bible keeps the abstinence on blood in the NT. It is mentioned twice in Acts 15, any version.

The Bible does not just teach against Godly persons taking blood. It says the only proper thing to do with blood is to pour it on the ground or to use it for sacrifice. Any other blood use carried the death penalty including sex contact with a woman during her period. That is in Leviticus 18

Blood could only be used for sacrifice as it pointed to Christ's sacrifice and even that is not taking literal blood, but only emblems that symbolize it.

Debbie

Answer 3

I will repeat what I said in resonse to a similar question .Muslims avoid "blood" by ritual slaughtering of beasts and allowing the blood to drain,.btw am not Muslim. ltherefore there is no blood. Are all JW vegetarian? Thought not, does the chicken not bleed when passing the egg? Has the cow not bled when producing the calf that allows their milk to be used in cheese? Is there no blood in this produce? In logic all JWs should be vegan. I will again repeat what I said in an earlier post, a JW impressed upon me that Jehovah was the Almighty, nothing existed without his will, all that man had acheived was by His divine wisdom, nothing on this earth was attained without His knowledge and care for mankind. When I asked if advances in medicine eg blood transfusions were part of His teachings why were they dis-allowed. Answer? Nothing.....They left in disgust. If one is at all religious/ realistic then the greatest gift of all is life, why would an all powerful all loving God prohibit this? This is not a religion, which is simply an "opium of the masses" it is a cult, which in my view preys on the fears and insecurites of the vulnerable. There is today a means of replacing blood loss that does not requure using blood products, This was a stupid waste of a young life and the orphaning of two children in a mis-guided attempt to justify themselves.

Answer 4

If you have questions about the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses, ask a Witness to explain why they believe what they do. It's the same with any religion- the best person to answer your questions is someone who is part of that religious group. The official website for Jehovah's Witnesses is: www.watchtower.org. Check it out and see if you can find your answers.

Answer 5

hi vici,

i think sometimes people look upon this as weird alright but the word you are looking for is respect....

respect for their wishes and their beliefs.
just because they are not the same as everyone elses doesnt mean they are wrong.

im not a JW but i wouldnt like someone elses blood, even if it meant life or death.
what the doctors dont tell you is that there is a substitute for blood, which does the same thing.

you are comparing sex and a blood transfusion in the same category, would you like someones sperm floating around your whole body? no me either, nor someone elses blood!

Answer 6

In Gen.9:4 God forbid the eating of blood as it represents the life and belongs to God.Again in the Mosaic Law covenant, it was forbiddden to eat, Lev.7:26,27,17:14 incurring the penalty of death. It was again prohibited when the early Christian congregations were being given instructions by the apostles.Acts 15:28,29 ,21:25
In view of these scriptures we conclude that blood is sacred and only God decides it's use, and he has forbid our using it for our benefit. Our faith in Him and the resurrection promise is demonstrated when we obey.
Just as when a Dr.tells one to abstain from alcohol, one would not then take it intravenously and think they are not consuming alcohol, because of the way they are introducing it, we will not accept a blood transfusion just because that is not eating it. The early Christians were told to abstain,not given specifics about eating it or not.
Not only do we not accept from other people, but will not accept our own stored blood either, as some Drs. have patients preparing for surgery do.

Sex was designed by God to procreate,and is for the purpose of passing life on, according to His design. He as our Creator has the right to tell us how to use our bodies,even as you said we allow sex within marriage, but it is forbidden outside of that arrangement, and we apply that restriction as well. Heb.13:4

Answer 7

Some people do come with funny ideas! what on earth has not taking blood to do with sex. He made it for procreation and pleasure for us and if you take note of the Bible you will see its right within marriage.

Answer 8

They don't accept blood transfusions because they choose to interpret Acts15:29 "You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality." as a commandment that applies to the medical use of blood today.

As for sex, the first humans were commanded by God in Genesis 1:27,28 to "27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it."

The command to "fill the earth" makes sex necessary, obviously.

Answer 9

Where does it say in the Bible body fluid, like ones during sex, are wrong? The Bible speaks HIGHLY of sexual activity between married persons.

The Bible does mention, though, the need to abstain from BLOOD. What does abstain mean to you? The dictionary defines it like this: to refrain from something. So, JW's refrain from blood.

This has got to be the WORST comparison to refusing blood. Why do they exchange body fluids during sex?? Are you kidding???!!!!!!?????

By the way, this is a religous reason, not a medical one. People say that they would die by refusing blood. True, some do, but many don't die after being told they would. Also, vice versa, many people die even after getting a blood transfusion. Point is, it's said in Bible to keep away. And, it's not "old testament" like many say, read for yourself...Acts 15:28, 29: “The holy spirit and we ourselves [the governing body of the Christian congregation] have favored adding no further burden to you, except these necessary things, to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled [or, killed without draining their blood] and from fornication. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you!”

Does the Bible’s prohibition include human blood?

Yes, and early Christians understood it that way. Acts 15:29 says to “keep abstaining from . . . blood.” It does not say merely to abstain from animal blood. (Compare Leviticus 17:10, which prohibited eating “any sort of blood.”) Tertullian (who wrote in defense of the beliefs of early Christians) stated: “The interdict upon ‘blood’ we shall understand to be (an interdict) much more upon human blood.”—The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. IV, p. 86.

Is a transfusion really the same as eating blood?

In a hospital, when a patient cannot eat through his mouth, he is fed intravenously. Now, would a person who never put blood into his mouth but who accepted blood by transfusion really be obeying the command to “keep abstaining from . . . blood”? (Acts 15:29) To use a comparison, consider a man who is told by the doctor that he must abstain from alcohol. Would he be obedient if he quit drinking alcohol but had it put directly into his veins?

Answer 10

they dont get donated blood b/c of all the stuff in the 80s when they were not testing the blood for Aids and other diseases the people that got the blood were getting what the other person had. They believe that ur body can produce everything it needs. And there is Scripture that they always quote.

Answer 11

Interesting question. Actually they believe it is wrong to eat BLOOD, not to receive other bodily fluids. But, suppose one bled during intercourse?