do jehovah's witnesses eat meat?

Question

why do they refuse IV blood
yet eat the blood of other animals?
i want to know why its okay to eat blood and get fat but not ok to get blood in an IV and save your life

Answer 1

Not exactly. Although many Jehovah's Witnesses do eat meat, many others do not.

Interestingly, some Witnesses have explicitly noted that their decision to choose a vegetarian diet resulted from their conscientious interest in avoiding even the trace quantities of blood that may be in meat (and in milk for that matter) even when these foods have been carefully processed.

Of course, a conscientious Christian certainly does not eat meat (or drink milk) with the intent to capture the tiny quantities of blood that are incidental to the main food product. And, it seems impossible to ignore that Almighty God (the Creator) quite explicitly and plainly authorizes meat-eating by humans. This strongly implies that such trace amounts (incidental to the main product) are tolerated by Jehovah God.

(Genesis 9:3-4) Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. ...I do give it all to you [Noah and your descendants]. Only flesh with its soul—its blood—you must not eat.

(James 4:17) If one knows how to do what is right and yet does not do it, it is a sin for him.

(Acts 15:20,28,29) Write them [the various Christian congregations] to abstain from things polluted by idols [the meat of which is likely to contain blood] and from fornication and from what is strangled [the meat of which is likely to contain blood] and from blood. ...For the holy spirit and we ourselves have favored adding no further burden to you, except these necessary things, to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols [the meat of which is likely to contain blood] and from blood and from things strangled [the meat of which is likely to contain blood] and from fornication. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper.


Incidentally, God's seeming tolerance of traces of blood seems quite reasonable. Another example might note that a person with blood on his toothbrush almost certainly swallows some, but he does not brush his teeth in order to extract blood from his gums.

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Answer 2

The most effective time I have now not ate meat, is while there used to be no meat on my plate, or like now, I simply had 2 enamel pulled, one on my higher left, and one on my higher proper. Now if I had just one teeth pulled, I then might consume meat on one part of my mouth. I've been a Witness my entire existence, I love Rib eye steak, I like to B B Q, summer season does now not final lengthy sufficient for me. But I do admit I do not like butchering, so that you could the shop I move, if the shop has no meat, that is the one time this Jehovah's Witness do not consume meat(oh, except the enamel pulling factor)

Answer 3

Yes, we eat meat. We do not eat blood or the blood of animals. We do take IV's. We do not take blood transfusions. We do not "overeat" otherwise it would be a sin - greediness and selfishness. We are to be balanced and take everything in moderation. If we were to kill our own food, it would have to be drained of it's blood completely. If we buy the meat from the stores, we wash off the excess blood.

Edit: If a doctor told you to abstain from alcohol, would you put alcohol into an IV and inject it into your arm?

Answer 4

Yup Nothing but Prime though. Has to be BBQ'd just right and of course with fresh bread (preferably Garlic) and fresh dinner salad and fresh vegetables and a starch. (Potato or Pasta) Depending on the meat a good Cab or Merlot is always appropriate. For Desert I like Cheese cake or a chocolate style anything. Sometimes a good Port or just a sniff of fine Brandy. Then a nice Cup of fresh brewed dark roasted Coffee. Sit back relax and think of how we can annoy the rest of the world tomorrow..That is what we do everyday...Didn't you know that?

Answer 5

Yes, we can eat meat. Just like the Israelite's in the bible. They could eat meat, but the not the Blood. God commanded us to not eat blood. Lev. 17:10 If you read Leviticus chap. 17, you'll might understand more.

Plus Acts 15:20, 29

Answer 6

Yes.

Provided that an effort is made to remove the blood.

Gen 9:3,4 "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat."

Answer 7

LOL, that's the first I heard of eating camel meat! They eat meat, pork, and all the good stuff. NO blood t-fusions. The Holy Spirit will give them the correctness on what is what in the New Covenant. Hey they already got 101%.

Answer 8

That's an interesting question I hope you'll get some valuable answers

Answer 9

Yes we eat meat... but we do not eat the blood

Answer 10

Absolutely! I love chicken, steak, beef & other meats. The bible does not prohibit eating of meat as found at Genesis 9:3. Email me back if you have anymore questions.