![]() ![]() ![]() But in this policy they have been woefully inconsistent. ![]() What about vaccinations? The “Watchtower Witnesses” are on record as opposing the medical use of any of the “component parts” of blood (BMLG, pp. Might one receive a transfusion if it came directly from the donor to the recipient, without any intervening storage? Hence one may use “non-stored” blood" to save life, but not “stored” blood.īut where in the Holy Scriptures is any distinction made between the “use” of blood, and the “storing” of blood? Were the ancient Hebrews permitted to drink “flowing” blood, so long as it had not been stored? This is pure fabrication. If the blood is stored, however, even for a “moment,” medical use of it is forbidden (BMLG, p. Oddly, the Witnesses contend that there is nothing intrinsically evil about channeling the blood from one’s own body, through a heart-lung machine, with the blood flowing immediately back into the body so long as the blood has not been “stored” ( Watchtower,October 15, 1959, p. Whatever the background, there is no relationship between those ancient practices and modern, life-saving medical techniques. In this instance, the allusion is perhaps to pagan, ritualistic ceremonies in which blood would be drunk. Similarly in the New Testament, instructions are given which exhort Christians to abstain from blood (Acts 15:20,29). There is a vast difference between drinking blood and receiving a blood transfusion. These ancient passages have nothing whatever to do with the modern medical practice of transfusing blood to sustain physical life. It should be noted, however, that animal blood was under consideration in these texts, and it was the eating/drinking of that blood that was forbidden. As Israel was being trained in the concepts of sin and salvation, the sanctity of blood was employed as a visual aid in their spiritual education. The purpose of this regulation doubtless was due to the fact that Jehovah had appointed blood as a fitting symbol for the atonement process. “Blood” was viewed as the depository of “life.” Do the Witnesses avoid all “fat”? The Lord declared that he was against the soul “that eats blood,” the reason being, the “life of the flesh is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:10-11). Later, in connection with certain animal sacrifices, the law of Moses stated: “You shall eat neither fat nor blood” (Leviticus 3:17). Immediately after the Flood, God forbade Noah to “eat” of “flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof” (Genesis 9:4). The Witnesses misapply several biblical passages in an attempt to support their theory. After considerable research into the history of the matter, Walter Martin & Norman Klann suggested that the doctrine was first taught in the Watchtower magazine in the Jissue ( Jehovah of the Watch Tower, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1953, pp. Though the sincerity of these folks can scarcely be questioned, they have a zeal without knowledge (Romans 10:2), and it goes far beyond this solitary issue.Īccording to an official booklet published by the Watchtower society, it is wrong “to sustain life by administering a transfusion of blood or plasma or red cells or others of the component parts of the blood” ( Blood, Medicine and The Law of God, 1961, pp. In a number of well-documented cases, the “Witnesses” have allowed family members die, rather than permitting a transfusion to save their lives. Most people are aware that for more than half a century the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” have vigorously opposed the medical practice of blood transfusions. ![]()
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