Questions From Readers - September 2007
"Is it okay for a Jehovah's Witness to eat boogers?"
Clearly a Christian would want to weigh the Scriptures, and their spiritual health before beginning this practice. In lieu of no scriptures pertaining to the subject being in the Bible, one would want to look for guidance before making a personal decision. Jehovah has given us a "faithful slave" to do our thinking for us about booger eating. (Mt. 24:45-47)
There are many things to consider prior to consumption of said booger. Is it a pure greenie, or is their any blood on it? We would not want to violate Jehovah's prohibition on blood! Of course, if upon visual inspection it is determined by the Hospital Liason Comittee that the booger only has appropriate fractions of blood on it, the the eating of it would be a consciense matter.
Another important consideration: is the booger yours or someone else's? This would be a matter of serious concern! Boogers are actually composed of dried bodily fluids. As such, if you would consume another person's booger, this would be imitating homosexual practices and those at a house of prostitution. There they have oral copulation, which is clearly wrong scripturally (Mt. 24:45-47) Those who partake in eating another's booger would thereby be guilty of pornea, and be disfellowshipped from the congregation, as the scriptures clearly show (Mt. 24:45-47)
We realize that we have been eating boogers for a long time here at Bethel, so now we are sharing these "nuggets" of truth about it with our Christian brotherhood. Lets all thank Jehovah for this loving "food dispensed at the proper time!"