Is accepting a whole blood transfusion a DF offense?

lavendar

......or have they changed that rule...and made it a "conscience matter"?? Thanks for your help....

Lavendar

carla

Here you go, all things blood-

http://ajwrb.org/index.shtml

carla

don't forget jw's may say things are a conscience issue but you know that if your conscience doesn't match that of the org or elders you are toast.

5go

No it's DA offence in other words by the act of taking whole blood, you say you are no longer a witness.

lavendar

But, if they accepted blood fractions, that would be okay?

5thGeneration

Accepting blood in a 'weak' state is not necessarily a disfellowshipping offense anymore.

Depends on the circumstances and the C.O. and the local elders.

5th

P.S. I spoke with a C.O. once who was dealing with this issue and they decided not to DF a sister who accepted a transfusion because she was in a 'weak' state. The Society is making it more vague all the time.

The Oracle

Technically it is a disfellowshipping offense.

Just like adultery is a disfellowshipping offense.

Of course, when one commits a disfellowshipping offense like taking a blood transfusion, shagging someone else's wife, or engaging in a little loose conduct it does not necessarily result in disfellowshipping.

If the perpetrator of the heinous crime is deemed sufficiently repentant ("waaaa waaaa - i didn't mean it, I am so sad'), and judged weak and not wickid, then it's a slap on the wrist and a little public humiliation through an announcement of public reproof...or maybe even private reproof if nobody else knows ya did it.

However, traditionally with a blood transfusion offense, the elders are a little less forgiving. I am not 100% sure why this is. But it might be because in the elders book it does not inlcude blood transfusions when it list serious sins for which a sinner could be repentant. The implication being, that when a blood transfusion is taken, their is no room for repentance. Once again I can't say for certain this is the reason, there is nothing specific in the elders book to reference. I'll see if I can find some instructions in a letter to the BOE.

The Oracle

loosie

there is one country (I forget which one) where there are no reprucussions for having a whole blood transfusion. The government made them agree to this.

The Oracle

right you are.

I believe that it's Bulgaria.

Is accepting a whole blood transfusion a DF offense?

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