by ThomasCovenant 12 Replies latest watchtower medical
Since the Bible makes no clear statement about the use of minor blood fractions or the immediate reinfusion of a patient's own blood during surgery, a medical process known as blood salvaging, the use of such treatments is a matter of personal choice.
So if these are a matter of personal choice, other uses of blood are not a personal choice? Witnesses have to do as the Watchtower commands? I think that's what they are saying here.
No Apologies
This is about to all change to a conscience matter. Organization politik.
The WTBTS has deliberately mistranslated and misinterpreted these scriptures, and are therefore guilty of α?ματος themselves.
I would guess there's a difference between "blood shed" (Two words) and "bloodshed" (One word)
"Blood shed" (Two words) denotes blood that has been shed
"Bloodshed" (One word) is a verb which means to shed blood
αιμα means "blood"
In context, it can mean blood that has been shed: (Matthew 23:35)
παν αιμα δικαιον εκχυνομενον επι της γες
all [the] righteous blood shed upon the earth
...but the word is still functioning as a noun that means "blood" in the sentence
