by phats 17 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Our dog needed some serius surgery recently & my wife (still in) was very concerned that if he needed a blood transfusion she thought this would constitute a misuse of blood. I was stunned as never heard of this.
Is this a thing? I left 12 years ago & wondered if it's always been or introduced in the years after my leaving.
Any info would be great.
Phats.
I seem to recall there was also an edict re the deliberate feeding of bloody food to a pet. But that was 50 years ago!
Yes I'm not sure if they've repeated that any time more recently, but since it's still 'in the books' and hasn't been replaced it's still technically law. My COTBOE mentioned this in a talk just a few years ago and was saying how important it was to know the ingredients of dog food, not give your dog a transfusion during an operation, etc.
It's ridiculous because if it's wrong to use blood as fertilizer then why did God say to pour it on the ground? If it's wrong to feed it to animals, then why do carnivores always eat meat with the blood? If animals are under the same laws as JW humans, then why should we let chickens practice polygamy, miss meetings, or masturbate pigs, etc. for animal husbandry
If you want to see your pet in paradise, make sure he does not eat products containing blood or worse have a blood transfusion to save it's life.
Also read the labels on soil fertilizers to be sure they contain no blood products. Its all there in black and white in Leviticus.
Always ask yourself, "What would Noah do?"
Is this a thing?
Yes. JW's have been told not allow transfusion for their pets or feed them food they know to contain blood
I don't think they've said anything about it in recent history though. Most of the statements were from the 60's.
Watchtower 1964 2/15 p.127
"How, then, must we answer the question, Would it be a violation of the Scriptures for a Christian to permit a veterinarian to give blood transfusions to a pet? By all means, to do so would be a violation of the Scriptures. To use blood for transfusion purposes, even in the case of an animal, would be improper. The Bible is very clear in showing that blood should not be eaten. It should not be infused, therefore, to build up the body’s vital forces, either in the case of a human or in the case of a pet or any other animal under the jurisdiction of a Christian."
phats: Our dog needed some serius surgery recently & my wife (still in) was very concerned that if he needed a blood transfusion she thought this would constitute a misuse of blood. I was stunned as never heard of this.
Well, your wife doesn't need to worry if the vet has some Oxyglobin hanging around.
Oxyglobin is an HBOC (hemoglobin based oxygen carrier) derived from cow's blood that is pretty much exactly the same as Hemopure. They are both made by the same company.
The difference between the two products is that Oxyglobin has been approved by the FDA for use in animals but Hemopure does not have approval for use in humans (unless you are a JW...then you can get the same blood product that is used for dogs).
JWs (and their dogs) can use cow's blood. And, the dog's blood product has been approved by the FDA.
It's ironic:
JWs can take something made from cows blood, who have died, and this if anything is closer to a violation of the command to give life back when it is taken by pouring the blood out after killing an animal. However, JWs can't take blood from a human who didn't die to give it.
neatdog: It's ironic:
JWs can take something made from cows blood, who have died, and this if anything is closer to a violation of the command to give life back when it is taken by pouring the blood out after killing an animal. However, JWs can't take blood from a human who didn't die to give it.
It is more than ironic.
The org's approval of cow's blood is a clear indication that their blood phobia has nothing at all to do with a biblical position. Nothing at all.
How irrational the Society could be was experienced by the sister-in-law of ex-bethelite William (Bill) Cetnar when ...
at the suggestion of her veterinarian, she had a blood transfusion given to her poodle to prolong its life. She couldn't believe Bill [Cetnar]when he told her that the Society would say she had violated God's law. At his urging she wrote the Society on the matter and the response she received informed her that she haddone wrong. Phyllis thought that this was ridiculous. She wrote again and asked if her cat eating a mouse would also be a problem; was this too against God's law? She was told that she should keep the cat under restraint and be more careful in handling it. She thought to herself, "How many cats have I seen which have drained the blood of their mouse victim before eating it?"
Recounted by Joan Cetnar
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/205253/blood-ban-your-pets
