Hi,
I have written an article on blood transfusions and the Watchtower's changing standards on it. See what you think: http://www.towertotruth.net/Articles/blood_transfusions.htm
Take care,
Tower Man
PS Make sure you visit our "Audio" link!
Are Blood Transfusions Evil?
by Tower Man 2 Replies latest jw friends
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shamus
Very interesting site that you have! Thanks for the link. I highly recommend it!
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Waymores Ghost
Good stuff...
This is what happens when the leaders of a religious org places themselves as the sole interpreters of scripture.
Alternative service, vaccinations, organ transplants, three prime examples where dubs needlessly suffered great personal loss and even death due to doctrines that changed.
But the blood issue has got to remain the most glaring example of the Society totally disregarding the context in which a scripture was written in order to support a particular doctrine. And context is the prime factor we need in order for us to understand what a certain scripture means.
Here's the context...
Do not eat blood: When you kill an animal for sustainance, drain it's blood onto the ground in respect of the life that was lost to sustain your own. Blood transfusions don't involve the death of the person who donated the blood. Scripture therefore does not apply.
Abstain from blood: Folks in those days were aware no doubt of certain practices neighboring pagans engaged in regarding the the use of blood. We would view some of these rituals as most bizzare and shocking, especially ones involving human sacrifice. The listeners would have known that scripture meant to simply not engage in this kind of misuse of blood. A blood transfusion is a strictly medical proceedure that is not attached in any way to pagan blood rituals. Again, scripture does not apply.
Wg