the official WT rule on blood is, whole blood and the four primary components are forbidden, fractions from those are conscience matter.
now its clear, that the medical world only uses the term fractions.
its also clear, that there is no direct bibilical reason for dividing blood into permitted components and forbidden fractions.
However, there is one argument of apologists, that has at least some value, if the premisse is true:
The problem with components is, that when they are extracted, they still contain small amounts of all other components, so they still resemble whole blood, only the percentage is different.
An example to illustrate (simplified):
whole blood: 30% red blood cells, 30% platelets, 30% plasma, 10% white cells.(I know its different in reality, just for arguments sake)
after extraction, lets say red blood cells, they consist now of: 90% red cells, 4% platelets, 4% plasma, 2% white cells.
so we see, the actual percenetage of each components varies after extraction, but still is there, therefore even a primary component as the red cell still contains ALL of bloods parts, therefore still somehow is whole blood.
my question: is the premisse, that one component(either red, white cell, plasma, platelets) after seperation still contain parts of the other 3 components ?
If the answer is yes, we know at least some reason for this WT stance.
However it raises other questions:
1) Why was this reason never published in the literature ?
2) What if there is a method to extarct a clean (100%) component ? Would it then be allowed ?
3) Anytime we eat meat, we also eat blood. WT says, this does not matter, because if the meat was proplerly bled, there is no reason to go to extremes. Would this principle not apply to seperating blood components ?
Your input is very welcome...thx