Question For The readers: Do JWs distinguish between eating and transfusing blood?
Answer:
Jehovah’s Witnesses do not distinguish between eating or drinking and transfusing blood. Storing blood is also on the prohibited list. Jehovah allows some components of blood to be transfused, but not the so-called primary components including plasma, platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells . Jehovah allows blood to be removed from the body temporarily, to be cleaned for example, as long as it is returned uninterrupted in its flow.
Note however that Jehovah allows blood to be drawn and stored temporarily in test tubes to be tested later on because it only involves small amounts.
But what Jehovah doesn’t seem to understand is that all the components of plasma are on Jehovah’s acceptable list i.e. water, proteins and blood clotting fractions, factors XIII and IX.
Another thing Jehovah of the Watchtower organization doesn’t understand is that millions of white blood cells are passed from mother to baby while nursing. I don’t know why nursing mothers are not disfellowshipped for not sticking solely with formula.
Lastly, after banning organ transplants from 1967 to 1980, Jehovah changed his mind about whether this was cannibalism and decided it was OK after all. So those who died before 1980 or lost their vision needing a cornea transplant at least obeyed Jehovah’s instructions at the time.
Unfortunately Jehovah didn’t understand in 1980 that billions of white blood cells are passed from donor to recipient with every major organ transplant, so there may be direction from Jehovah to return to the old light ban.
The lesson here is always put your trust in the Faithful Slave in Warwick New York for your health and salvation.
