They don't accept any of the four primary fractions
tctrills: Jehovah's witnesses do not believe in blood transfusion but they accept unfractionated plasma which is the largest component of blood. How do you reconcile the two? Like all humans, they also have to stay alive even if they have to twist their laws
God commanded them to avoid eating or drinking or consuming blood in any form. Likewise he said they shouldn't eat meat without draining so as to avoid consuming of blood. So if they drained the blood out they are free to eat. My question is; wasn't God aware then that if they drained the meat, there would still be some blood left in some internal organs?
Perhaps you don't know that your proving God as not all knowing and senseless cos of your indefinite ranting about the amount of blood left in the meat and claiming that despite draining we still eat blood. Na you go give us standard abi God? God was clear bout it. Eat meat after draining, that's the standard. Whether blood remain in the vein or not, it doesn't matter.
But intentionally taking another person's blood into your body by transfusion is not different from eating or drinking or consuming it.
The law is mainly bout blood. So to avoid consuming blood from meat, it's to be drained. Naso the bible put am no be me.
Why would God say he hates planting different crops in a row or joining linen and wool together? There are some things God sees as abominable that we take as normal.
You have your view and JWs have theirs but you don't need to condemn their view. Judge yourself between JWs and other christians, which of their belief on blood transfusion obeys God's law of abstaining from blood?
tctrills: In your words, God is okay with that since most of the blood has been drained. Its a bit funny to me. You seem to be saying that it's no longer about taking in blood but the amount you take in. So if I may ask, what is the specified amount of blood that we can consume? Let's get serious here, the only thing God spoke about is eating blood. Neither of us has a right to add. When we add, it gets confusing and we end up making a fool of ourselves with our facts got wrong. Before I educated you about the quantity of blood in meat, I am sure you had no idea. The laws of God are firm, clear, and direct. The cant be proved wrong by facts.
Don't let it stop at your intention, rather you should act it out And when you pray, you pray to Jehovah God the Father directly through Jesus Christ. Don't pray to Jesus o.
Jehovah God is my own God. If your own na flying jetli talk make we know now.
Workch: let me rephrase this then probably you can get how ridiculous your statement sound.
"Flying spaghetti monster is spirit, no matter what you do you can't get the evidence. Leave evidence of Flying spaghetti monster for people wey believe in Flying spaghetti monster. How would you get evidence for something you don't believe exists at all? Definitely your looking for nothing. If any scientist can perform a BigBang experiment in a laboratory and produce a living creature, I'll believe you."
What's in their bible that's different from other bible? Between their doctrines and christians doctrines which one is aligned with Bible's pure doctrine? The JWs believe and teach that Jesus is God's son and he's the messiah sent by his Father to give the ultimate gift to mankind, eternal life. Does the bible teach that Jesus is equal to his Father or Jesus is the God of New testament like some christians would say?
Rosement: jw have their own personal bible and there doctrine is different from Christian doctrine. Their description of Christ is even different, so it is possible their own Christ is different from ours.
Thank you. Hope you don't masturbate? If you do na hell fire straight. Na mummy G.O talk am.
Dtruthspeaker: As long as the record here has shown that you people have been given reasonable opportunity to explain and defend your belief but you failed.
Are you telling me God wasn't aware of these facts before giving the law?
The procedure is simple, drain the blood of the animals before eating, avoid eating strangled one. God is okay with that since most of the blood has been drained.
[color=#000000]Leviticus 17:10-14 [10]“And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off from the community of your people, [11]for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the lord. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible. [12]That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood—neither you nor the foreigners living among you.’ [13]“And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain its blood and cover it with earth. [14]The life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood, for the life of any creature is in its blood.’ So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community.
Leviticus 19:26 [26]“Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood.“
Acts of the Apostles 15:20 [20]Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood. [/color]
I'm not forcing it on you bro, if you fail to see the reasons JWs abstain from blood, it's okay. Thank you.
tctrills: Research shows that Approximately 60% of blood is lost at sticking (bleeding), 20-25% remains in the viscera (in spleen, liver, kidneys, etc.), while a maximum of 10% may remain in carcass muscles (the 'meat')
I believe christians are those that follow the teaching of Christ. Why would you say JWs are different from christians?
Rosement: Are you always absent-minded in Church? You have been attending Church since all these years and you still don't know the definition of Christianity. If I explain Christianity to you in a day, how will you understand? I don't want to fetch water into a basket so I will not even try to impart knowledge into you.
God is spirit, no matter what you do you can't get the evidence. Leave evidence of God for people wey believe in God. How would you get evidence for something you don't believe exists at all? Definitely your looking for nothing. If any scientist can perform a BigBang experiment in a laboratory and produce a living creature, I'll believe you. I didn't exist randomly, nature was planned by someone.
Workch: yes, is a theory which by definition in science is a fact. a
And let me help you, there's still no evidence for your God
Once the animal had been bled and the blood drained properly, the blood left in the veins or arteries doesn't matter.
tctrills: No, it's not a new guideline but a fact. You cant eat meat without taking in blood. You don't believe that? It's not my opinion its a fact you cant eat meat without taking in blood. The arteries, veins, and capillaries still have blood in them
Bro i understand you clearly. But your still saying it's impossible to eat meat without blood. Or what did you mean by this ; [color=#000000]I am only telling you that if blood transfusion is wrong, so is eating meat because both would get blood into your body. [/color]
Because God clearly go against eating meat with blood and commanded the Israelites to drain blood out of animals properly, which means it's possible to eat meat without blood. So if blood transfusion is wrong, eating meat is not wrong when you drain out the blood properly.
Touching blood couldn't be wrong cos it's not going into your body. God spoke about murder, stealing, and lust. Obviously God spoke bout abstaining from blood too, so avoiding blood transfusion is also abstaining from blood.
tctrills: You clearly are not getting my point. I have nothing against eating meat. I am only telling you that if blood transfusion is wrong, so is eating meat because both would get blood into your body. For me, I am ok with eating meat and blood transfusion. Do you understand me now? Also, you should abstain from touching blood and the list goes on and on. God never talked bout masturbation or abortion or internet fraud, does it mean they aren't sin? God spoke about murder, stealing, and lust.
You added new guideline by saying it's impossible to eat meat without blood That's your opinion bro. If you ate blood or drank it, where will it go no be body? Whether you drink or eat or inject blood na same thing.
God never talked bout masturbation or abortion or internet fraud, does it mean they aren't sin?
tctrills: My point is simple, God was never talking about blood transfusion or getting blood into your body. He was clearly talking about having a meal out of blood. So we all can stick to that rather than adding new laws and guidelines.
Rosement: Even if you have not done jw baptism that doesn't mean you are still a Christian, Christianity is claimed by Faith not by going to Church. You are already a member of jw by belief, the only thing missing now is your jw baptism. You are free to preach your belief but you have no right to criticize or debate other people's religion. Christianity and jw are different.
MaxInDHouse: He is battle prepared to stay awake throughout the night as long as you're dropping the water from the tip of your finger. Father Abraham (Jehovah God) told the rich man that Lazarus can't cool his thirst because of the chasm between them {Luke 16:24-26} so don't think his restlessness is curable. Just continue thanking Jehovah that the seed of truth has grown beyond what Satan's agents can extinguish in you! Matthew 13:4
That makes God a senseless person for giving out the law if it's impossible to eat meat without blood. Your personal is respected but doesn't change God's law and view bout blood
tctrills: What about touching it or seeing it or talking about it? Are these also against your law? God's law was about eating blood. I don't think we have the power to add to it no matter the church we represent. Just in case you did not know, you can't eat meat without eating blood. It is just imposible.
How did you know there wasn't tattoo then. Of course there was. I mean your opinion or condemnation doesn't matter or change anything. What matters is JWs fully obeying Jehovah.
There are other alternatives to blood transfusions. Jehovah is the greatest physician. JWs put their trust in him and they are always happy and hope for the new world where sickness and death will be no more.
Dtruthspeaker: That is not an answer, tattoos had not yet been invented yet it was covered.
Therefore, you can not prove that blood transfusion is eating and drinking.
If our thoughts did not matter then you would have left your beliefs in the protection of your mind and not brought it here.
But now that you see that you can not reasonably substantiate your belief, you are now attempting to defend yourself by playing the personal card.
You can not do so for you, by yourself, exposed your indefensible belief and now that you can not defend it, you are simply retreating in failure.
So saying our thoughts do not matter, is not a defence but clearly a proof of running away and your inability to defend your belief.
In other words you now confess rather than defend your that you have the power to commit self murder! Which is very True!
Like I said, The Holy Judge will judge these things.
Lol you don't believe abstaining blood transfusion so why would that be your concern? The don't tranfuse any of the four primary component or whole blood.
"Depending on the condition of the patient, physicians might prescribe red cells, white cells, platelets, or plasma. Transfusing these major components allows a single unit of blood to be divided among more patients. Jehovah’s Witnesses hold that accepting whole blood or any of those four primary components violates God’s law. Significantly, keeping to this Bible-based position has protected them from many risks, including such diseases as hepatitis and AIDS that can be contracted from blood.
Platelets can be processed to extract a wound-healing factor. And other medicines are coming along that involve (at least initially) extracts from blood components. Such therapies are not transfusions of those primary components; they usually involve parts or fractions thereof. Should Christians accept these fractions in medical treatment? We cannot say. The Bible does not give details, so a Christian must make his own conscientious decision before God."
achorladey: Had you know the policies I am talking about you would have answered that common denominator question long before this time.
Looking at the write up used to create this thread, I knew it is just copy and paste from the numerous books and publications of that religious organization.
Since you are not aware of the policies they use, the HLC e.t.c . Go and do your research.
God asked you to abstain from POTATOES but you decide to extract the STARCH to cook starch soup and banga. Are you really abstaining from POTATOES telling God I only need the starch.
What will your explanation be when God asked you why are using starch obtained from those they you call DEVIANTS
If you can't accept that masturbate is a sexual sin and cybercrimes are sins against God, i believe i have wasted my time responding to your comments. I asked simple question but you were quoting Paul's Epistles that doesn't even relate. Sexual sin na sexual sin. [color=#000000]The problem is many of you will be claiming that you're filled with the holy spirit[/color]
I don't really know your problem about the JWs bro. Abstaining from blood transfusion is even easier than believing God is three person Mixing another person's blood with mine would be abominable to God. The laws are there. Blood transfusion even has complications. Some have died cos of massive whole blood transfusion. Some have even contract diseases. There are other alternative to blood transfusion. And bloodless surgery can be carried out.
Why do you keep asking foolish questions? Is there any form of transfusion at all in the Bible?
achorladey: Mature food belongs to those who have trained their minds to distinguish distinguish good from evil.
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
Kids don't have mature minds to know the length and breadth of the issue under discussion here. No be seresere matter Oga.
You better do so when you start reading the policy ask what fraction of fornication is a personal choice and based on conscience that the Bible gives allowance for. Where in the Bible is allowance given for blood component transfusion.
No be you go be the first person to talk am not the last. Many don reach that level before you. What you call truth and false doctrines cut across religious denominations. Put that in your notes.
Are you a fraudster and you masturbate cos God no write am for Bible? If you no know Dem be sin ask the little kids at church.
Well i don't think you're aware that I'm not a JW. So their policy is what I'm going after next.
Good news be say i don know say Trinity and hell fire and immortal soul na false doctrine and i can defend that anywhere.
achorladey: What is the penalty for you choosing to accept blood transfusion as based on the religious policy of the organization you belong? Which scriptures in the Bible support it? What is the essence of the policy since blood transfusion is a conscience and personal matter? I only want to know the degree of force in play here. Why did such policies state willful acceptance without remorse is as good as the person had disassociated himself?
Where in the scripture did you see it stated it is sin against God? You can only draw conclusions from other laws just like you are doing for blood transfusion. Since it is not EXPLICIT don't go about saying it is God's laws or sin against God. The reason you need to runaway from LEGALISM.
One part of your mouth says it is God's law and it is a sin, the other part of your mouth is saying it is not God's law and sin. Where you stand paapaa?
That is why we have EISEGESIS and EXEGESIS of the scripture. You cannot be interpreting your thought into the scripture. When the account of Acts were written, do they have the sense of blood transfusion? When you wake up those who wrote that account and ask them, do they mean things related to blood transfusion? What will be their response?
One part of your mouth says it is God's law, the other part of your mouth is saying it is not God's law. Where you stand paapaa?
The policies regarding blood say you don't abstain completely from blood. The reason you see allowance for component abi na fractions e.t.c. That it is a personal choice does not remove that fact the organization don't abstain from it.
Consult your religious leaders and elders abi na HLC should you need more information. The reason I asked a question earlier you didn't respond.
The law on blood given has nothing to do with blood transfusion.
LEGALISM. You seem not to understand what it means.
Blood is blood whether you ate it, transfused it or drank it. No be the same body e de go? Leviticus 17:10,14 didn't just say abstain from blood.
tctrills: Blood transfusion was not practiced in Bible times. If God isn't pleased with it, he would reveal it to us. The bible said, "Abstain from blood." It could mean. Abstain from shedding blood. Or abstain from eating blood. Or Abstain from touching blood. Or Abstain from seeing Blood. So when a religion decides to interpret it as abstaining from blood transfusion, they are clearly on their own. It's their opinion and they are entitled to it. It's not God's commandment.
I think i know the girl. She would call you SD but don't know the meaning then but i do now lol. And i mistook you for her, that's why I asked if you were a lady the other time.
I think she was baptized then right? How's she now? It seems she deleted her account too.
MaxInDHouse: The young lady that started this actually did to call my attention because she fell in love with a man old enough to be her dad and began calling me "Sugar Daddy" all because of her love for reasonableness. Well the trinitarians called her names for this but she stood her ground that TRINITY makes no sense to her!
Dtruthspeaker: That is why I have clearly and directly asked you, is eating and drinking meat with blood and drinking blood sacrifices or sacrifices of blood can be construed as transfusion? Note the verse says ...eating and drinking blood of any living creatures in any form. If blood transfusion had been invented, God would have included it.
We think it evil because a Life which could have been saved died unreasonably, exactly as a person killed by a driver who was drinking alcohol and driving. My bro your thoughts do not matter. What matters is fully obeying Jehovah God.
It is an Unreasonable and an Avoidable death. If it's pleasing to Jehovah and he's the power to raise us up from the dead, we are willing to die pleasing him.
Paul and others risked their life standing for the truth.
Is this why Governing Body member, Anthony Morris was caught on camera buying over 6 bottles of liquor on a Sunday morning when he should have been at the Kingdom Hall??
I think it was mid 2020 when i joined a Bible discussion group on Facebook. A man from New Zealand posted something bout the apostolic fathers, the fathers that took succession from the first apostles. He asked in his post that were they led by the holy spirit when they were debating and killing themselves to establish doctrines like the Trinity in their creeds. At first they established that God is two persons and later added the holy spirit as the third person. So he said Trinity is false doctrine, i initially was angry and I was giving him verse and arguing with him. The more i searched for verses to support my believe, the more he would explain to me from the Bible and little did i know that i was entering the truth. I later found out he is a JW. Before I met him, i had a lot of question bout Trinity because it was so confusing especially when i read a verse that seems to oppose the doctrine. I saw a book titled faith by Reinhard Bonnke with a friend and borrowed it. From the book, i learnt that Yahweh of the old testament is the Jesus of the New testament. Bonnke proved that Jesus is the almighty God. It was very hot in my head when i met the man. At a point in time i agreed with him cos i could see it from different angles of the Bible that Trinity is a force doctrine. I was so convinced. Later he also discussed with me bout doctrines on hell fire and immortal soul. It was hard for me to believe hell isn't real. We had to go through the same process. It was so hard for him to convince me that hell doesn't exist. So i went online searched for articles on hell and Hebrew perspective of hell too. I was convinced weeks later after seeing strong reasons to believe it doesn't exist myself. The fact is, i was able to believe hell isn't real when i had the right knowledge on what human are composed of. I also did research on the word "Gehenna". The kind of joy i had after being in the truth couldn't be compared to none. John 8:32 [32]And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
MaxInDHouse: Thanks to JEHOVAH we are enduring the final part of the days! Do you know i was really touched the year 2020 when a seemingly unserious student of mine said: "you taught me that JWs issued the order to start preaching from house to house since 1919 after the release of J.F. Rutherford and his team?" I responded "Yes" Then he asked again: "and ever since then you people have been doing this your preaching till now?" I responded again "Yes" He said: "and it's exactly the year 2019 that another order from the same Governing Body came that you should stop visiting people in their homes" I responded again "Yes"
His next question is: "Please tell me, is God's Kingdom about to start so that i can quickly join you people? How come it's precisely a hundred years that the same Governing Body asked you to stop visiting people?" I said "because of Covid19 nah!" He said: "you know i always attend to you anytime you come, please i'm feeling somehow with the whole thing as you people started preaching in 1919 and stopped in 2019 due to COVID-19!"
This is a person who often dodge stylishly when we go for his Bible study o!
Kobojunkie: 1. Yes! When you become born-again, Jesus Christ told you in John 3 vs 1 - 8 that you enter into the Kingdom of God. And when He returns in His Kingdom, He will judge every one in His flock aka those in the Kingdom of God - Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46
And as Jesus Christ also pointed , His Kingdom is not of this world.
See bro there's no need for the born agains to be judged. How would those already in God's kingdom that are born again be judged? On the contrary, they will judge people themselves. The bible says they will even judge angels. 1 Corinthians 6:3 NLV Don’t you realize that we will judge angels? So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life.
MaxInDHouse: That's what happens when an account on this forum is deleted, it will read "nobody" but if you want to know the former name just check others who have quoted that moniker before it was deleted you will get the original name. I'm male and my former moniker was "Maximus69" i deleted that account and the email due to many people mailing me for financial assistance. Now i only give my new gmail to trusted ones e.g JWs!