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MaxInDHouse:
The highlighted is what all JWs believe.

Blood transfusion doesn't save but kills because the blood from someone else will never ever work perfectly with your own body so when this new update came in it makes the scriptural guidance more logical because it's your own blood not that of someone else!🙂

2mch:
Blood transfusion has saved millions of lives.

MaxInDHouse:
Abstain from blood is what the Bible says. Act 15:28-29

But then does it includes your own blood?

That's what we are talking about now!🙂

MaxInDHouse:
Emotions and facts differs!
Millions have died, tens of millions are now suffering and millions will still die due to blood transfusion because it's not right to have someone's else blood in your body!🙂

Trendie247:
A NEPA staff who was electrocuted in 2023 had his both arms amputated because he refused blood transfusion based on this same belief. I wonder how he's going to feel now with this adjustment

accountantben:
I lost my dad as a result of this doctrine.

2mch:
Abstain from murder and sacrifice is not the same as blood transfusion. Since Jehovah Witness eat meat, they don’t abstain from blood so that argument is ridiculous. Red meat and even fish is full of blood.

2mch:
You are still believing the fake story your church was spreading. If millions died, why is it now Ok to transfuse blood

MaxInDHouse:
Because it's not from external sources!🙂

2mch:
JWs don’t believe it. They do it because it is church doctrine and they are afraid of being shunned by their church. If you go to Reddit you will see that people who lost their children and loved ones because of such doctrine are getting ready to sue your church. Also, when every JW had rejected blood, they mentioned their doctrine as the reason why. Even if you try to remove the church from this false doctrine, it cannot escape the lawsuit that is coming.

Blood transfusion has saved millions of lives. Transfused blood as long as it’s same blood type as yours has never been rejected and it has made so many live a very long and healthy life.

MaxInDHouse:
You are becoming emotional instead of facing facts.
The Bible specifically says:

Keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you! Act 15:29

So several aspects of contacting deadly diseases is mentioned in the verse.

[1] Things sacrificed to idols because they are not hygienically prepared.

[2] Blood because it contains cells that makes up another person! Leviticus 17:14

[3] From strangled animals because the blood wasn't drained.

[4] Sexual immorality because of STDs.


Now we are talking about treatment that involves transfusing blood from one person to another.

Please listen to what medical experts have to say on the matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlsjWwHWP4M?si=oX3dg4QTA0H34dFO

SUNNINO:
After killing thousands of people over the years.

Kenobsky:
Since I received blood transfusion I started behaving not like my former self,I cont come against it,but it has its spiritual side.
JW are hypocrites I can never trust them.
Anything else with this people is devilish.
To fetch your blood and bring it back is still transfusion.
What a cult?

2mch:
You people know how to cherry pick passages. Post the whole chapter 15 and read it 10times to understand that the disciples were not speaking of blood transfusion but were preaching and converting unbelievers. So they were clarifying certain laws of Moses when it relates to sacrifice. It’s not good to be this easily controlled as a human being o. I agree with all the disciples said but in no way did they mean blood transfusion. They meant drinking blood which some people do in sacrifice. This is why even the Catholic Church has substituted drinking blood for wine because it is no longer mandated since Jesus died to eat the body and drink the blood. They were certainly talking about animal sacrifice because of the strangulation part. They will strangle the animal by cutting it in a way that it chokes on its own blood and then drain the blood to drink in sacrifice.

Even if you go for operation that doesn’t require blood transfusion you can still die. But the point is, do everything possible to save your life. The amount of negligence in blood transfusion is too little to reject it if it will save your life.

2mch:
You people know how to cherry pick passages. Post the whole chapter 15 and read it 10times to understand that the disciples were not speaking of blood transfusion but were preaching and converting unbelievers. So they were clarifying certain laws of Moses when it relates to sacrifice. It’s not good to be this easily controlled as a human being o. I agree with all the disciples said but in no way did they mean blood transfusion. They meant drinking blood which some people do in sacrifice. This is why even the Catholic Church has substituted drinking blood for wine because it is no longer mandated since Jesus died to eat the body and drink the blood. They were certainly talking about animal sacrifice because of the strangulation part. They will strangle the animal by cutting it in a way that it chokes on its own blood and then drain the blood to drink in sacrifice.

Even if you go for operation that doesn’t require blood transfusion you can still die. But the point is, do everything possible to save your life. The amount of negligence in blood transfusion is too little to reject it if it will save your life.

Ucheamani:
The position of JW as far back as 26years ago was that it's up to individuals to decide how to use their blood in medical procedures.
https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&docid=2000767

Sevenworldpower:
Granted blood transfusions appear to be safe now but I can tell you in 30 to 50 years from now, blood transfusions will be considered a major risk factor for some yet to be discovered diseases.

2mch:
They are commenting with several usernames backing themselves up. This guy vehemently against blood transfusion is now claiming to have done it and it’s not good. Then they have gone to edit their website to prevent lawsuit.

You see these churches, they only care about their bank account and will do anything to preserve their business while preaching false doctrines which do not exist in the Bible to control you.

2mch:
They are commenting with several usernames backing themselves up.

2mch:
An example of a JW citing JW doctrine as why she refused blood eventually leading to her death. You can edit your website and even pay to edit all the content on the internet but a lot of people have screenshot and pamphlet.

chimex38:
Doctrinal Changes And Effect On Personal Judgement



This is a fallout from the recent adjustment on blood transfusion from JW which other doctrinal adjustments also happens in every other religion as well.

Where do we draw the line as Christians?

Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/8638945/jehovahs-witnesses-now-allow-transfusion

2mch:
An example of a JW citing JW doctrine as why she refused blood eventually leading to her death. You can edit your website and even pay to edit all the content on the internet but a lot of people have screenshot and pamphlet.

chimex38:
religious members who:
-self evaluate from time to time
-Study and think independently outside the rules of their hierarchy
-or consider and compare views of others on their doctrines,
-aknowledge some errors and gray areas to see some flaws
-critic parts that are overdue to change.
- question rules and try to provide alternatives where possible etc.

What about those that have died because JW embargoed the process before?

Such members will most likely spot a doctrine and adjust even before their governing body or supreme head makes any pronouncement.

tctrills:
I actually don't think members of any religion should be making the changes. It should always be up to the leadership if there must be order.

Also, to be honest, there isn't any church that is over a 100 years that has not make several important changes.

I also think that this is a positive start for the JW but I still think that the new rules bring a new set of problems. From what I was told, the new rule allows JW members to bank their own blood for the rainy day. This new law would bring about wild spread inequality.
In richer communities this wouldn't be a challenge, but the poor in 3rd world countries can't keep to this.
The church doctrines shouldn't be to benefit the rich at detriment to the poor.
I hope to be further educated on this though. But in general, this is healthier than the old law. Whomever was responsible for the old law is clearly a mass murderer.