“But flesh with the life thereof, which Is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”—Ge 9:4
THIS and other similar texts of Scripture are being used by some In an effort to prove that donating blood to save another’s life, or receiving a transfusion of blood, Is forbidden by God and a sin So gross as to result In eternal death. Are we justified In placing such an interpretation upon the divine injunction against eating or drinking the blood of lower animals?
dosent the bible say that without the sheding of blood their was no forgivness of sin? like I said before no eating of blood is a law,so is dont lie, or steal. but who among us would not lie to save a life or steal something? especialy your child, who would not grab a pick and shovel on sabbath to help dig out persons traped in a cave in ! oh what hypocrasy you would take the wounded bleeding man to the hospital and say get well brother! do you not remember jesus words ? go in peace brother, keep warm and well fed yet you give nothng to him ? yes freind who is bleeding to death get better, see ya, heck no before i leave im going to say doctor take some of my blood so he/she will live, and her is something more to consider you fathers with daughters if she needs blood give it to her your blood is already in her in the first place.. second the bible says you shall not eat blood,when you eat something it gets digested and goes out ! when you give blood it does not get digested .therefore if you want to go by the law since the blood is not digested for nourishment, you did not eat…what you did was to transplant a body organ. ok im done Ive written to many blood threads
Very good point amd! Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if the Jw org. blundered the whole blood transfusion thing and maybe are too proud to change it?
I want to talk a little about blood.yes it is written not to eat blood. we dont need to go in to millions of scriptures because it says what it says ! the bible also says anyone working on sabbath should be put to death, saterday is the sabbath . Im sure everyone will agree that kingdomhall cleanup/ maint and field service are hard work !
Therefore you must stop doing it on saterday the bible is very specific that sabbath day is to time indefinate theirfore you better obey jehovahs law and quit saterday service..ridiculous you say ? well the bible says word for word if you obey one of the laws you must obey all of them..so stop preaching on saterday..ok I have made my point. back to the blood yes its a sin to eat blood, yes let us read the scriptures and admit this.. now let us again read the bible ,all maner of sins can be forgiven except blasphemy of gods spirit so without makeing a federal case out of it take the blood save your life or childs life, than ask for and receive forgiveness in jesus name. dont play games with god because quite literaly saterday service is practiceing a sin with a capital punishment ! that is if you intentend to say the law says this and the law says that. you cant obey one law like no blood and disregard sabbath for your conveinance god dosent go for that game ! rather than play a double minded game we as christians must grow up, ok the blood is wrong. Yes lord I was afraid to die, lord I did not want my child to die.and I ate the blood, I ask your forgivness in jesus name… my freind thats the end of the matter.. you can not evan claim its martardom because you singled out one of the comandments to obey yet you have been blowing off the sabbath for years and not once have you acknowledged that to be a sin ! wow how some people can deceive themselfs and others !
And just look at jesus who broke sabbath to heal…remember how he said the law is made to serve man, not for man to serve the law…this is enough said dont you die or let someone die for lack of blood,jesus attonement is far bigger than your sin, and its a really scarey thought that you might just refuse the blood die and wake up in the lake of fire for attempting to secure the resurection by a last final obediance to the law ! instead of jesus grace
I simply have to coment on the blood thing again.
Blood transfusion may be a sin, but I call your attention to judas iscariot, who went out and hung himself for his sin rather than ask jesus for forgiveness ! if we confess our sin he is faithfull and just to forgive us and cleanse us from unrightousness. like judas some people would rather die than admit to jesus their sin and be forgiven !Im sorry if I offend anyone but dieing due to lack of blood is idiotness ! a blood transfusion may be a sin, but its not the unforgiveable sin. save you life ! save your childs life ! save your fellowmans life ! then lay the matter at jesus feet. if its a sin jesus has it covered ! dont play martar and die because you beleive your final act of obediance gurrentees you eternal life ! you may wake up in the lake of fire for attempting to purchase your way by your rightousness ! I would rather sin,to save a life and throw myself on jesus mercy, than depend on my final act of rightousness for life.. the bible says what it says confess your sins and be forgiven.. this includes blood.. blood is sacred to jehovah, so preserve your own alive so that you can continue to serve jehovah,the sin of the blood transfusion is pale compared to the sin of leaveing your earthly ministry abandoned because you see an easy way to paradise by dieing for refuseing a blood transfusion ! and you parents who refuse blood for their children just what if your child had grown up to be the scientist who invents the alternative blood substitute for the world.. ok im off to fly through the night for someone out their has already compared me to a vampire…
ari matthew davies, I never thought about the last thing done in life assuring a resurrection. That’s what happens when Jesus is not recognized as the saviour and redeemer. As xjw I was taught that my works was what saved. I was a slave to a book corporation. There is not mention of organ transplants in the bible it is silent on that. Blood is a liquid organ transplant and Jesus blood saved. The blood on the doorpost in Egypt saved. The sprinkling on the altar of blood saved. No one dies to give a Blood transfusion just as a kidney and a piece of liver can be given to someone without you dying. And only one JW as I know of took bovine blood recently. (don’t understand it but anyway). Why go beyond what is written? The organization does not have a conscience.
Hello, I don’t believe anymore that it is a sin to have or give blood. Where in de bible is talked about the holyness of blood it is talked about as nourishment, not as medicine like it is used to day. For example an animal had to be blooded out before eaten, but you cannot get all the blood out of the animal.
I do believe that partly thanks to JW’s we have a lot of alternatives to choose from, so that it becomes an emergency method, because blood really is unique, and taking it has consequenties.
You make a good point about your children… Refraining from blood for yourself in a life threatening situation is not as much so hard as choosing this for your children or kinsmen.
Like Jacqueline already stated, blood was used for life threatening situation, with the ultimate sacrifice of the blood of Jesus for the possibility to eternal salvation.
ZENODotus – Thanks for sharing some good insights. I agree with you. Let me add that in a sense we might say that Jesus gives us a spiritual blood transfusion for those of us who figuratively drink his blood. To my mind, the real question here is whether a compelling scriptural case can be presented to prove that blood transfusions are not permitted by Jehovah. I am not aware of strong evidence for this, other than the simple statements like: “Only flesh with its soul—its blood—you must not eat” (Genesis 9:3-4); “[You must] pour its blood out and cover it with dust” (Leviticus 17:13-14); and “Abstain from . . . fornication and from what is strangled and from blood” (Acts 15:19-21). However, I don’t see how you make a case against blood transfusions from this. Blood carries oxygen and from that standpoint, life is in the blood. Without it we die. Yet with our without a blood transfusion, upon death, “the spirit returns to God who gave it” (Eccl 12:7). That is, our life essence returns to Jehovah’s care, awaiting the future awakening from the dead.
Most make the blood transfusion issue an emotional one. they envision themselves, or a loved one, or a friend, in dire need of a blood transfusion, and on the basis of that emotional pressure, they defend themselves, their loved one, or their friend. Rather than asking the question…Are blood transfusions forbidden by God? Perhaps the question ought to be…Are blood transfusions permitted by God?
When Adam sinned, why didn’t God save his life? Why didn’t he give him a “spiritual transfusion”? After all, life is important to God, isn’t it? God doesn’t want anyone to die, does he? After all, he created life, didn’t he? How does anyone’s death serve God? …”For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.” All men are dieing. At best, only a temporary solution can be accomplished with any medical procedure, and God has made a permanent solution available.
Anyone caring about God’s thought’s on the matter should think long and hard about it, before giving any recommendations. If someone finds them self in a position of having to make a decision quickly, they have to decide which way their faith is directing them. God forgives in a large way, so any decision made in faith, should leave one with a clean conscience. A decision made in presumptuousness, would not leave a clean conscience…” 7 Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” While this was written about generosity, the principle of giving God his due would fall into the same category.
sidgi
sidgi, thank you for commenting. I agree with the spirit you show. Any medical procedure, even non liquid organ transplants, like kidney, heart, etc should be a matter done in faith. In the case of my father he had nine little children that he would leave with my mother that night. (not one child was 18yrs). In 1959 he decided to take blood, so as he said, “I can teach the boys how to repair items around the house, build etc. Almost all of us own our own businesses because he taught us in 5 little months so much. We over 50yrs later are still referring back to and taught the younger chikdren his counsel. His decision possibly altered the life of nine little children, for he did a great amount of talking before he died. He left us also in the hands of the oldest boy, 15yrs. That “boy” 70yrs old called me last monday to make sure I had not gone to a religion that didn’t believe in the Ransom and 144,000. When he found out the BS were still alive he was shocked, but he gave me his blessing.
A simple decision to take the transfusion to come out of the operation and live possibly six more months made the difference in the lives of 9 little children. May God has mercy on my father, my mother was scared to death that night as she talked to him. (I was hiding in the curtains in the room, I was 91/2 and my mother took me everywhere with her. I have told the story to the nieces and nephews and my own children so they will make conscience decisions. Jehovah does not hate life.