Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Reject Blood Transfusions?

[BroRando]

You still haven't answered my question: if the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil united nations?

I just proved your theology as false. "Righteous Father, the world has, indeed, not come to know you, but I know you, and these have come to know that you SENT me. I have Made Your Name Known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them." (John 17:25-26)

You told me Jesus is God incarnated. You are being untruthful. No Such Scripture. "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the chosen ones." (Mark 13:22)

I reject False Religion and accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.

 

[LTJMP14]

I just proved your theology as false. "Righteous Father, the world has, indeed, not come to know you, but I know you, and these have come to know that you SENT me. I have Made Your Name Known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them." (John 17:25-26)

You told me Jesus is God incarnated. You are being untruthful. No Such Scripture. "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the chosen ones." (Mark 13:22)

I reject False Religion and accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.

You still haven't answered my question: if the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil united nations?

 

[BroRando]

You still haven't answered my question: if the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil united nations?

Prove to me that Incarnation is a Christian teaching. From what I read it is demon worship.

IN Christendom the bridge between God and man is called “Incarnation.” Although the idea of a God-man is not foreign to paganism, yet that the Logos should become flesh belongs to Christendom alone, say these religionists. They maintain that pagan religions teach an apotheosis or glorification of man, that they do not teach an incarnation of the true God.

Christendom’s concept of incarnation with pagan Greek mythology. The Hebrews and the Jewish Christians utterly abhorred the defilement of heathen mythology. These facts render impossible the fanciful notion that Christian Jews absorbed the history of Jesus from pagan mythology. Neither the Bible nor faithful first-century Christians maintained the pagan concept that Jesus was a God-man.

Crushing the false teaching can be easily destroyed by one simple scripture. "God is not man, nor is he the Son of man" (Number 23:19)

Incarnation is for Christ deniers. To claim Jesus is God incarnated is to deny that Jesus is "the Christ the Son of the living God." (Matthew 16:16) The pagan teaching does not beget salvation for it denies the Blood of Christ. You won't find a scripture that even mentions incarnation either. Asking a pagan worshipper for a scripture is futile, since it's not a biblical teaching. You would have to open a book on demon worship, witchcraft, or Greek Mythology.

The Name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Proverbs 18:10) You believe that there is one God, do you? You are doing quite well. And yet the demons believe and shudder. (James 2:19)

 

[LTJMP14]

Prove to me that Incarnation is a Christian teaching. From what I read it is demon worship.

IN Christendom the bridge between God and man is called “Incarnation.” Although the idea of a God-man is not foreign to paganism, yet that the Logos should become flesh belongs to Christendom alone, say these religionists. They maintain that pagan religions teach an apotheosis or glorification of man, that they do not teach an incarnation of the true God.

Christendom’s concept of incarnation with pagan Greek mythology. The Hebrews and the Jewish Christians utterly abhorred the defilement of heathen mythology. These facts render impossible the fanciful notion that Christian Jews absorbed the history of Jesus from pagan mythology. Neither the Bible nor faithful first-century Christians maintained the pagan concept that Jesus was a God-man.

Crushing the false teaching can be easily destroyed by one simple scripture. "God is not man, nor is he the Son of man" (Number 23:19)

Incarnation is for Christ deniers. To claim Jesus is God incarnated is to deny that Jesus is "the Christ the Son of the living God." (Matthew 16:16) The pagan teaching does not beget salvation for it denies the Blood of Christ. You won't find a scripture that even mentions incarnation either. Asking a pagan worshipper for a scripture is futile, since it's not a biblical teaching. You would have to open a book on demon worship, witchcraft, or Greek Mythology.

The Name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Proverbs 18:10) You believe that there is one God, do you? You are doing quite well. And yet the demons believe and shudder. (James 2:19)

You do know what hypocrisy means, do you not? Let's test your knowledge of hypocrisy?

If the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil political institution called the united nations?

 

[BroRando]

You do know what hypocrisy means, do you not? Let's test your knowledge of hypocrisy?

If the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil political institution called the united nations?

More than happy to expose demon worship. Here's a short list of Incarnation Religions that all Deny Jesus Christ. The Anti-Christ would oppose and deny Christ by inserting it's false teachings. All are associated with denying the Blood of Christ.

Agni God of fire

Atharva-Veda Hymns containing spells, charms, and remedies

Avatar A manifestation or an incarnation of a Hindu deity

Jains Followers of an Indian religion that is akin to Hinduism

Karma The principle that every action has its good or bad consequences for the next life of the transmigrated soul

Krishna The eighth incarnation of Vishnu and the deity of the Bhagavad Gita

Kundalini Occult energy said to exist in every person

Mahabharata A Hindu epic containing the Bhagavad Gita

Mandala A diagram representing gods and their abodes

Mantra A sacred formula, believed to have magical power, used in initiation into a sect and repeated in prayers and incantations (demonic chants)

Manu Ancestor of the human race; saved from the Flood’s destruction by a great fish

Moksha Release from cycle of rebirth; union of the individual with the Supreme Entity, Brahman

Parvati Goddess consort of Siva

Puranas A class of scriptures containing Hindu mythology

Rama The seventh incarnation of the god Vishnu and the hero of the Ramayana

Rig-Veda Hymns in praise of Vedic deities

Rishi Hindu seer

Sama-Veda Melodies for Vedic sacrifices

Siva God of fertility, death, and destruction


Tantra Hindu writings containing mysticism and magic

Tilak A sectarial mark on the forehead

Upanishads Early sacred poetic writings. A class of scriptures containing Hindu philosophy

Yama God of death

Yantra A mystical pattern believed to possess occult powers of the deity who resides in it during worship

 

[BARNEY BRIGHT]

Absolutely false.

That's something someone made up.

I suppose you don't eat bread either? OR are you not consistent?

Much love!

The simple fact of the matter is that people today care little for God's inspired word the Bible. They will always speak out against what he says. At Genesis 9:4 when God allowed Noah and his descendants to eat meat he said it was forbidden to eat blood. The reason why it's forbidden to eat the blood of animals is because the life of the animal is in it's blood. At Acts 15: 28, 29 this scripture tells us it's equally important that we abstain from blood as we would abstain from any and all forms of sexual immorality. Now I know that in the world we live in even among the Catholic and protestant church's abstaining from all forms of sexual immorality isn't that important to them, so abstaining from blood isn't that important to them either.

 

[BARNEY BRIGHT]

You do know what hypocrisy means, do you not? Let's test your knowledge of hypocrisy?

If the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil political institution called the united nations?

Only nations can be associate members of the UN, that's why it's called the United nations.

 

[tigger 2]

"If the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil political institution called the united nations?"
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WT as "member" of the U.N.:

Summary
· DPI NGO status granted more than simple access to a main library.

· Bethel's researcher evidently tried to access areas or facilities that were for DPI NGO representatives only.

· In 1991 the application was a formality and not a guarantee of support for the UN or it's charter. It didn't even require a signature.

· When the DPI NGO requirements changed and Bethel made aware of it, they withdrew the status and returned the DPI NGO passes.

· The letters of explanation sent by Bethel are in full accord with the facts and paper-trail of evidence. Bethel has not lied even once about the matter.


For proof of the above, see Watchtower NGO: Following it to the Letter (thirdwitness.com)

 

[BroRando]

NGO--- A non-governmental organization, non-government organization, or simply an NGO, is an organization that is, generally, formed independent from government.[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization#cite_note-:0-3[3][4][5][6] They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in humanitarianism or the social sciences; they can also include clubs and associations that provide services to their members and others.... and the WTS withdrew from the NGO status 30 years ago in 1991?



(Jude 1:19 & James 3:15) Oh well.. he was unable to defend his theology using the Bible.

This is what drew his animalistic ire:

I just proved your theology as false. "Righteous Father, the world has, indeed, not come to know you, but I know you, and these have come to know that you SENT me. I have Made Your Name Known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them." (John 17:25-26)

You told me Jesus is God incarnated. You are being untruthful. No Such Scripture. "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the chosen ones." (Mark 13:22)

I reject False Religion and accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.

 

[robert derrick]

Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Reject Blood Transfusions?
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Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians who accepted the 'Blood of Christ' for salvation. The truth never changes and a true Christian should also be mindful of Satan's Challenge to Jehovah about skin in behalf of skin. Therefore, accepting *Blood* from another source or even themselves could be rendered a denial of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In the time of the end known as the Last Days, "Many will cleanse themselves and whiten themselves and will be refined. And the wicked ones will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand; but those having insight will understand." (Daniel 12:10) True Christians who exercise faith in the Living Blood of Christ will survive that Last Days and 'are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'(Rev 7:14)


Teachings of Jesus Christ:

• "Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will resurrect him on the last day;" (John 6:54)
• For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." (Matthew 16:25)
• "But whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father who is in the heavens." (Matthew 10:33)
• "Just let your word ‘Yes’ mean yes, your ‘No,’ no, for what goes beyond these is from the wicked one." (Matthew 5:37)

Teaching of the Apostles:

• "For if we practice sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left," (Hebrews 10:26)

Teaching of the Holy Spirit:

• "Abstain . . . from blood. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you!” (Acts 15:28-29)

Read more...

Satan never challenged Jehovah. He tempted Jesus.

Also, why would a people that believe drinking Jesus' blood is only symbolic, since His blood is only symbolic, go on to invent a kind of idolized fetish about their own physical blood, in the name of the blood of the Lamb?

In mortal bodies, we only have the common blood of all mankind coursing through our veins.

The incorruptible blood of the Lamb that we drink, is more real than corrupted mortal blood.

The blood of Christ is the spiritual blood of God. The blood of man is the carnal blood of sinners.

 

[BroRando]

Satan never challenged Jehovah. He tempted Jesus.

Also, why would a people that believe drinking Jesus' blood is only symbolic, since His blood is only symbolic, go on to invent a kind of idolized fetish about their own physical blood, in the name of the blood of the Lamb?

In mortal bodies, we only have the common blood of all mankind coursing through our veins.

The incorruptible blood of the Lamb that we drink, is more real than corrupted mortal blood.

The blood of Christ is the spiritual blood of God. The blood of man is the carnal blood of sinners.

At least you admit Satan tempted Jesus... "Satan never challenged Jehovah. He tempted Jesus."

New King James Version
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.

Job 2:4
But SATAN answered JEHOVAH: “Skin for skin. A man will give everything that he has for his life."

 

[robert derrick]

At least you admit Satan tempted Jesus... "Satan never challenged Jehovah. He tempted Jesus."

New King James Version
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.

Job 2:4
But SATAN answered JEHOVAH: “Skin for skin. A man will give everything that he has for his life."

Oh, you use Jehovah, rather than the LORD, because you like that name so much. Since I'm a Christian, and Jehovah isn't a name used for the Lord God after that of Jesus is given, I am not so familiar with it.

Now, if you had said Satan challenged the LORD over Job, then I would have known what you are talking about.

Satan was also making accusation with the angel of the LORD against Joshua the high priest. (Zech 3)

In any case, it's a dainty silliness for someone to try and somehow keep their corrupt human blood 'pure and sanctified' by refusing transfusions, when the blood of the Lamb is only symbolic to them.

 

[marks]

The simple fact of the matter is that people today care little for God's inspired word the Bible.

I care a great deal for the Word of God, and what he said was false - against that Word.

Claiming God said something He didn't is just like claiming He didnt say something that He did.

Much love!

 

[Ronald Nolette]

Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Reject Blood Transfusions?
View attachment 16769
Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians who accepted the 'Blood of Christ' for salvation. The truth never changes and a true Christian should also be mindful of Satan's Challenge to Jehovah about skin in behalf of skin. Therefore, accepting *Blood* from another source or even themselves could be rendered a denial of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In the time of the end known as the Last Days, "Many will cleanse themselves and whiten themselves and will be refined. And the wicked ones will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand; but those having insight will understand." (Daniel 12:10) True Christians who exercise faith in the Living Blood of Christ will survive that Last Days and 'are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'(Rev 7:14)


Teachings of Jesus Christ:

• "Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will resurrect him on the last day;" (John 6:54)
• For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." (Matthew 16:25)
• "But whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father who is in the heavens." (Matthew 10:33)
• "Just let your word ‘Yes’ mean yes, your ‘No,’ no, for what goes beyond these is from the wicked one." (Matthew 5:37)

Teaching of the Apostles:

• "For if we practice sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left," (Hebrews 10:26)

Teaching of the Holy Spirit:

• "Abstain . . . from blood. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you!” (Acts 15:28-29)

Read more...

They reject blood transfusions because they wrongly interpret the Word of God!

First off they are not Christians because they reject the truth that Jesus rose bodily form the grave.

Second blood transfusions are not eating blood anymore than receiving life saving antibiotics via an IV line (transfused into teh body) is eating antibiotics! Every one is under teh prohibiton against eating blood. That was ac ommand to Noah through al lgeneration prior to the law of Moses.

However if one wishes to refuse blood transfusions, it should be a personal issue and not a church doctrine. This is a false doctrine.

 

[BroRando]

Oh, you use Jehovah, rather than the LORD, because you like that name so much. Since I'm a Christian, and Jehovah isn't a name used for the Lord God after that of Jesus is given, I am not so familiar with it.

Now, if you had said Satan challenged the LORD over Job, then I would have known what you are talking about.

Satan was also making accusation with the angel of the LORD against Joshua the high priest. (Zech 3)

In any case, it's a dainty silliness for someone to try and somehow keep their corrupt human blood 'pure and sanctified' by refusing transfusions, when the blood of the Lamb is only symbolic to them.

Well you may be surprised to learn that the Tetragrammaton appears nearly 7,000 times in the original Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). However, in most modern translations of the Bible, the divine name has been replaced by the word LORD in capital letters.

In many translations, even where the divine name has been substituted, it does often appear at Psalm 83:18. In this case, to do anything otherwise would render the verse nonsensical. According to the King James Version of the Bible, for example, the verse reads: ‘That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth’.

The Divine Name on display in St Mary's Church, Wivenhoe

 

[BARNEY BRIGHT]

Satan never challenged Jehovah. He tempted Jesus.

Also, why would a people that believe drinking Jesus' blood is only symbolic, since His blood is only symbolic, go on to invent a kind of idolized fetish about their own physical blood, in the name of the blood of the Lamb?

In mortal bodies, we only have the common blood of all mankind coursing through our veins.

The incorruptible blood of the Lamb that we drink, is more real than corrupted mortal blood.

The blood of Christ is the spiritual blood of God. The blood of man is the carnal blood of sinners.

If you honestly think or believe that Satan hasn't ever challenged Jehovah, you're wrong. Satan challenged Jehovah in the Garden of Eden. Satan challenged Jehovah God's rulership, by teaching or spreading lies that God didn't rule in a way that was in the best interests of mankind or humanity. Satan was basically telling or teaching mankind that mankind or humanity could rule themselves in their own best interests without God. Satan has been teaching or telling mankind that the True God Jehovah has been withholding things from mankind or humanity that is in their best interests to know. All of this of course is lies but Satan has been challenging God rulership over Mankind.

Also at Acts 15:28,29 God inspired word tells us that it's equally important to abstain from blood as we would also abstain from all forms of sexual immorality. Now if you don't think it's important to abstain from all forms of sexual immorality then of course you're not going to abstain from blood. The animal sacrifices that were put on the alter before Jesus Christ sacrificed himself by putting his human life on the alter, foreshadowed that greater sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Just as you abstain from animal blood because that animal life was put on the alter that animals life being in it's blood so too with greater reason we abstain from human blood because a human sacrificed himself for mankind/humanity. That human life being in his blood.

 

[BARNEY BRIGHT]

They reject blood transfusions because they wrongly interpret the Word of God!

First off they are not Christians because they reject the truth that Jesus rose bodily form the grave.

Second blood transfusions are not eating blood anymore than receiving life saving antibiotics via an IV line (transfused into teh body) is eating antibiotics! Every one is under teh prohibiton against eating blood. That was ac ommand to Noah through al lgeneration prior to the law of Moses.

However if one wishes to refuse blood transfusions, it should be a personal issue and not a church doctrine. This is a false doctrine.

That's the reason the Bible uses the word abstain at Acts 15:28,29 the word abstain means to restrain oneself from doing something. That means that just as you would restrain yourself to have nothing to do with any and all forms of sexual immorality, you would equally restrain yourself from having anything to do with taking blood into your body in any way.

 

[robert derrick]

If you honestly think or believe that Satan hasn't ever challenged Jehovah, you're wrong. Satan challenged Jehovah in the Garden of Eden. Satan challenged Jehovah God's rulership, by teaching or spreading lies that God didn't rule in a way that was in the best interests of mankind or humanity. Satan was basically telling or teaching mankind that mankind or humanity could rule themselves in their own best interests without God. Satan has been teaching or telling mankind that the True God Jehovah has been withholding things from mankind or humanity that is in their best interests to know. All of this of course is lies but Satan has been challenging God rulership over Mankind.

Also at Acts 15:28,29 God inspired word tells us that it's equally important to abstain from blood as we would also abstain from all forms of sexual immorality. Now if you don't think it's important to abstain from all forms of sexual immorality then of course you're not going to abstain from blood. The animal sacrifices that were put on the alter before Jesus Christ sacrificed himself by putting his human life on the alter, foreshadowed that greater sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Just as you abstain from animal blood because that animal life was put on the alter that animals life being in it's blood so too with greater reason we abstain from human blood because a human sacrificed himself for mankind/humanity. That human life being in his blood.

I was corrected. I'm not used to the past name 'Jehovah' being used all the time in order to push an ideology about the name 'Jehovah'. I thought the reference was to the devil's temptation of Jesus.

Satan did make an accusation against Job to God. He also tested Eve about the Word of God, knowing she was deceived. Likewise he resisted the Lord's purifying of the high priest Joshua.

And the law of God is to not eat blood, nor things strangled. James repeated the law to make it matter of Law for Christians to. He said to abstain from idols, fornication, things strangled, and blood: don't be an idolator, nor a fornicator, nor an eater of things strangled and of blood.

And if you think having blood transfusions is akin to fornication, then go ahead and by all means don't do it. But that is just a personal ideology.

It is always funny-strange how people feel it necessary to look for some special little interpretation of their own, away from the obvious meaning of Scripture.

Trying to be really special in the body of Christ is a most pernicious thing.

we abstain from human blood: The you need to bleed out, because you're full of it.

How do you abstain from things strangled? Do you practise ritual purification of a strangled chicken flops onto your shin?

You people are funny. A real hoot.

 

[BARNEY BRIGHT]

I was corrected. I'm not used to the past name 'Jehovah' being used all the time in order to push an ideology about the name 'Jehovah'. I thought the reference was to the devil's temptation of Jesus.

Satan did make an accusation against Job to God. He also tested Eve about the Word of God, knowing she was deceived. Likewise he resisted the Lord's purifying of the high priest Joshua.

And the law of God is to not eat blood, nor things strangled. James repeated the law to make it matter of Law for Christians to. He said to abstain from idols, fornication, things strangled, and blood: don't be an idolator, nor a fornicator, nor an eater of things strangled and of blood.

And if you think having blood transfusions is akin to fornication, then go ahead and by all means don't do it. But that is just a personal ideology.

It is always funny-strange how people feel it necessary to look for some special little interpretation of their own, away from the obvious meaning of Scripture.

Trying to be really special in the body of Christ is a most pernicious thing.

we abstain from human blood: The you need to bleed out, because you're full of it.

How do you abstain from things strangled? Do you practise ritual purification of a strangled chicken flops onto your shin?

You people are funny. A real hoot.

I understand that people will find some excuse that abstaining from all forms of sexual immorality isn't a big deal. So I find it not surprising that they wouldn't abstain from blood either. The things that are strangled that we are to abstain from had to do with meat not bleed when killed. In some countries when an animal such as chicken when killed it isn't drained of it's blood, some people in these countries hang up the chicken on a string with the blood still in the animal. Christians are to restrain from eating such meat that hasn't been drained of it's blood when killed.

 

[Ronald Nolette]

That's the reason the Bible uses the word abstain at Acts 15:28,29 the word abstain means to restrain oneself from doing something. That means that just as you would restrain yourself to have nothing to do with any and all forms of sexual immorality, you would equally restrain yourself from having anything to do with taking blood into your body in any way.

If that is your conviction on a personal level, I am all for it! but for a sect to declare it is sin, based on such an allegorical opinion is just wrong! Just as wrong as the pharisees were with all there laws surrounding the sabbath.

BTW context still matters and the context was to not eat blood.

Acts 15:29
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

In the context- James said to not eat meat offered to idols, from eating blood, and from eating things strangled? why strangled? Because they would not have been drained of their blood

and if you bothered to read the end, James said they would not sin, but do well or prosper. It is the Watchtower who made it a sin, not the church of God.