Please Pray for the JWs.-- JWs are now allowed to "eat" their own blood.

Ok, well this is a real mess. Let me briefly summarize it.. it's complicated so I will do my best to shorten it so you can grasp the issue..

The JW org. leaders have been very slowwwlly reversing their ridiculous blood policy over decades.
The reason it is so slow is in order not to shock a JW into reality because they would leave in a flash resulting in a mass exodus. Instead, they were very crafty and slowly allowed certain blood parts called, fractions- while forbidding other parts..
Then later, they allowed all parts (fractions).. which in total equaled all parts of whole blood administered separately,-- while they continued to forbid whole blood.
They misunderstand Acts 15 and kept the JWs under a wrong interpretation of Leviticus by applying it today to us- thereby keeping Jws under a wrong view of their distorted own version of Mosaic law.. .
Now, just today- it was announced that Jws are allowed to store their own blood to be transfused. That has always been strictly forbidden. To untangle this monster- you need to understand a few things-
1. JWs were taught blood must be poured out on the ground and never ever to store it.
2. Accepting a transfusion was equal to EATING blood. This was their big thing-" eating blood"
3. JWs have been disfellowshiped and shunned for disobeying.
4.Many many JWs have died & still do needlessly due to this mockery of the scriptures. ( last count- over 42,000 people)
5. Jws were allowed to take blood fractions made from stored blood of others.- but JWs were forbidden to ever donate -- take but not give--
6. JWs were forbidden to store their own blood in advance of surgery or for any reason.
7. JWs have used this blood policy as a factor to put themselves above Christians - since they obeyed God and we did not..

If you disobey the rules you are disfellowshiped and shunned and told you will not be resurrected- unless you repent and return to the ORG.

Today it was announced that a JW may indeed store their own blood and transfuse it.
I have a copy of a JW blood card which JWs must carry at all times- which states "I refuse to pre donate my blood for later infusion" amongst other things... I suppose new card will be distributed now.
I have many JW family members who I love dearly, and I have personal experience with this ridiculous policy myself.. -You would think that I would be happy by this "new light" for the well being of my JW family members? Let me tell you why I don't feel happy for JWs.

First of all- a JW in an emergency or an accident situation will still die needlessly. The idea of storing one's blood in case of an accident or emergency is not reasonable.
It costs between $1500- 3000 to store your blood and it has a shelf life of only 3-6 weeks. So the idea of storing it for an accident or emergency is absurd not only time-wise but financially. I suppose a wealthy hypochondriac JW could benefit. ?

Secondly, it could help a JW in an elective surgery situation to store their own blood in advance- IS that person's life above a Jw hurt in an accident? Apparently so. ..and What about a Jw who doesn't have the money to pay for storage?

Young JW women do still die after childbirth from hemorrhage- it is totally unnecessary--! How will this help them? Should a pregnant women donate her own blood while pregnant? NO. -- It can compromise their health and the health of the developing baby due to increased iron needs and blood volume changes during pregnancy. It's recommended to wait until at least six weeks after giving birth to donate blood again.--
Also, know that when a baby is nursed mom's white blood cells are in the milk and all blood components pass thru the placenta, but that same baby once born is forbidden by the watchtower to be given their own mom's blood if needed. Yes, even JW babies die needlessly.

A JW hemophiliac - hemophiliac treatments (which are permitted) require the collection and storage of massive quantities of blood (up to 2500 blood donors for a single treatment), all from donations from NON JWs including many Christians of course, whom they call antichrists...

Anemia & Jws- See the tragic story of this young Jw-
"After feeling extremely weak and going to a local hospital, it was discovered that Kalila had a low blood count and required a blood transfusion. The speaker recounted how she adamantly declined the transfusion in accordance with her beliefs, even when her doctor implored her to accept it to regain her health."
You can read her sad story here-
Kalila Danisi – The Heartache and History of the Jehovah’s Witness Blood Doctrine

A JW in a accident who loses a lot of blood and is actively dying is still not helped by this. Neither are those who encounter emergency situations where loss of blood occurs ie- hemorrhages.
Neither are cancer patients who can not donate their own blood. etc....

JW have been absolutely terrorized by their Watchtower leaders to believe that taking a transfusion will give you a disease. It is woefully inaccurate and exaggerated . Has that ever occurred? Yes it has, but it is very rare and all medical procedures have risks. Is dying the better option?
Antibiotics have caused deaths and illnesses. Nothing new here. When there is a choice between life and death we make decisions. There are alternative options to being transfused- do they have risks? Absolutely!
There are risks for EPO (erythropoietin) and since it is a complex hormone, it may not be a better alternative treatment many times. There’s a significant risk for death with a cell-salvage system. etc.. Not to mention the exorbitant costs of EPO drugs- my own JW mother's Medicare went into what they call the "donut hole" due to her needing EPO shots which were $5K a pop and that was 15 years ago. The donut hole means no more coverage until the following year. My mom was by no means poor but this was an awful hardship. I can't imagine how hard that is for those with less. JWs like to tout that they are responsible for the drugs being invented such as EPO's- they sure do make a lot of money for big Pharma. -- EPOs have a a black box warning to boot. SAFE? NO!
"Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) like Epoetin alfa (Epogen) have a black box warning. This warning advises that using higher than necessary doses can increase the risk of death, serious cardiovascular events, and tumor progression in certain patients"
EPOs also take quite a while to begin to work- weeks..
A black box warning is the most stringent FDA safety warning—designed to alert health care providers and patients to serious risks associated with a drug's use.

- A transfusion costs MUCH less. --and is more natural and works immediately- and no black box warning. -

" All medical treatments carry some risk, but transfusions are now safer than ever due to stringent screening and testing. Modern testing for HIV, hepatitis B and C, HTLV, and syphilis significantly reduces the risk of transmission. While not zero, these risks are extremely low.
The bloodless surgery movement, which I enthusiastically support is aimed at reducing potential complications from blood transfusions. As a result of the AIDS and hepatitis scare in the 1980’s, physicians have thoroughly revised their thinking about when blood transfusions are appropriate. This fact, coupled with the availability of new tests for blood-borne pathogens puts the benefit-to-risk ratio for blood transfusions at an all-time high. In my opinion, the ratio of lives saved to lives lost from blood transfusions is now likely many thousands to one. "-- Dr. John Doyle, MD, PhD Straight from the Doctor

Ok, I could go on and on, but hopefully this gives you an overview of the hypocrisy that exists in the Watchtower religion via their leaders - it is truly a matter of straining out the gnats as the Pharisees of Jesus' day did. But here- people die.

To be merciful is of God. Donating your blood for another is merciful. To aid someone suffering by giving them what you have is loving and merciful.

13“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]

15“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’ 17“You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? 18“And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’ 19“You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering? 20“Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it. 21“And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it. 22“And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

23“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. 24“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

25“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. 26“You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

27“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28“So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Isaiah 9:16
For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Pray for JWs- they have been deceived by man's doctrines, ( who act much like Pharisees--- so please pray for them to be set free in Christ. They believe that their physical death pays for all of their sins- so they will be resurrected sinless and be given a 2nd chance on a paradise earth to earn life over 1000 years if they obey the new rules....

Please pray for them to receive Christ. They are tough and they can be very nasty but we are to be merciful and loving- so pray for them. Expose their false teachings? YES. but never forget that they are humans in need of Christ just as you are. We don't sugar coat but we don't hate the sinner- just the sin!
Carry on soldiers...and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

IF interested here is the announcement made yesterday reversing the JW blood policy - Reason? We aren't under Mosaic law and we aren't animals and the bible doesn't say what to do with your own blood... That's it!? UNREAL.
Well, welcome to biblical reality! Now show us where the bible says you can use fractions of donated blood and your own blood for storage- but you CAN NOT DONATE TO HELP OTHERS OR use the blood of donated blood other than fractions!!
What a farce. .. JWs please wake up-- they do not speak for God.

Go to 10.55
https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/StudioNewsReports/docid-1112024049_1_VIDEO

RepentingChristian said:

You didn't "briefly summarize", you wrote a dissertation.

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Ok, I deserved that. Here ya go-
Bottom line- is JWs have been forbidden to-- or tossed out and shunned and told God will kill them at armageddon if they used blood in a medical procedure.
They always said it was same as "eating blood".. which is stupid of course- and nothing that goes in us can defile us according to Jesus. But JWs don't do mercy..
As a result of that false teaching- many Jws have died needlessly. ( tens of thousands)
Several years back they allowed blood parts or fractions as they call them- which are from donated blood- Many people don't know that whole blood is rarely ever used. They give the part you need-- red cells/white cells/platelets/ plasma or parts of parts like albumin is a part of plasma.. etc.
They are allowed to use those but forbidden to donate any blood to help replenish what they use.
A JW hemophiliac - is allowed to take his dose- just ONE does takes 2,500 blood donors.

Now- 75 years later- they very quietly decided to allow Jws to use their own blood. The very short announcement - the JW leader said the bible is silent on using your own blood in medical procedures- therefore they will allow Jw to use their consciences in deciding if they want to use their own blood in a medical procedure..

It's a big step forward. He said NOTHING about the Jw mantra "eating blood"- and he is also beginning to understand Acts 15, BUT the problem is this-

Storing your own blood is possible only for an elective upcoming procedure. The blood lasts max 6 weeks or less. It costs a few thousand to store it. So, it will not do a thing to help a JW who has an accident or another unforeseen emergency bleed which most deaths are cause by. Many Jws will still die.
AND the elephant in the room ---- Yes- we agree- the bible is silent on using your "own" blood in a medical setting BUT it is ALSO equally silent on using donated blood.- He conveniently did not state the whole truth. You better believe that they do know.
So they are still setting JWs up to die needlessly.

It's called mercy and JWs are very low on that. To know God is to love mercy.


Matthew 12:10
7“But if you had known what this means, ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Mathew 9
13“But go and learn what this means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Mathew 15-
7“You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
8‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS,
BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.

9‘BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME,
TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.’”

10After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand. 11“It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

12Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?” 13But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. 14“Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

RepentingChristian said:

I was only playing with you. :)

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but you were right!

Anchorite said:

Share whatever you feel led to convey. Don’t let critical individuals wag their finger at you! ;’)

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it's ok, anchorite- that person was just messin' with me.