Does God accept organ donor and blood transfusion?
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did God command this because of medical reasons, or spiritual ones ?
is it to prevent physical disease/malady or to prevent spiritual 'infection' ?
what were they doing with blood before the flood ?
what were worshipers of Ba'al, Ishtar, Molech etc doing with blood in Canaan ?
what were pagan Greeks and Romans and Babylonians doing with blood in the first century ?
what did they think they were doing, why were they doing it, and what were they trying to accomplish by it ?
i think those questions are important to understand the what/why of the commandment. just like Lev. 19:28 says do not cut yourselves for the dead or make tattoos on yourself, it may be important to understand exactly what people who did these things were meaning to do, otherwise we might start thinking any kind of surgical incision is sinful, because, 'do not cut yourselves' -- which, yeah, that'd be leaving off the "for the dead" part of the verse. which is exactly my point
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The Jews under religious law were permitted to eat the flesh of the animal, but commanded not to eat the blood because “life is in the blood.” The animal’s blood represented the ransom for sins, as animal sacrifice was required for forgiveness at that time. That's why to this day Jews kosherize (remove the blood of) meat before cooking and eating it.
We’re no longer under the law because God gave His Beloved Son on the Cross to redeem us from our sins by His Blood. There is no more animal sacrifice.
As for organ donor and blood transfusions, it brings this scripture to mind:
“There is no greater love than this: that a person would lay down his life for his friends.”
We’re no longer under the law because God gave His Beloved Son on the Cross to redeem us from our sins by His Blood. There is no more animal sacrifice.
As for organ donor and blood transfusions, it brings this scripture to mind:
“There is no greater love than this: that a person would lay down his life for his friends.”
J
did God command this because of medical reasons, or spiritual ones ?
is it to prevent physical disease/malady or to prevent spiritual 'infection' ?
what were they doing with blood before the flood ?
what were worshipers of Ba'al, Ishtar, Molech etc doing with blood in Canaan ?
what were pagan Greeks and Romans and Babylonians doing with blood in the first century ?
what did they think they were doing, why were they doing it, and what were they trying to accomplish by it ?
i think those questions are important to understand the what/why of the commandment. just like Lev. 19:28 says do not cut yourselves for the dead or make tattoos on yourself, it may be important to understand exactly what people who did these things were meaning to do, otherwise we might start thinking any kind of surgical incision is sinful, because, 'do not cut yourselves' -- which, yeah, that'd be leaving off the "for the dead" part of the verse. which is exactly my point
another thing thats well documented is today many people that get organ transplants and transfusions experience memories, habits, and personality traits of the donor. how does that happen? IMO your taking part of someone soul and mixing it with yours, this is what the Most High is protecting us from.
The answer is yes. JWs would rather stand by and watch someone die than to betray/violate their religious belief in the sharing of blood.
Girl's forced blood transfusion didn't violate rights: top court | CBC News
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Girl's forced blood transfusion didn't violate rights: top court | CBC News
14-year-old Jehovah’s Witness forced to receive blood transfusion | Montreal Gazette
Jay, you cannot EAT blood. If it's consumed, it's usually drunk, as satanists do when they conduct rituals. And I'm a recipient of a blood transfusion, I don't know if it's from a man, woman or child. All I know is, I haven't taken on any memories, habits or such, of that person.. LOL
The ONLY way THAT would happen is if someone got a brain transplant, or an eye transplant... if even then..
The ONLY way THAT would happen is if someone got a brain transplant, or an eye transplant... if even then..
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The night before giving blood, take an iron pill. That gives you more iron, so less likely to faint, and less likely to be turned down because of anemia.
While giving blood, do the mindful-breathing thing. Breathe deep, without getting into too-deep or hyperventilating thingies. (Sometimes when we're lying back or lying down we don't breath as deeply, simply because we don't need to at that moment. Kind of a body-conservation thing that hits automatically, but if you consciously breathe deeper, you get more oxygen into your blood, so less likely to pass out when you stand up.)
Then, go and sit at that table they point you to. And do drink -- a lot! (Go to the bathroom before leaving, if you fear needing a trip to a bathroom before getting home.) And eat! And sit and drink and eat like you would if you were with a friend out for a coffee. Take time to relax. Don't feel like you have to rush to leave because you're taking up useless space. You gave blood, for crying out loud! It doesn't get more useful than that most of our lives. So feel free to linger.
All that written from someone who almost fainted only when I was in a hurry to leave. lol
While giving blood, do the mindful-breathing thing. Breathe deep, without getting into too-deep or hyperventilating thingies. (Sometimes when we're lying back or lying down we don't breath as deeply, simply because we don't need to at that moment. Kind of a body-conservation thing that hits automatically, but if you consciously breathe deeper, you get more oxygen into your blood, so less likely to pass out when you stand up.)
Then, go and sit at that table they point you to. And do drink -- a lot! (Go to the bathroom before leaving, if you fear needing a trip to a bathroom before getting home.) And eat! And sit and drink and eat like you would if you were with a friend out for a coffee. Take time to relax. Don't feel like you have to rush to leave because you're taking up useless space. You gave blood, for crying out loud! It doesn't get more useful than that most of our lives. So feel free to linger.
All that written from someone who almost fainted only when I was in a hurry to leave. lol
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ok so he's been there, done that, but does he have the t-shirt
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Well, I'm on oxycodone and can donate. (They filter out the meds.) Might want to read the lists of who they won't take though. I know if you've visited certain countries in the last X amount of time, or if you've ever had Hep C you can't. Which, honestly, I think is strange, since hubby's Hep C was a type that was curable, so he has less Hepatitis in him than I have in me. (I always hit residual range of Hepatitis, because I got the vaccine for A & B.)
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no blood actually passes from mother to child in the womb -- the child gets their blood from the father.
that's an important fact to know in order to understand how Romans 5:12 says sin entered through one man, though in Genesis 3 we see that Eve was the one who sinned first, and the significance of the virgin birth of Jesus -- His blood didn't come from Mary or Joseph
that's an important fact to know in order to understand how Romans 5:12 says sin entered through one man, though in Genesis 3 we see that Eve was the one who sinned first, and the significance of the virgin birth of Jesus
-- His blood didn't come from Mary or Joseph
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Ha! I am the proof this is not true.
My husband had Hep C 2B. (There were 13 strains of Hep C viruses, back in the days he was being treated for it, and 2B was the only kind that was curable.) Hep C is one of those viruses that takes 1-2 decades before the symptoms show up, but it wanders around the blood system for that entire time. We will never know how he got it, other than not in the two traditional ways. (The two most common ways to get it are IN drug use and homosexual sex. Can guarantee a NO for either of those two things, since we were married for over 20 years by then.)
We were married. We swapped more than just spit, if you get my meaning. And yet, I never got it!
So, so much for passing on infections through blood.
My husband had Hep C 2B. (There were 13 strains of Hep C viruses, back in the days he was being treated for it, and 2B was the only kind that was curable.) Hep C is one of those viruses that takes 1-2 decades before the symptoms show up, but it wanders around the blood system for that entire time. We will never know how he got it, other than not in the two traditional ways. (The two most common ways to get it are IN drug use and homosexual sex. Can guarantee a NO for either of those two things, since we were married for over 20 years by then.)
We were married. We swapped more than just spit, if you get my meaning. And yet, I never got it!
So, so much for passing on infections through blood.
