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Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses - Blood | | Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses - Blood: Encyclopedia II - Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses - Blood | | Based on their understanding of the Bible admonition to "keep abstaining from blood" (Acts 15:28, 29), Jehovah's Witnesses refrain from accepting any blood transfusion or whole blood products. The command to abstain from blood was the results of the apostles of the Jerusalem congregation considering a question of controversy and handing down a decision led by Holy Spirit. It is therefore considered binding for all Christians. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the successor to that body is the Governing Body who heads the Jehovah's Witness rel ...
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Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses - Blood
Based on their understanding of the Bible admonition to "keep abstaining from blood" (Acts 15:28, 29), Jehovah's Witnesses refrain from accepting any blood transfusion or whole blood products. The command to abstain from blood was the results of the apostles of the Jerusalem congregation considering a question of controversy and handing down a decision led by Holy Spirit. It is therefore considered binding for all Christians. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the successor to that body is the Governing Body who heads the Jehovah's Witness religion, and therefore, their decisions are equally binding. Therefore, when questions come up as to how to interpret "abstinence from blood", they similarly consider the matter, and issue a decision.
In addition to the scriptures in Acts, Jehovah's Witnesses take into consideration other parts of the Bible in formulating their view of blood. First, they believe that, due to the sacredness of blood as the symbol of life, the proper use of blood is to be "poured out" and not stored for some other purpose. Also, they note that the command to not eat blood was given during Noah's time, and therefore not purely a Jewish dietary law, which Jehovah's Witnesses consider to no longer be binding upon Christians.(Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10)
Therefore, Jehovah's Witnesses consider blood transfusion to be both a misuse of blood, as well as violating an explicit admonition to not "eat" or consume blood in any fashion. A common illustration that is used is if a physician tells a patient to "abstain from alcohol" it would not follow that the patient can inject it into his bloodstream. Therefore, abstinence from blood is similarly believe to include transfusion.
See also Jehovah's Witnesses: Controversial Issues
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