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Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that the Bible prohibits the consumption, storage and transfusion of blood, based on their understanding of scriptures such as Leviticus 17:10, 11: "I will certainly set my face against the one who is eating the blood" and Acts 15:29: "abstain from … blood." This standpoint is applied even in emergencies.
Some Jehovah's Witnesses may accept prohibited blood products if medical confidentiality is upheld, [288] although Jehovah's Witnesses who work in a hospital may break such confidentiality. [289] Jehovah's Witness patients are generally open to non-blood alternative treatments, even if they are less effective.
Raymond Franz (1922–2010), writer of Crisis of Conscience, former member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and critic of the institution. Jehovah's Witnesses have been criticized by adherents of mainstream Christianity, members of the medical community, former Jehovah's Witnesses, and commentators with regard to their beliefs and practices.
After waiting 18 years, school cafeteria manager gets a heart transplant in the way of her Jehovah's Witnesses faith requires. Texas woman receives bloodless heart transplant, respecting her ...
In 1982, a peer-reviewed case study of a congregation of 59 Jehovah's Witnesses was undertaken by Drs. Larry J. Findley and Paul M. Redstone to evaluate individual belief in respect to blood among Jehovah's Witnesses. The researchers stated, "The members of this congregation are adamant in their refusal to accept all blood products...
After two years of virtual meetings, congregations will beginning together on April 1.
Jehovah's Witnesses condemned the practice of vaccination in 1931 as "a direct violation of the everlasting covenant that God made with Noah after the flood", [17] but reversed that policy in 1952. The decision of whether to vaccinate themselves or their family is left to individuals.
Mar. 22—All congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses across the world are being encouraged to begin holding in-person meetings during the week of April 1. For most of the last two years, buildings ...