Posted by Cygnus [Cygnus] on November 08, 1999 at 15:13:39 {Nq8EnQ8RVAJlXzGERuiML4bdfUTIaI}:
In Reply to: New Official Watchtower Site posted by Zadok on November 08, 1999 at 08:04:50:
Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
One interesting section states:
Blood TransfusionChristians are commanded to "abstain from . . . blood." Since the Bible makes no clear statement about the use of minor blood fractions or the immediate reinfusion of a patient's own blood during surgery, a medical process known as blood salvaging, the use of such treatments is a matter of personal choice.
Of course, the Bible says nothing clearly about blood transfusion practice in general, let alone preoperative blood collection and storage for later transfusion, what constitutes a "minor" blood fraction and whether it is acceptable to be transfused, and so forth.
Ovcrall, it's a decent site. I only have a problem with the material on blood transfusions. I understand the site doesn't attempt to be exhaustive or comprehensive, but I would hope that interested outsiders might notice that the WT allows certain treatments as "personal decisions" while others are not.