# *********Blood Transfusion

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Posted by Cygnus [Cygnus] on November 23, 1999 at 17:04:22 {KNpNN6QGfwKL7zxXW/42L4bdfUTIaI}:

In Reply to: ********Blood Transfusion posted by Friend on November 23, 1999 at 16:09:28:

Good ol' Friend

: : I see nothing in Acts 15 that is applicable to contemporary "Christians" or "we contemporary Christians who are Jehovah's Witnesses."

: That all depends upon perspective.

Indeed! A main tenet of mine.

: : Further, and this was one of my main points, I see nothing in Acts 15 which addresses the command to Noah.

: Unless you think the Apostolic Decree was considered an original thought then it must have come from somewhere. Considering that Christ abolished the Law of Moses then we have left an earlier law given to Noah with respect to some sort of blood abstention. I think the likely candidate is that given to Noah.

Nowhere does Acts 15 mention that Christ abolished the Law of Moses. Never did Christ himself say that! In fact, he said the complete opposite. (Matt 5:17)

The text of Acts 15 makes it very obvious just where the four necessary abstentions by Gentiles came from. Don't tell me you aren't familiar with this, Friend. James clearly referred to the readings of Moses as the basis for the so-called Decree. (Acts 15:21)

I refer you (and other interested parties) to this page on LE's site for further argumentation in this regard.

: : Be that as it may, and while I find deficiencies in your proposed article, I would still welcome its inclusion into a future Watchtower printing.

: I am particularly interested in deficiencies. Please specify and expand upon what you perceive as such.

I believe my comments on this thread have already covered this area.

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