Posted by AF [AF] on November 27, 1999 at 17:54:37 {nwG7wj0NI.1EwaxRomAMdaOt1gg/Zk}:
In Reply to: *Narrow thinking of aposta posted by practicus on November 27, 1999 at 16:52:37:
: It is well past time to find successful alternatives to that practice. But of course no such alternatives will be found if no one is looking for them, due to holding forth blood transfusion as some sort of sacred cow. Religious doctrines are not the only ones men have raised to the status of dogma.
You seem to think that no one is looking for alternatives. Why you think so is not clear, but is consistent with your belief that the Watchtower Society is competent to advise anyone about the blood issue or religious things in general.
The fact is that a number of large corporations are and for many years have been actively trying to find alternatives. The fact is that they have not yet succeeded, largely because blood is such a complex substance. For a quick overview, go to your library (I assume you know about these institutions) and ask for some help looking at articles in Scientific American magazine during the past two years about the search for blood substitutes. Then report your findings back here.
I'm fairly sure that the Society is now holding off changing its stupid blood policy because the leaders are hoping that medical science will soon come to their rescue by finding a comprehensive blood substitute that will save them the embarassment of having to change their death-dealing policy. But one way or another, the policy will change.
AF