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Albumin3
  • Witnesses are taught that the use of fractions such as albumin, immunoglobulins and hemophiliac preparations are not absolutely prohibited and are instead a matter of personal choice. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other procedures acceptable to the elders of Jehovah's Witness include apheresis, hemodialysis, plasma-derived fractions (immunoglobulins, vaccines, antivenins, albumin, cryoprecipitate), hemostatic products containing blood fractions (fibrin glue and/or sealant), and hemostatic bandages containing plasma fractions and thrombin sealants. (diagnosticimaging.com)
  • The status of certain prepared fractions such as albumin, factor concentrates, blood substitutes derived from hemoglobin, and albumin is not clear, and the majority of Witnesses will accept these products. (thetraumapro.com)
Defend Jehovah's Witnesses1
Jehovah's Witnesses Believe7
  • Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible prohibits Christians from accepting blood transfusions. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the basis of various biblical texts, including Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 17:10, and Acts 15:28-15:29, Jehovah's Witnesses believe: Blood represents life and is sacred to God. (wikipedia.org)
  • What follows is a list of 24 major teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses as found in the publications of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (see the article " What Jehovah's Witnesses Believe " for a simple list of these teachings). (irr.org)
  • From this it is apparent that Jehovah's Witnesses believe in the Bible as the Word of God. (irr.org)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses believe God is the Creator and Supreme Being. (baahkast.com)
  • Differing beliefs Jehovah's Witnesses believe that it is against God's will to receive blood and, therefore, they refuse blood transfusions, often even if it is their own blood. (baahkast.com)
  • Why Don't Jehovah's Witnesses Believe in the Trinity? (blogspot.com)
Refuse blood transfusions2
Governing Body of J3
  • In recent decades, that slave has been closely identified with the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. (irr.org)
  • The governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses take a very high and outstanding view of themselves as the only hope for mankind and Gods sole channel of communication to the entire human race. (jwstruggle.com)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses are directed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses , a group of elders in Warwick, New York , United States, which establishes all doctrines based on its interpretations of the Bible . (common-sense-in-america.com)
Watchtower Bible a1
  • The Bible cannot be understood accurately except through the publications and teachings of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the official organ of the "faithful and discreet slave" class that Jehovah has appointed to disseminate the true doctrine and to direct the work of the true religion worldwide. (irr.org)
Faithful and d1
  • 119:105) But Jehovah God has also provided his visible organization, his "faithful and discreet slave," made up of spirit anointed ones, to help Christians in all nations to understand and apply properly the Bible in their lives. (jwstruggle.com)
God's2
  • The Bible is God's word but was corrupted by scribes who omitted the divine name Jehovah from the Christian Greek Scriptures (the New Testament) and by translators who distorted the Bible's doctrines. (irr.org)
  • Quite a number of Bible translators have taken the unjustifiable liberty of omitting God's name, Jehovah, from modern translations even though that name is found in ancient Bible manuscripts. (irr.org)
Teaches2
  • Jehovah's Witnesses' literature teaches that their refusal of transfusions of whole blood or its four primary components-red cells, white cells, platelets and plasma-is a non-negotiable religious stand and that those who respect life as a gift from God do not try to sustain life by taking in blood, even in an emergency. (wikipedia.org)
  • No Jehovah's Witness believes or teaches such nonsense! (blogspot.com)
Beliefs1
Prohibits2
Congregations2
  • Jehovah's Witnesses reported at least five congregations in the city as of mid-2015. (cumorah.com)
  • But because the view of the Witnesses is that the members of the Governing Body are always right, and everything they say or write is the truth and nothing but the truth, the members of the congregations of the Witnesses accept their claim that a disassociated Witness resigns voluntarily. (mybelovedreligion.no)
Hemoglobin1
  • Fractions from red blood cells: Hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells. (wikipedia.org)
Elders3
  • Witnesses are assigned to a congregation in whose "territory" they usually reside and attend weekly services they refer to as "meetings" as scheduled by congregation elders. (common-sense-in-america.com)
  • 7 Neither a branch office nor the local congregation elders are authorized to make health-care decisions for a Witness, even if he asks what to do. (jw.org)
  • The difference between disfellowshipping and disassociation, according to the definition, is that a disfellowshipped person is thrown out of the congregation by a committee of three elders while disassociation means that a Witness leaves the congregation of his own free will and by his own decision. (mybelovedreligion.no)
Teachings1
  • Care has been taken to document these teachings from Watchtower publications that are currently used by Jehovah's Witnesses. (irr.org)
Tiny fraction2
  • This is a tiny fraction of their worth. (theworldnewsmedia.org)
  • Here are a tiny fraction of such statements about the precise identity of the Christ: "These are written [the whole Gospel of John], that ye may believe that JESUS IS THE CHRIST , The Son of God. (blogspot.com)
Transfusion4
  • A baptized Witness who unrepentantly accepts a blood transfusion is deemed to have disassociated himself from the group by abandoning its doctrines and is subsequently subject to organized shunning by other members. (wikipedia.org)
  • While these verses are not stated in medical terms, Witnesses view them as ruling out transfusion of whole blood and plasma. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses are the most common group encountered in the US that refuse transfusion. (thetraumapro.com)
  • OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study is to assess obstetric and fetal outcomes of Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) mothers in an inner city teaching hospital, as well as to examine the acceptance rates of various blood fractions and blood transfusion alternatives. (bvsalud.org)
Satan5
  • Only Jehovah's Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the "great crowd," as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil. (jwstruggle.com)
  • They consider secular society to be morally corrupt and under the influence of Satan , and most limit their social interaction with non-Witnesses. (common-sense-in-america.com)
  • After all, Satan boasted that no humans serve Jehovah out of genuine love and that none would remain faithful under severe test. (jw.org)
  • Every time someone is moved to dedicate himself to Jehovah, Satan is proved wrong. (jw.org)
  • Satan knows that he can devour us if he can weaken our bond with Jehovah. (jw.org)
Congregation4
  • According to the Governing Body's definition, a person disassociates himself from the congregation because he "no longer desires to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses. (mybelovedreligion.no)
  • Would the Witness be allowed to stay in the congregation if he wanted to stay? (mybelovedreligion.no)
  • Was the Witness thrown out of the congregation? (mybelovedreligion.no)
  • The fact that a Witness who has performed three of the four actions claimed to indicate that he has voluntarily resigned from the congregation, will not be allowed to stay in the congregation, shows that he has not left the congregation of his own free will-he has been thrown out. (mybelovedreligion.no)
Accept5
  • Although the majority of Jehovah's Witnesses accept the doctrine, a minority do not. (wikipedia.org)
  • JW's will often accept transfused blood fractions/fragments (small amounts of blood cells). (my-medical-choice.org)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses now accept every fraction of blood except the membrane of the red blood cell. (newspakistan.pk)
  • And after 19 pages have either one of you gotten the other person to accept even a fraction of what you have said? (jehovahs-witness.com)
  • Many ask, "Can a servant of Jehovah accept such treatment? (jw.org)
Doctrine2
  • Certain medical procedures involving blood are specifically prohibited by Jehovah's Witnesses' blood doctrine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Witnesses reject the Trinity doctrine, which they consider unscriptural. (baahkast.com)
Bible7
  • Who are those polite, well-scrubbed Jehovah's Witnesses who appear at our doors to hand out leaflets and offer to discuss the Bible? (dianewilson.net)
  • Rutherford made significant organizational and doctrinal changes, including adoption of the name Jehovah's witnesses in 1931 to distinguish them from other Bible Student groups and symbolize a break with the legacy of Russell's traditions . (common-sense-in-america.com)
  • Our study of the Bible should gradually give us an ever more precise picture of Jehovah, his personality, his qualities, and what he likes or dislikes. (jw.org)
  • 2 Other notable restorationist movements of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America include the Latter Day Saints movement (a.k.a. the Mormons), the Bible Students movement (from which arose Jehovah's Witnesses), the Adventist movement (from which arose Seventh Day Adventists), and the Pentecostal movement (with its many resulting denominations and sects). (dianoigo.com)
  • The Bible clearly and repeatedly shows that others ARE called elohim and theos ["God/god"], including angels and human judges of Israel, but NONE are EQUALLY GOD with the Father, Jehovah! (blogspot.com)
  • Please answer each of the following questions either "Jehovah" (i.e. the God of the Bible) or "the Watchtower" (i.e. the Watchtower Society aka the Governing Body). (smmcroberts.net)
  • In answering, keep in mind that Witnesses "only go by the Bible," so answer these questions from a biblical perspective, being prepared to backup your answers with Scriptures. (smmcroberts.net)
Christians3
  • No organized, visible community of faithful Christians existed on the earth for many centuries prior to the rise of the Jehovah's Witness religion in 1919. (irr.org)
  • But in 1919, Jehovah freed them, and the difference between these true Christians and false Christians became very clear. (irr.org)
  • First of all, Jehovah has foretold that "a great crowd" of true Christians will survive the coming "great tribulation. (jw.org)
Humans1
  • JEHOVAH GOD created humans with free will, that is, the liberty to choose between one option and another. (jw.org)
Trinity3
Cult2
Organization1
  • Ray Franz, former Governing Body member of Jehovah's Witnesses admitted the wrongs of the organization and has helped lead many of us to Christ Jesus. (jwstruggle.com)
Acceptable1
  • Acceptable medical treatments for church members include most surgical/ interventional procedures and anesthesiologic blood conservation methods, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, synthetic oxygen therapeutics, nonblood volume expanders, pharmacologic agents that do not contain blood components or fractions such as vasoconstrictors, agents that enhance hematopoiesis, and recombinant products, said Dr. Nii-Kabu Kabutey, lead author of the Boston group's RSNA 2009 education exhibit. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Ridiculous1
  • However, I lived through years of these types of statements as a Jehovah's Witness without realizing how ridiculous they were. (jwstruggle.com)
Methods1
  • This book looks clearly at the psychological methods of the Jehovah's Witnesses and the inconsistencies within the Watchtower Society as well as its canonical statements that are just vague enough to be confusing if one desires clear-cut or consistent answers. (dianewilson.net)
Life2
  • It is apparent to me that Ms. Wilson put a lot of effort into creating this incredible recollection of her life as a Witness. (dianewilson.net)
  • The day-year principle is also used by the Baháʼí Faith , as well with by most all astrologers who employ the "Secondary Progression" theory, aka the day-for-a-year theory, wherein the planets are moved forwards in the table of planetary motion (known as an ephemeris) a day for each year of life or fraction thereof. (wikipedia.org)
Christian1
Members2
  • After more than a decade of proselyting in Russia with the largest full-time missionary force of any denomination, LDS membership has risen to only 11,000, with a fraction of those members remaining active. (mrm.org)
  • Members of the small community of Jehovah's Witnesses became his first victims. (wathi.org)
Years4
  • I was a non-donating Jehovah's Witness for 33 years and now a regular Red Cross blood donor with my 'blood buddy' girlfriend. (newspakistan.pk)
  • If you are a Jehovah's Witness or were one as I was for years, this should have a familiar tone. (jwstruggle.com)
  • Factual story of the author's 25 years in the Watchtower Society as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. (dianewilson.net)
  • My mother's recent death begged me to read your book to bring closure for me on the death of the mother I did not have for 36 years, as the Jehovah's Witnesses denied us a relationship. (dianewilson.net)
Save1
  • He that sacrificeth unto ANY god, save JEHOVAH ONLY shall be utterly destroyed" - Ex. (blogspot.com)
Worldwide3
  • There are around 500,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in the UK and more than five million worldwide. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • The Jehovah's Witness movement was established by Charles Russell in Pennsylvania in the 1870s and now has six million followers worldwide. (diagnosticimaging.com)
  • There are more than 20 million Witnesses worldwide, with over 7 million actively preaching. (thetraumapro.com)
Means1
  • A part and apart are often confused, especially by non-native speakers of English.Apart is mostly used as an adverb, denoting a separation between two or more things.A part (two words) means "a fraction of a whole," or in theatre, "an actor's role. (fonda107.com)
Group1
  • Tears may well up in your eyes as you look at yet another group of precious individuals who have taken sides with Jehovah. (jw.org)
Million1
General1
  • 3 Unlike people in general, servants of Jehovah want to train their conscience. (jw.org)
Real1
Year3
  • One of the group's success stories was a 57-year-old female Jehovah's Witness with an acute onset of brightred blood per rectum. (diagnosticimaging.com)
  • 2 While we may witness baptisms a few times a year in our locality, the angels are privileged to observe them much more often. (jw.org)
  • To the best of my knowledge, the concept "disassociation" was not used by Jehovah's Witnesses before the year 1972. (mybelovedreligion.no)
Read1
Claim2
Love1
  • As we train our conscience and respond to it, our love for Jehovah will deepen and our faith will be strengthened. (jw.org)
Questions1
  • Instead of answering 80 questions (as Witnesses are required to do in order to qualify for baptism) I hereby give a shortcut alternative for coming to know "the truth": Only 17 questions! (smmcroberts.net)
Ways3
  • a) Jehovah has restricted Satan's influence in what two important ways? (jw.org)
  • Because Jehovah has restricted the reach of that "roaring lion" in two important ways. (jw.org)
  • Our conscience becomes attuned to the ways of Jehovah God. (jw.org)
Treatment1
  • Understanding the social and clinical challenges in the treatment of Jehovah's Witness patients is essential to provide quality care," Kabutey said. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Individual1
  • Individual Jehovah's Witnesses are expected to die or let their children die, rather than break this command, even though the Scriptures nowhere teach that blood transfusions are wrong. (religionnewsblog.com)
Made1
  • Any, many of these fractions are made from thousands upon thousands of units of donated blood. (newspakistan.pk)
People1
  • with the aim of creating the city's next tech hub, though the buildings only allowed a fraction of the people that these firms would require. (crainsnewyork.com)
Simply1
  • Claiming that each of the four actions mentioned in the Shepherd book shows that a Witness has resigned, of his own free will, to no longer be one of Jehovah's Witnesses, is simply a deception. (mybelovedreligion.no)