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Originally Posted by gazfan
All I can say is that I have respect for this lad ultimately 'keeping his faith'.
But I also question a faith that demands such a sacrifice - especially when, as Arthur points out, there are 'blood substitutes' available that may have saved the boy's life.
- and I also wonder whether the 'eating' blood taboo that seems to be at the core of the prohibition does actually apply to a transplant?
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He wouldn't have believed it was a sacrifice though. After the rest of us "non-believers" get slaughtered by their "loving" god, he'd have believed he'd be back.
That's one thing you have to say about the JW's, they don't try to hide the dark side of christian scripture.
As for other non-blood products, I don't know if emergency rooms carry any. I know they can be brought in for planned operations, similarly with blood cleaning machines to return blood lost, and some will take plasma, however depending on his level of brainwa-sorry, faith, it looks like if they were options available, he wasn't willing to take them.