Jehovah's Witnesses & The Rh Factor
| Article Index |
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| Jehovah's Witnesses & The Rh Factor |
| My Background |
| About Rhogam |
| A Solution to a Problem |
| What a JW Elder Thought |
| When is Blood not Blood |
| A Principle at Stake |
| My Reason for the Interest |
Amazingly, one of the elders tried to tell me that Rhogam was a synthetic product, as were all the other blood fractions that JWs have now approved for use. I asked him, “When does blood not become blood?” He said, “It’s not blood, though. These are proteins that they have been able to isolate because of advanced technology!”
Fortunately, I had cut out this ad, and I held it up and read it to him. “SAVE A BABY!” This ad proves that they are desperate for the plasma of Rh. sensitized women. Now let’s change the ad for argument’s sake to “SAVE A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS BABY!” “Can I donate my Rh sensitized plasma to save a Jehovah’s Witness baby?” He replied, “Probably not!” I said, “Well, of course not! That would be a disfellowshipping offense.”
He said, “Well, I’ve never heard of anyone getting disfellowshipped for that or for accepting a blood transfusion, for that matter.” I couldn’t believe my ears and reminded him that it’s been a disfellowshipping offense since 1961. We went on to discuss other blood fractions as well, and it really became apparent to me that the Society is now doing a fancy two-step shuffle to try to back away from their bloodguilt.