XPost: alt.religion.christian   
   From: .robert@mu.way   
      
   On Oct 5, 2025, James wrote   
   (Message-ID:):   
      
   > On Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:05:04 -0700, Samuel Spade   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > > James wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > blood: What a Bible doctor wrote.   
   > > >   
   > > > Notice what was said to Noah:   
   > > >   
   > > > -- New King James   
   > > > Genesis 9:4 "But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its   
   > > > blood.   
   > > >   
   > > > Yes, before the Mosaic Laws came, God forbad Noah and his family to   
   > > > eat (drink) blood. That is how precious it is to God.   
   > > >   
   > > > Next notice the Mosaic Laws:   
   > > >   
   > > > -- New King James   
   > > > Leviticus 3:17 `This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your   
   > > > generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor   
   > > > blood.' ''   
   > > >   
   > > > So the eating of blood was reinserted into the Law Covenant.   
   > > >   
   > > > But Christians are not under the Law Covenant. They were done away   
   > > > with by Jesus' death.   
   > > >   
   > > > -- New King James   
   > > > Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to   
   > > > everyone who believes.   
   > > >   
   > > > -- New King James   
   > > > Colossians 2:14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that   
   > > > was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of   
   > > > the way, having nailed it to the cross.(stauros- an upright stake)   
   > > >   
   > > > So now we are past those Mosaic Laws and now are into Christianity. Is   
   > > > it there also? YES. Christians can't drink blood either. But there is   
   > > > more. The way Luke, the doctor, worded it, engulfs a lot more. Here is   
   > > > the Scripture:   
   > > >   
   > > > -- New King James   
   > > > Acts 15:20 "but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted   
   > > > by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from   
   > > > blood.   
   > > >   
   > > > Notice here he didn't say 'eat' blood, but to "ABSTAIN" from blood.   
   > > > Strong's Concordace defines what "abstain" found in translations as:   
   > > >   
   > > > "Strong's Ref. # 567   
   > > >   
   > > > Romanized apechomai   
   > > > Pronounced ap-ekh'-om-ahee   
   > > >   
   > > > middle voice (reflexively) of GSN0568; to hold oneself off, i.e.   
   > > > refrain:   
   > > >   
   > > > KJV--abstain."   
   > > >   
   > > > Thus, besides drinking blood, Christians are to "refrain" from blood,   
   > > > such as getting a blood transfusion, etc.   
   > > >   
   > > > Sincerely James   
   > > > "LEARN FROM JESUS   
   > > > Violence Is Not the Answer   
   > > > Learn More". See jw.org (10/03/2025)   
   > >   
   > > Would you refuse a blood transfusion if it were the only way to save   
   > > your life?   
   >   
   > No. Ask any JW and you would get the same answer. We believe in   
   > following God's word over anything else.   
      
   Then according to that statement, you also have to adhere to it as was stated   
   in my post just uploaded.   
   >   
   >   
   > >   
   > > Would you refuse a blood transfusion for your child if it were the only   
   > > way to save his life?   
   >   
   > No. Just like parents send their children to war for a patriotic   
   > beliefs, or Christians with children in the past refused to worship   
   > the emperor, and were thrown to the lions, there are principles   
   > greater than our lives.   
      
   NO? You would not refuse a transfusion for your children?   
      
   >   
   >   
   > If you are a Christian, would you curse God if it meant saving your   
   > life? Your child's life?   
   >   
   > Sincerely James   
      
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