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   From: none@none.con   
      
   On Jun 21, 2023, James wrote   
   (in article<7f469id8qjme89uc4k9fvqboabr02vjt32@4ax.com>):   
      
   > On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:43:59 -0700, No one  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Jun 21, 2023, James wrote   
   > > (in article<8as59itbdf4066oib6qu8tiv91etniusg8@4ax.com>):   
   > >   
   > > > Blood transfusions. For Christians?   
   > > >   
   > > > Blood transfusions. For Christians?   
   > > >   
   > > > Of course, most would say. That is a ridiculous question. If it will   
   > > > save a life, by all means, do it. But what if the Bible says no. Do   
   > > > you obey God or men?   
   > > >   
   > > > Believe it or not, the Egyptians did their form of blood transfusions.   
   > > > Thus the Jews (as slaves in Egypt) knew about such things. Yet they   
   > > > allowed the wording to cover ANY kind dealing with blood. Here is what   
   > > > the Bible says:   
   > > >   
   > > > -- New American Standard   
   > > > Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from   
   > > > blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep   
   > > > yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell."   
   > > >   
   > > > To shorten it, it says:" ...abstain.. from blood..."   
   > > > But some may say, Acts 15:29 is talking about eating or drinking   
   > > > blood. Or not draining the blood out of the   
   > > > meat of a fresh kill, like was mentioned in the OT.   
   > > >   
   > > > Let's see what the Greek word for "abstain" means.Using Strong's   
   > > > Concordance, it says:   
   > > >   
   > > > "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."   
   > > >   
   > > > The writer of Acts is the physician Luke. Being a doctor, and full of   
   > > > Holy Spirit, he decided to use "abstain" instead of don't eat or drink   
   > > > blood. And a transfusion can be thought of as 'eating' blood. It is   
   > > > put into your body like an intravenously feeding does.   
   >   
   > > And this is where you err. You assign illogical ideations to eating. So   
   when   
   > > you hypocrites accept the "eating" of hemoglobin or other things into you   
   > > blood system, you then contaminate your blood.   
   >   
   > When doctors intravenously feed a liquid nourishment to a patient, it   
   > is referred to as "eating". Thus when a patient is unable to swallow   
   > food (eat food), then they can feed him liquid nourishments into his   
   > blood stream. He has eaten.all doctrines from the Bible. As 2nd Tim   
   > says:   
      
   What in the world do you know about Medical Doctors? Are you a hypocrite?   
      
   When they feed a patient through a tube in goes into their stomach.   
   >   
   >   
   > Sincerely James   
   > >   
   > > This is also how you err in so many things as you make up doctrines out of   
   > > your sinful thoughts.   
   >   
   > After researching, we accept   
   >   
   > Then you must think the Bible errs and is sinful, since   
      
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