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   From: none@none.con   
      
   On Jun 24, 2023, James wrote   
   (in article<6lud9it8ut8mv9ivkdrg31etf5903nomf4@4ax.com>):   
      
   > On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:35:16 -0700, No one  wrote:   
   >   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > Which then is broken down and ends up in the veins and arteries to   
   > feed the cells throughout the body. Thus a transfusing is EATING the   
   > blood. A direct violation against Acts 15:20.   
      
   If that be the case, then the life blood of all fruits. Meats, Veggies, also   
   enters your stomach and then into your veins, and so you MUST stop ingesting   
   anything as all contaminates your blood system. Look at all the disease one   
   gets that way, and not only that but the air you breath also contaminates   
   your blood as you "eat" by your definition anything that ends up in your   
   blood.   
      
   Seems to me that your religion has screwed you royal. For everything goes to   
   your blood, even the STD's from having sex of kissing. From the other persons   
   blood stream straight to yours. Even catchable from toilet seats, handshakes,   
   or salads prepared by queers who wear no gloves when setting up a salad bar   
   in a restaurant, or even passerby's who breathe on the veggies, as hepatitis   
   and its many forms are highly contagious.   
      
   And yes, these things are all the realities of life that you cannot avoid. As   
   according to you, your body "eats" these things in multiple ways.   
      
   Spread the word amongst your JW friends and when the next large meteor does a   
   fly by do the JJ thing and escape this world en masse.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > Sincerely James   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)