you cannot take the four components of blood individually in your body but every component was broken into smaller fractions which is up to you to make a decision to accept or reject.
"...Are fractions also covered by the command to abstain from blood? We cannot say..."
Well there's a huge frigging suprise. If they don't even know what the hell is (supposedly) covered under the command to abstain from blood, then where the HELL do they get off making life and death decisions for 6 and a half million people??!! I took a look at the list of "acceptable fractions". Even if I was still going, I'd simply check off "I accept" to ALL of them, knowing I wouldn't be facing a JC if I needed it. Of course, Witnesses have had to defend this murderous doctrine for decades to their doctors, neighbours, work mates, classmates and the world in general. They've felt that they had God's backing 100%. Now that "fractions of blood" are allowed, I think it might be sending some faithful Dubs into a tizzy and they could even start to question the whole doctrine.
I better check out what my parents have written down. Fortunately, I know that if push came to shove and either one of them needed a transfusion, all of my siblings, including my Dub sister, would authorize it. I know this because when my father almost bled to death 10 years ago, my Dub sister said "....just give him the damn transfusion..."
I wonder how many more years it'll be before they drop the whole "no blood" doctrine altogether.
Gumdreamer said: I wish they had windows in my hall as it would give me something to look out of instead of staring at some speaker who hypnotizes people to sleep.
There's a reason they got rid of the windows at the Kingdumb Hell Gumbers and it was specifically to keep slackers like you from lookin' out them and not paying close attention to the mind numbing bullshit spiritual truths spewing from a Cheese and Cracker Bro coming from a man appointed by the Holy Spirit. Hang your head in shame.
