here we go! I tried to access that site, hawk but it was down so I will again later. here is my Bobs last mail to me and my reply. In mylast e mail to him I mentioned that JWs have died because of gb doctrine, only for the doctrine to be changed later on.I also mentioned malawi and mexico:
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From: xxxxxx
Sent: 11 February 2002 17:03
To: uncle_onion
Subject: Re: earth
what happened in mexico and malawi?
just a quick one . a brother who 2 weeks agao gave a
talk at ourhall.He runs the heart -Lung macchine that
keeps you alive during a bypass orheart transplant. he
said when organ transplants were first started . many
pints of blood were used. He said during a liver
transplant up to 40 pints could be transfused. He
works at Rhode IslandHospital. and hasseen
manytransplants. Now organs arepacked in ice for the
travel and a fluid is pumped into the organ. The organ
needsno blood. because it is not beating such as a
heart or a kidney is not filtering or creating urine.
The whole Idea is to preserve the tissue. So this
fluid is used to replacethe blood in the organ which
keeps. the organ alive. So now we have the technology
to transplant organs which was not available 30-40
years ago.
I can e-mail you the info as soon ashe send it to me.
Rhode Island hospital hasthe biggest bloodless surgury
unit in new england. many people go there besidesJ.W
bob
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Dear Bob
The issue about transplants was not about blood in them but was about cannibalism.I willl come back to you re Malawi and mexico.
Take care
JOHN
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Questions from Readers
• Is there any Scriptural objection to donating one's body for use in medical research or to accepting organs for transplant from such a source?-W. L., U.S.A.
A number of issues are involved in this matter, including the propriety of organ transplants and autopsies. Quite often human emotion is the only factor considered when individuals decide these matters. It would be good, though, for Christians to consider the Scriptural principles that apply, and then make decisions in harmony with these principles so as to be pleasing to Jehovah.-Acts 24:16.
First, it would be well to have in mind that organ transplant operations, such as are now being performed in an attempt to repair the body or extend a life-span, were not the custom thousands of years ago, so we cannot expect to find legislation in the Bible on transplanting human organs. Yet, this does not mean that we have no indication of God's view of such matters.
When Jehovah for the first time allowed humans to eat animal flesh, he explained matters this way to Noah: "A fear of you and a terror of you will continue upon every living creature of the earth and upon every flying creature of the heavens, upon everything that goes moving on the ground, and upon all the fishes of the sea. Into your hand they are now given. Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. As in the case of green vegetation, I do give it all to you. Only flesh with its soul-its blood-you must not eat." (Gen. 9:2-4) That allowance was made to Noah, from whom every person now alive descended. Hence, it applies to all of us.
Humans were allowed by God to eat animal flesh and to sustain their human lives by taking the lives of animals, though they were not permitted to eat blood. Did this include eating human flesh, sustaining one's life by means of the body or part of the body of another human, alive or dead? No! That would be cannibalism, a practice abhorrent to all civilized people. Jehovah clearly made a distinction between the lives of animals and the lives of humans, mankind being created in God's image, with his qualities. (Gen. 1:27) This distinction is evident in His next words. God proceeded to show that man's life is sacred and is not to be taken at will, as may be done with the animals to be used for food. To show disrespect for the sanctity of human life would make one liable to have his own life taken.-Gen. 9:5, 6.
When there is a diseased or defective organ, the usual way health is restored is by taking in nutrients. The body uses the food eaten to repair or heal the organ, gradually replacing the cells. When men of science conclude that this normal process will no longer work and they suggest removing the organ and replacing it directly with an organ from another human, this is simply a shortcut. Those who submit to such operations are thus living off the flesh of another human. That is cannibalistic. However, in allowing man to eat animal flesh Jehovah God did not grant permission for humans to try to perpetuate their lives by cannibalistically taking into their bodies human flesh, whether chewed or in the form of whole organs or body parts taken from others. ...
Modern science has developed many different types of operations that involve human body parts, some common and usually successful and others experimental and often unsuccessful. It is not our place to decide whether such operations are advisable or warranted from a scientific or medical standpoint. It would be well, though, for Christians faced With a decision in this regard to consider the indication as to God's viewpoint presented in the Scriptures.-Eph. 5:10. ...
It should be evident from this discussion that Christians who have been enlightened by God's Word do not need to make these decisions simply on the basis of personal whim or emotion. They can consider the divine principles recorded in the Scriptures and use these in making personal decisions as they look to God for direction, trusting him and putting their confidence in the future that he has in store for those who love him.-Prov. 3:5, 6; Ps. 119:105. [Empahsis added