I have been giving the blood issue alot of thought lately, and a "new" (to me anyway) approach to discussing why the WTBS is "wrong" on it came to mind.
I have found that discussing the "what does abstain really mean" and the "it was all about eating it, since the medical use didn't exist at the time" approach never truly works, you end up in an argument over words instead of meaning.
My thought:
At times in the OT, did God withhold punishment for sins that were committed by the faithful? If God could withold judgment for those sins, shouldn't the members of his "organization" do the same? (If not more so, since they are not to sit in judgment to begin with)?
This actually goes way beyond the Blood issue itself, but since the WTBS holds the blood issue at such lengths, it seems that this is an easier line of reasoning then vs other "apostacy" stuff.
What are your thoughts on this?