Hi Again All
Thought this might interest some of you, sorry me if this page has already been talked about, but i just found it and thought it very interesting....
http://www.stnicholasla.com/blood.htm found here
The resulting decisions based on this arbitrary classification are breathtaking examples of inconsistency. For example, plasma, which makes up 55% of blood volume, may not be used by Witnesses since it is a “major component” of blood. Yet plasma is actually made up of 93% simple water! The remaining 7% consists mostly of the components albumin, globulins, fibrinogen, and coagulation factors. The Society lists each of these components, however, as being acceptable for medical use. In other words, the Witness is allowed each of the basic components of plasma, but is not allowed all the components together mixed with a lot of water!
Another example of a strange inconsistency involves the prohibition of leukocytes, or “white blood cells.” Even though they are commonly referred to as “blood” cells, in reality only 2-3% of the body’s leukocytes exist inside the blood system. (In fact, leukocytes constitute only 1/10 of 1% of the blood.) The rest are spread throughout the body’s tissues as part of the immune system.
The inconsistency is this: Witnesses have been allowed to accept organ transplants since 1980, yet a Witness is likely to receive far more leukocytes in an organ transplant than if he were to receive a whole blood transfusion! Moreover, human breast milk contains five to twelve times more leukocytes than blood. Yet the Watchtower Society has so far not forbidden breast feeding to Witness mothers.