HOW CAN BLOOD SAVE YOUR LIFE?

BLOOD-VITAL FOR LIFE

EACH day people face ethical decisions about health: organ transplants, abortion, the  "right to die."  Hopefully, you will never face those problems.

Yet, there is one issue that demands your attention:  How can blood be used to save your life?

With good reason, many now ask, 'How safe are blood transfusions?' but this is more than a medical issue.  It has made news involving Jehovah's Witnesses. Have you wondered  why these ethical people, who believe  in good medicine, refuse to accept blood? 

As you will see, the medical and moral aspects  of using blood bear directly on how you can save your most valued possession: LIFE. 


How can blood save your life?  This no doubt is of interest to you because blood is linked to your life. Blood carries oxygen through your body, removes carbon dioxide, helps you adapt to temperature changes, and aids in your fight against disease.  

The linkage of life to blood was made long before William Harvey mapped the circulatory system in 1628.  The basic ethics of major religions focus on a Life-Giver, who expressed himself about life and about blood. A Judeo-Christian lawyer said of him:  "He himself gives to all persons life and breath and all things. For by him we have life and move and exist." 

People who believe in such a Life-Giver trust that his directions are for our lasting good. A Hebrew prophet described him as "the One teaching you to benefit yourself, the One causing you to tread in the way in which you should walk." 

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From the Watchtower magazine