This is the most serious point. What will your brother do should he, his wife or a future child of theirs require blood in a life or death situation? - although the courts might intervene in certain circumstances anyway.There's also the issue of not accepting blood transfusions.
Why don't you ask your future sister in law?My brother has just got engaged to a girl woman is Jehova's Witness.
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I dont know much about this religion....so really I'm looking for information as to what happens after the cermony..eg children, communions, baptims etc
Why don't you ask your future sister in law?
I have asked this question of blood transfusion and the answer im getting is that there is other alternatives out there for jehova's witness (as to what they are im not sure and she didnt specify )
I feel as we were not getting the full truth from her just the nice answers that she wants us to believe..
@winnie101 - Are these things you ask about problems or "issues" for your brother, who after all is the one apparently embracing a new religion and partner, or are you and the rest of the family (my interpretation of "we" above) just being idly curious?
This is her brother she is worried about. If it were my brother I would be equally as worried. I would'nt call it curious, more caring would be the word I'd use.
@winnie101 - or are you and the rest of the family (my interpretation of "we" above) just being idly curious?
This is the most serious point. What will your brother do should he, his wife or a future child of theirs require blood in a life or death situation? - although the courts might intervene in certain circumstances anyway.
Depending on how strict she is there are 2 types of blood refusal. One is all blood products where a Witness will not accept any blood or blood derivatives. Some less conservative Witnesses will accept blood products such as plasma, white cells etc but not whole blood.
Saline is most commonly suggested as an alternative for blood and it works in some cases undoubtedly. However there are cases where blood is needed to save lives which is why doctors have had to go to court to battle for the lives of their patients.
I was a bit tired when I wrote my first post hence the Christmas and Birthday thing coming before blood at the time. But now my feelings over blood are coming back as strong as they were during the last court case. Parents willing to let their children die rather than have them accept blood, how horrible!
I think they play "All along the Watch Tower"really I'm looking for information as to what happens after the cermony
I think they play "All along the Watch Tower"
Her brother is presumably an adult who can make his own decisions in life?This is her brother she is worried about. If it were my brother I would be equally as worried. I would'nt call it curious, more caring would be the word I'd use.
Her brother is presumably an adult who can make his own decisions in life?
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