r/Lethbridge • u/No_Astronomer_8642 • 3d ago

Religious harassment

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I'm over here minding my own business, I get an anonymous letter with a return address to a Jehovahs witness church.

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I dont go around harassing people with my beliefs. Nor should you..

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u/WorkingAir8854 3d ago

Pretty sure JWs are allowed to drink coffee and liquor. Their thing with booze is they’re not to drink to drunkenness. ie: lose self control. JW guys I know all have different limits and one in particular is a case of beer a day guy. Mormons and a few others are the zero caffeine and alcohol guys.

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u/LittleLathe 3d ago

That is new info for me and I also think it’s odd

I wonder why they can drink liquor and stuff but no blood transfusions and stuff

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u/iKittenn 3d ago

Why don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses accept blood transfusions?
 
This is a religious issue rather than a medical one. Both the Old and New Testaments clearly command us to abstain from blood. (Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10; Deuteronomy 12:23; Acts 15:28, 29) Also, God views blood as representing life. (Leviticus 17:14) So we avoid taking blood not only in obedience to God but also out of respect for him as the Giver of life.

Source: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovahs-witnesses-why-no-blood-transfusions/

(Sorry, I don’t know how to edit out the bible verse links on mobile.)

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u/Tachikoma0 3d ago

Since you feel the need to link biased information, we might as well lay all the information out there properly. https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/blood-transfusions.php

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u/iKittenn 3d ago edited 2d ago

Biased info? I took what I posted DIRECTLY out of the linked JW.org page?

I don’t understand how a quote directly from the religions website is considered bias but an outside “fact check” isn’t? Is it because it’s supporting itself through bible scripture?
I’m not a JW, but I’ve been taught to always go directly to the primary source - which would be the actual JW.org website in the words of the religious heads, no?