Jehovah’s Witnesses update blood policy to allow transfusions

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  • Kelvin 13 hours ago

    Has the Word of God you are preaching changed this time around? Confused Christians are always hypocrites and their practices are inconsistent with the Bible.

  • Tx 13 hours ago

    Get your facts right! What you are reading from Ghanaweb are DISTORTED information. If you care to know, Ghanaweb has been regularly misleading the reading public in recent times. Even Doctors of our modern era are all choosi ...
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  • YOUNARENTHENONE WHO IS ARCHAIC. WHAT ARE THE BEST ALTERNATIVES YOU OFFER 11 hours ago

    You are just confused and ignorant. Your stupid policy thatnhas now been varied has claimed a lot of lives. Now that younare beginning to see reason and change, families that have suffered through your stupidity shouls be com ...
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  • prophet mohammed was a sick dog 9 hours ago

    Say no to islam and convert to a real religion.
    Allah is satanic scum and qur'an is toilet paper. Search online for ways to move away from evil islam.....You can join ex-muslim groups online and be safe.....You are not ...
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  • Ghanaman 8 hours ago

    The sad thing about JWs, is that they can't even reason, that blood transfusion was unknown and non existent at the time any book of the bible was written. It was only in 1900-1901, that blood groups were discovered, that pav ...
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  • Supremo 8 hours ago

    My brother JW refusal of blood transfusion is based on the bible or on religious background but not on medical grounds. If something is described as archaic, it means, that thing has been modernised or transformed so calling ...
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  • Ogbanje 7 hours ago

    I am correct to say that the Jehova's witnesses want their own blood to be stored and administered to the owners than that of people of the same blood groups who are crooks?

  • Kk 12 hours ago

    Why don't you address JWs but insult all Christians you uncultured being

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  • Ofa Atta (Convert) 7 hours ago

    These verses of the bible made me a Muslim and A PROUD AND HAPPY ONE AS SUCH. WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT HIMSELF?

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  • Fod 6 hours ago

    John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

    This scripture ONLY has condemned you to hell fire if grace doesn't rescue you.
    You have no iota of underst ...
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  • KWASI IN EUROPE 6 hours ago

    Jehovah's Witnesses don't understand the Bible. Some people EAT blood. In Ghana it is called ekyim. That is what the Bible bans. The Jews had no blood transfusions in the primitive days.

  • sotrue 2 hours ago

    the question is will they compensate families who lost their loved ones due to their silly doctrine ?

  • Goodman 13 hours ago

    We thank Jehovah

  • Anane 9 hours ago

    The same Jehovah that you claimed instructed that policy in whose name many lives have been lost.

  • NzemaK- Use Secty Recruits to build affordable houses 8 hours ago

    Jehovah's witnesses think they know more than the creator. Do they really know why God in his own wisdom created certan group of people with same blood type...

  • Gra 13 hours ago

    Very unfortunate... So humans decide not the Bible. If it's biblical, has the Bible Changed!?

  • Datus 13 hours ago

    They’ve realized it’s not biblical so they decided to change . Only the wise changes their mind . It was long overdue but they’ve changed at least. Instead of being cynical about it commend them for having the courage ...
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  • Anane 9 hours ago

    The truth is that all cults are driven by the personal, often misconceived, beliefs of the one person who started it. For years, the followers will engage in intellectual contortions to comport with the dictats of the cult le ...
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  • AskMe 13 hours ago

    Stupid people

  • AMAK 13 hours ago

    Lazy Ghanaweb will always not do proper research. As far as I know Jehovah’s witnesses have always had alternatives to blood transfusion but Ghanaian doctors are either obsolete or refuse to learn new ways of treating patie ...
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  • .YOU ARE VERY IGNORANT AND BLIND FOLLOWER OF STUPIDITY. WHAT ARE THE BEST ALTERNATIVES YOU OFFER 11 hours ago

    Wake up and stop following some stupidity

  • Jack 13 hours ago

    This church should be closed down...

  • Ntummi 11 hours ago

    Yes, let us close them down and allow Agradaa and Obinim to be our national prophets

  • AskMe 13 hours ago

    Stupid people. What a stupid doctrine. Every fake religion that tries to mimick Christianity ends up getting exposed. The only good thing about these Jehovah witnesses is that the harm of their religious beliefs goes to thems ...
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  • Datus 13 hours ago

    Islam is mental illness of a 7th century Arabian man written as a holy text. Muhammad truly was mentally sick

  • Alokoto 7 hours ago

    Jehova's Witnesses are not like those fake pastors who sleep with people's wives in the church and deceive them to pay Tithe moreover bathing people's naked wives secretly. Gbemela fe viwo

  • JA 11 hours ago

    That Jehovah Witness blood rule was based on old archaic laws about blood sacrifice in the old testament. Blood transfusion to save a person's life is far different from those the Bible was talking about. Moreover blood trans ...
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  • NEMS 11 hours ago

    Ghanaweb should to proper research before publishing any news. Its editors our lazy and if care is not taken they will be facing a long of legal action from people they publish fack news about them. No wonder they are current ...
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  • kanawu 11 hours ago

    Muslims refuse to give blood but they expect the blood of the kuffar when they have an accident in the hospital

  • Baphomet 11 hours ago

    As their eyes begin dey open now aswear very soon they will start drinking raw blood. Just mark it.

  • Kwame Angel 10 hours ago

    I guess their God has changed his mind.

  • Prof 10 hours ago

    They have killed millions with that foolish doctrine

  • APALA 10 hours ago

    Lunatics

  • Cat 10 hours ago

    Hmmmmm.....how are u going to raise those who died bcos of ur doctrine teaches, :no blood transfusion: in any form

  • Soweto London 10 hours ago

    STUPID DECISION AFTER ALLOWING THOUSAND'S OF PEOPLE DIE DUE TO THEIR STUPID RULE. FOOLS, AHY NOW????

  • Musa 10 hours ago

    No God will coax anyone into Christianity and same for Islam. This is the clear evidence that both religions originated from the same geographical area are just a hoax. Nothing but pure lies.
    Look at the stupid and beastly ...
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  • Apostrophe preacher 10 hours ago

    JW are devil worshippers and cults, they are worse than the Catholics. People should abstain from these worships which are deceiving many into hell. SDA is a cult, Later day saint are worshipping demon called Mormon, and a ...
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  • Mpusuo 3 hours ago

    I think they are far better than the " So - called " born again " who creates their own words known to them as " tongues " ,very wicked to their neighbours, worshipping God through their pastors, does every negative thing n ...
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  • Abayifo) tw3 10 hours ago

    JW are witches display place. They are evils.

  • Nsor 10 hours ago

    It looks like you don't have anything to say. This has been their stand from the beginning, DUMB

  • obarima 10 hours ago

    They are the same as Muslims.
    They refuse to give blood but expect the blood of others to save them

  • Lucifer 9 hours ago

    Religion is for LUNATICS. Mentally sick are the religious. God is a fiction. The Bible is a cock and bull story. Those who tie one yam believe in it. Religion is responsible for all bloodshed in the history of this world ...
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  • Musa 9 hours ago

    The hoax has been preserved for too long but am happy some of us have become wiser. People should see the war going on and ask which God will perpetrate this unimaginable evil by the people who who both see themselves as Godl ...
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  • Kyeiwaa Vida 9 hours ago

    I came for the comments and I am enjoying the insult clueless people who believe whatever they find online are heaving on these people.

  • mikey 9 hours ago

    Man created religion. He changes it from time to time to suit his needs. Now, what happens to those who have died because of this cruel practice that no one should receive blood? A useless pastor in Nigeria forbade his mugu c ...
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  • Kyeiwaa Vida 9 hours ago

    Africans were religious for aeons before the white man came. Africans just had to Africanize whichever religion that was forced on them or Africans imported to Africa.

  • Kwame 9 hours ago

    JWs and their horror doctrines. Are they going to store their blood in their fridges? Do they know when they will 'get sick? What will they use the blood which was never utilised? I hope they are turning into vampires.

  • Kk 9 hours ago

    So those people who died as a result of that policy what compensation would you pay

  • omanbapa the truth teller 9 hours ago

    their life their choice of religion, lets concentrate on developing ghana. If you dont need bl00d to survive then it's not a national matter. they knew before joining this religion

  • Lulu Ping 9 hours ago

    Africans are not ready to develop my friend. Ghana is run by a lunatic called Mahama.

  • Osofo adidi Maaaah 9 hours ago

    Obonsam 3nsore nkoaaa, Duncan Williams is a freemason, a sheep in a wolf clothes. People will go to hell without thinking or detect which are the right churches to go to. It is all about their stomach and businesses. JW w ...
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  • Coach 9 hours ago

    Witnesses are confused. Why are they changing the procedure if the initial refusal was from God? This is religion?

  • Hanson K.K 8 hours ago

    What to you mean to say "Little Help in unprecedented "
    This clause betrays the wickedness of this religious group.
    People need a holistic but a complete help to survive and you are saying a little help.
    Even that again ...
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  • NANA TRUMU TRUMU ADDO 8 hours ago

    WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DIED BECAUSE THEY REFUSED IT?. USELESS CHURCH

  • Lord peppers 8 hours ago

    It is evidently clear that these two religions were created from the same area. But I wonder why a lot of Africans are still neck deep into it.

  • Ken 8 hours ago

    At long last, after many have passed on, is a great news

  • Logosu 8 hours ago

    Every CHURCH or MOSQUE is actually a psychiatric home. Both their leaders and members all are patients. Religion is for the mentally malfunctioning imbeciles. So in summary another name for Christian or Muslim is Psychiatri ...
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  • Amoateng 8 hours ago

    After my mum has has on refusing to accept blood

  • What nonsense is this 8 hours ago

    So what were they thinking in the past when the had those stance?
    You have denied a lot of people the ability to live life with human and common knowledge...

  • What nonsense is this 7 hours ago

    So what were they thinking in the past when the had those stance?
    You have denied a lot of people the ability to live life with human and common knowledge...
    You policies has killed a lot of great future promising people... ...
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  • DKA 7 hours ago

    Let's address the main issue.
    Is the headline reflecting exactly what was said?
    I just watched the video. The headline is SERIOUSLY MISLEADING.

    You can go to their website and click on "What's New" down the page. You wil ...
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  • DKA 7 hours ago

    Their website is jw.org

  • Francis 7 hours ago

    Such a satanic church

  • Napo 7 hours ago

    I am sure the leader has been told he need blood transfusion hence the proactive u-turn to avoid possible backlashes

  • Catechist Israel 7 hours ago

    I don't know why people in these sort of so called religions don't see that none of these churches or so called pastors can help them rather they are being exploited by the so called pastors gain. The people in churches nowad ...
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  • Adokodon 7 hours ago

    The people in the so called churches are so dumb that when you tell them to drink poison because when they drink it they will go to heaven, believe me they will do. They are like the zombies for the pastors to pray on them.

  • Liberation 7 hours ago

    The people in the so called churches are so dumb that when you tell them to drink poison because when they drink it they will go to heaven, believe me they will do. They are like the zombies for the pastors to prey on them.

  • IJ 6 hours ago

    listen as a Broadcaster I don't even read this Holland base website the always fake news from fake website, Jehovah's witness have their own tv that's is JW Broadcasting and JW library or JW,ORG please visit there and verify ...
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  • Santom Nana 6 hours ago

    How many people died innocently when they could have been saved with just one pint of blood. The leaders of this church are wicked and insensitive. Bad doctrine has killed a lot.

  • Eap 6 hours ago

    Religion=man made....

  • Albert 5 hours ago

    Your heading is misleading.
    What they said was a patient's own blood may be taken out of their body, cleaned and returned, if they so wish. They emphasised that it will be a personal decision for the individual to accept o ...
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  • Barko osae twum 2 hours ago

    Jehovah witnesses are a confused club of so called christain hypocrites. They never believed in any form of leadership but time past saw the united nations as worthy of praise. They believed the eygptian pyramids wete symbol ...
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