bible that led to this ban the genesis NUMBER_TOKEN states only flesh with its life with its blood you must not eat leviticus NUMBER_TOKEN says if any man of the house of israel or any foreigner who is residing in your midst eats any sort of blood i will certainly set my face against the one who is eating the blood and i will cut him off from his people and i know what you might be thinking a blood transfusion is a medical procedure no one is eating blood however a watchtower article explained the ban on blood transfusions further saying the transfusion is feeding the patient blood and the patient is eating it through his veins so while yes people are not actually eating blood when they receive transfusions witnesses believe the veins are and therefore it goes against the passages in the bible finally witnesses are required to spread the word of god while this is quite typical for christians the church of jehovah's witnesses goes about this a little bit differently as you probably know witnesses often canvas or go door-to-door with pamphlets and a script in hand to spread their message members of the church receive training and follow a carefully constructed program in their canvassing techniques their website quotes three bible passages matthew NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN and NUMBER_TOKEN matthew NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN and acts NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN as an explanation for their unique practice of going door to door matthew NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN and NUMBER_TOKEN state make disciples of people of all the nations and acts NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN recounts the story of early christians going door to door to spread the news of jesus christ according to them door-to-door ministry is the most effective way to reach people and is necessary in their goal to spread the word of god and make disciples while these are not all of the beliefs and rules within the church these are some of the rules that have led to the most controversy legal trouble and the persecution of the members of this church like i mentioned earlier that legal department has definitely come in handy over the years as their run-ins with the law started as early as NUMBER_TOKEN. and before we get into taking a look at many many of these controversies let's just take a quick moment to thank today's sponsors now that hybrid work is becoming the new norm strong workplace teams have two things in common speed and alignment both come from having one hub where everyone can share work and processes manage projects and collaborate with clarity notion gives your team one central and customizable workspace that can be tailored to fit any team and brings your teams together so that you can move faster notion is an all-in-one team collaboration tool that combines note-taking document sharing wikis project management and so so much more into one space that's simple powerful beautifully designed and easy to use with notion you'll have everything you need in one spot without the silos and context switching that slows companies down find out how notion may be the missing piece your team needs to grow get more done and delight everyone who uses it in the process learn more and get started for free at URL_TOKEN you can check it out on your own invite as many people as you want to see how it works take the first step forward towards an organized happy team today at URL_TOKEN this episode is also sponsored by athena club because of course it is because why wouldn't you have dolphin legs even in the winter time am i right well perhaps you don't and honestly if you're not using athena club razors i can't blame you because i used to nick myself especially around like my knees
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN before we get into taking a look at many many of these controversies let's just take a quick moment to thank today's sponsors now that hybrid work is becoming the new norm strong workplace teams have two things in common speed and alignment both come from having one hub where everyone can share work and processes manage projects and collaborate with clarity notion gives your team one central and customizable workspace that can be tailored to fit any team and brings your teams together so that you can move faster notion is an all-in-one team collaboration tool that combines note-taking document sharing wikis project management and so so much more into one space that's simple powerful beautifully designed and easy to use with notion you'll have everything you need in one spot without the silos and context switching that slows companies down find out how notion may be the missing piece your team needs to grow get more done and delight everyone who uses it in the process learn more and get started for free at URL_TOKEN you can check it out on your own invite as many people as you want to see how it works take the first step forward towards an organized happy team today at URL_TOKEN this episode is also sponsored by athena club because of course it is because why wouldn't you have dolphin legs even in the winter time am i right well perhaps you don't and honestly if you're not using athena club razors i can't blame you because i used to nick myself especially around like my knees END_SPONSOR_TOKEN