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Critics cite The Golden Age (1925) and Consolation of 25 December 1940 (p. 19) as describing blood donation or transfusion approvingly before 1945; none of these passages could be opened in this session.

Claim ID claim-blood-pre-1945-positive-mentionsConcerns 25 December 1940Context
Context · 25 December 1940 Unverified

Critics cite The Golden Age (1925) and Consolation of 25 December 1940 (p. 19) as describing blood donation or transfusion approvingly before 1945; none of these passages could be opened in this session. Consolation, 25 December 1940AJWRB.org, 2026JWFacts.com, 2026

Show the evidence (3 sources)
Primary JW publication Unverified

Consolation, “Surgery (as cited)”

25 December 1940 · p.19 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“(not opened) — discovery sites say it praised a physician who gave a quart of his own blood for transfusion”

Used by critics to show transfusion was described approvingly before 1945.

Scan of original

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. The archive.org OCR volume does not contain the 25 Dec 1940 issue (no 'transfusion' hits, no Dec 1940 date strings). Only discovery sources (AJWRB, jwfacts) cite it.

Scan provenance. archive.org item '1938-1940 Consolation' uploaded by a private user; OCR checked — no December 1940 issue or 'transfusion' text present

Corroborated by. src-ajwrb-evolution-blood-policy, src-jwfacts-blood-transfusions

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-con-1940-1225-surgery

Discovery source only Unverified

AJWRB.org, “Evolution of the Watchtower Blood Policy / Blood Transfusion in Modern History”

2026 · AJWRB

“(locator only)”

Cites Golden Age 29 Jul 1925 p. 683 (blood donors commended), Golden Age 1 May 1929 p. 502 (vaccination), Golden Age 4 Feb 1931 pp. 293-294, Consolation 25 Dec 1940 p. 19, Watchtower 15 Dec 1927 p. 371, Watchtower 1 Jul 1945 pp. 198-201.

Official source Archived or alternative copy

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Used only to locate publications/pages.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-ajwrb-evolution-blood-policy

Discovery source only Unverified

JWFacts.com, “Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower's changing stance on blood transfusions”

2026 · Paul Grundy · jwfacts.com

“(locator only)”

Cites Golden Age 29 Jul 1925 p. 683; Golden Age 1 May 1929 p. 502 (labelled 'transfusions commended' — not borne out by the 1929 scan); Consolation 25 Dec 1940 p. 19; Watchtower Dec 1927 p. 371; Watchtower 1 Jul 1945 pp. 198-201.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Used only to locate publications/pages.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-jwfacts-blood-transfusions

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