Do you donate blood?  Is there anything objectionable about it?  A member of my chaplr wanted to organize a blood drive, and so many people objected that the idea was dropped.  Am I missing something?

The Church has never condemned donating blood.

I recently read where Pope Pius XII had a blood transfusion before he died in an effort to make him well, so I would say the Church certainly permits it.

They gave me blood after my surgery because I needed it - thankfully, someone donated it, I would not fear that donating blood is something the Church is against - unless maybe if you donate when you know you have some disease or are pregnant or do it for pay or something.

The government wants to let sodomites, the highest carriers of HIV, donate blood again. Maybe that's why?

This is to kill off the population.  

I think it is praiseworthy to donate your blood.

do u think those tests are foolproof? what about some of the people administering the tests? are they foolproof?

I don't think that the hospitals' tests are foolproof. The reason I don't trust them is because a few years ago I had a blood test done at the hospital and the results that came back said I tested positive for heroin use even though I have never used heroin in my life. So if they failed then they might fail again and if they fail again someone might die.

I forgot to click the button. This is Matto.

The American Red Cross will not accept my blood because I lived in Europe for a few years in the early 1980s when the issue of "mad cow disease" became known.  They told me that it is possible my blood is tainted with the disease and they can't test the blood for it.

I would donate blood regularly if I could and used to do so before the blood banks decided that European residence in the early 1980s was a disqualifier.

In the question at hand, however, I'm not sure that a blood drive at a traditional Catholic chapel is truly appropriate.  Is there room outside the actual church for such an activity?  There is not in many traditional chapels I have visited.  Is the secular nature of the American Red Cross truly appropriate in a traditional Catholic chapel?  Would such an event cloud the minds of the public as to the nature of the True Church?  Would such an event cloud the minds of the faithful?

I don't think the answers to these questions (other than, perhaps, the first) are obviously apparent.  Even if the blood drive is not through the American Red Cross but a local blood bank, I think the questions are still apropos.  If such an event would scandalize even one person (even if the reason for the scandal was irrational) the so-called "greater good" would not outweigh the damage caused by the scandal.  There are simply too many available and eminently appropriate outlets for a blood drive in our society to risk the soul of one person.

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The government wants to let sodomites, the highest carriers of HIV, donate blood again. Maybe that's why?

Every blood donation is tested for HIV (and many other diseases) anyway, so what's the big deal?  Are you going to refuse a blood transfusion if you need one lest you risk getting homo blood?

and there are doctors who perform the wrong amputations on people. so what's your point, genius? do u think those tests are foolproof? what about some of the people administering the tests? are they foolproof?

In the U.S. Alone, 200,000 people die every year from medical errors according to the New England Journal of Medicine.  

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