Have had a long and indepth dicussion with a friend of mine tonight who unknown to me has spent the last two years studying the Bible and having a couple who are Jehovas witnesses visit every week. He and his wife who is also a good friend of mine have decided this is the path that they want to follow. We discussed many aspects of religion, and as he has read the Bible from cover to cover he feels rightly or wrongly that ihis faith cannot be questioned. I like to question everything, not to cause an arguement, we did not row, but because i like to see others view points and try and understand where they are coming from. However i just cannot get my head round the fact that if he needed a blood transfusion tomorrow he wouldn't have one, and that i am in some way sinning because i have had one during childbirth. he also said he would find it very hard to make a decision if his children needed a transfusion and would therefore let his wife make it as he wouldn't want blood on his hands??? Now i do not want to denounce any type of religion but i really just can't get this and am finding it hard to see things from his POV. Please can someone explain this who knows more than i do, and do i have the right to be concerned. I feel that he is very blinded by his new faith but am also amazed at his hypocrisy, ie he won't be baptised yet as he can't give up smoking.AArrgghh am quite confused, i care about my friends deeply but know nothing i say can make a difference and what right do I have anyway