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Not the John R Rice that I have read. Maybe though - JofJ, what about it?Originally posted by Petrel:
In the church I grew up in we had some books in our (Fundamental Baptist) church library that were compilations of answers to questions by various pastors. There was one that I believe was by John Rice--by one of the big name guys. I remember he was strongly opposed to blood transfusions on the grounds that it was like eating blood, which is forbidden, and because some part of the donor's nature might be transfused with the blood (very bad if the donor was a bad person). Does this sound like John Rice, at least John Rice in the 1950's or 1960's?
No!Originally posted by Petrel:
In the church I grew up in we had some books in our (Fundamental Baptist) church library that were compilations of answers to questions by various pastors. There was one that I believe was by John Rice--by one of the big name guys. I remember he was strongly opposed to blood transfusions on the grounds that it was like eating blood, which is forbidden, and because some part of the donor's nature might be transfused with the blood (very bad if the donor was a bad person). Does this sound like John Rice, at least John Rice in the 1950's or 1960's?
Originally posted by Petrel:
In the church I grew up in we had some books in our (Fundamental Baptist) church library that were compilations of answers to questions by various pastors. There was one that I believe was by John Rice--by one of the big name guys. I remember he was strongly opposed to blood transfusions on the grounds that it was like eating blood, which is forbidden, and because some part of the donor's nature might be transfused with the blood (very bad if the donor was a bad person). Does this sound like John Rice, at least John Rice in the 1950's or 1960's?
No, it doesn't make sense for JRR to take this position. I think you must be mistaken. I've made a few gaffes myself--memory just plays me false.Originally posted by Petrel:
Maybe it's an older one. I was thinking about it and I think one of these books was really old, perhaps pre-WWII. That would make more sense because that's when blood transfusions were first becoming widespread.
I would be extremely surprised John R. Rice wrote this in a book anytime. The truth is, John R. Rice wrote very few books before WW2. He started the SOTL as a newspaper in 1934, and didn't really hit his stride as an author and publisher until the early 1940's.Originally posted by Petrel:
Maybe it's an older one. I was thinking about it and I think one of these books was really old, perhaps pre-WWII. That would make more sense because that's when blood transfusions were first becoming widespread.