{"id":38192,"date":"2025-05-28T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=38192"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:22:31","slug":"jehovahs-witness-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/jehovahs-witness-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00f6nnen Zeugen Jehovas medizinische Berufe ergreifen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Nothing in Jehovah&#039;s Witness teaching keeps a member out of medicine, and jw.org says plainly that &quot;some of Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses are physicians,&quot; as Luke was in the first century. What their faith shapes is how a Witness practices. Witnesses refuse whole-blood transfusions, and each one decides by conscience which medical work he can do. So the question lives at the bedside, and it usually has two people in it. On one side is a patient who wants to be\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Some Witnesses are physicians. They refuse whole-blood transfusions, and each decides by conscience which medical work and blood components to accept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[531],"class_list":["post-38192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-understanding-jehovahs-witnesses"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35827,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/jehovahs-witnesses-blood-transfusions\/","url_meta":{"origin":38192,"position":0},"title":"Why Do Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Refuse Blood Transfusions? Since 2026, Only Whole Blood Is Refused","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Mai 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Witnesses read Acts 15 as a command to abstain from blood. 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