I had neurosurgery. My Surgeon ask me how certain I was about not taking blood. I replied that when Noah got off the ark, and the rainbow covenant was made, we were allowed to eat meat, but must pour the blood out on the ground. Jewish covenant, not allowed to eat blood. Christian covenant, Acts 15:28,29 "abstain from blood". Never has any servant of God EVER been allowed to eat blood, or take it into their body. When people are facing death, that's usually a time when they try to make peace with God. As I am being operated upon, and things go south, my life is hanging by a thread, why would I want my last act on God's green earth to be thumbing my nose at my creator?