Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China must be taken from a living donor (kidneys must be transplanted within 24–48 hours; livers within 12 hours, and hearts within 8 hours). Kirk C. Allison, Associate Director of the Program in Human Rights and Medicine at the University of Minnesota, wrote that the "short time frame of an on-demand system [as in China] requires a large pool of donors pre-typed for blood group and HLA matching," which is consistent with reports of Falun Gong prisoners having blood and tissue tested in custody. He wrote that China's short organ wait times could not be assured on a “random death” basis,
The Water & the Blood music critics to critique the album. Matt Conner of "CCM Magazine" called this "impressive" and it was "especially powerful for its portrayal of the work of Christ." At "Alternative Press", Tim Karan noted that "This album was made for people who share Kensrue's views, not for those looking to denigrate them." Because of that, Karan wrote that "With all of that aside, "The Water & The Blood" is the closest thing to new Thrice any of us will be graced with for the foreseeable future, and if this is what church sounds like these days, Kensrue could beckon a whole