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I'm not sure if this goes in this place or not but....is it okay for a Christian to be an organ donor? I mean, I know God wouldn't have a problem giving us our "glorified body" even if some organs were missing but are we supposed to keep our bodies in tact? Kind of along the same lines....what about cremation? :confused:
 

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The last time I went to renew my driver's license I checked that I wanted to be an organ donor. I really hadn't thought about whether this was a "right" thing as far as being a christian goes. and really didn't even think about it till I went through a license check the other day. I feel that God would want us to do all we could for our fellow man and if someone needed something from my body that would help them out well, then that would be a good thing!! I was jsut curious b/c I've heard some say they are getting cremated and wondered how God viewed that.....
 
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I'm not sure, but I believe that the Church is technically opposed to it. But they don't shoot it down either, so who knows? Anyway, the only way that I could object to it would be with the organ harvesting. A person in a hospital can be "brain-dead," or something similar, and they sometimes harvest organs from these people. Now the only objection that I would have would be that it is possible that the soul of that individual could still be within them, and to deprive them of a vital organ would "kill" them, seperating the soul from the body. But some people will see that as too nit-picky, and a fruitless argument, since there is no possibility for the recovery of brain function and "true" life. Though the bottom line, IMHO, is that it's a personal decision. I believe that God judges people for what is in their hearts, and I think that most people that donate do it out of selflessness, although there's a possibility that some could be registered for it as a means of glorifying self, in much the same way as some exploit community service hours to make themselves look good on paper. Anywho, if you seriously want to do it, do it. It is your decision.
 
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Im not Catholic so I may be in the wrong, but I do not think the Church is opposed to organ donation. What I do think they are opposed to is signing the back of your drivers license only because doctors have a nasty habit of taking your organs before you are in fact dead. I think that is the same point Joe was getting at.
 
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i Imagine donating my organs after death can have more of an positive impact on the world, than the entire time I was alive . hundreds of thousands of people are on a transplant list and you are giving life to another.
I hope they take everything they need from me, well except I hope they wouldnt use my organs for a sex change.
 
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Blessed-one said:
i don't think there's anything wrong in donating organs, but people do caution you sometimes.. when a person is not dead, they presume so, or declare it an untreatable condition and take the chance to get the organs....

how unethical!
Yes, and that is why the back of my license will remain unsigned.
 
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My brother was an organ donor.

It made his sudden, tragic death less traumatic for those of us who loved him so much. It's what he wanted, and we were more than happy to follow through.
God heard him when he said, "If I can't be there to raise my kids, I want someone else to be able to be there to raise theirs." Well, one of his kidneys went to a Mom of 7 children, and his other kidney went to a Dad with 5 children! God is good.
 
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My father has taught me that the soul is what's important after death, not the lifeless shell. I wish to give all possible "parts" away. Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys. I want my blood to be donated, and my skin, muscles, tissues and brain to be used for scientific research. I will do anything legal to help others with my body. Seriously--I think cemetaries are a waste of real estate.
 
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