DONATION OF ORGANS AND BLOOD

[Guest cloe1971]

I WAS ASKED THIS QUESTION AT WORK....I WORK IN A HAOSPITAL AND I CAN NOT RECALL ANY SERMON ON THIS SUBJECT....IS IT A SIN? IF SO I WANT SCRIPTURES. I AM AN ORGAN DONER AND I GIVE BLOOD... AM I SINNING? I DONT FEEL LIKE I AM BUT I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE....SO I CAME HERE TO SEE WHAT OTHER CHRISTIANS THOUGHT AND IF GODS WORD SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANKS CLOE

[RustyAngeL]

No it's not. I have a very dear friend who's husband is in a hospital right now waiting for a heart. He is on an artificial heart and that is the only thing keeping him alive. Organ donations are a miracle. As for blood transfusions I wouldn't be here if that wasn't possible.

Edited January 18, 2005 by Rustyangel

[Guest cloe1971]

No it's not.  I have a very dear friend who's husband is in a hospital right now waiting for a heart.  He is on an artificial heart and that is the only thing keeping him alive.  Organ donations is a miracle.  As for blood transfusions I wouldn't be here if that wasn't possible.

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THANKS RUSTY, I FEEL THAT GOD HAS GIVEN MAN THIS KNOWLEDGE AND IF I GIVE BLOOD OR WHEN I DIE SOMEONE GETS AN ORGAN OF MINE, THEIR LIFE IS PROLONGED....IF THEY ARE NOT SAVED THEN THEY MAY LIVE ANOTHER DAY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO ACCEPT CHRIST......IF THEY ARE SAVED AND THEIR LIFE IS PROLONGED TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD....I SEE IT AS GIVING BACK LIFE.....LIFE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY GOD SO WHY NOT GIVE IT BACK IF I HAVE THE CHANCE. I BELIEVE ALL LIFE COMES FROM GOD NO MATTER HOW IT COMES ABOUT....I DO FEEL SCIENCE HAS GONE TOO FAR ON SOME THINGS BUT NOT THIS ONE. I SEE IT THAT IF I GIVE BLOOD AND DONATE ORGANS THEN I AM SOWING SEEDS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD...AFTER ALL IT IS FOR HIS GLORY NOT MINE...IT IS ALL ABOUT CHRIST NOT ME....IN MY OPINION IF ONE PERSONS LIFE IS PROLONGED AND THAT PERSON LIVED ANOTHER DAY AND ACCEPTED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR...IT IS WORTH IT TO ME TO GIVE BACK TO THE LORD THE SAME THING HE GAVE TO ME...LIFE AND SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD....BUT IF IT IS A SIN THEN I WANT TO KNOW. THANKS CLOE

[Ovedya]

Hi Cloe.

Neither organ donations nor blood donations are forbidden in the Bible.

Could you do us a favor, though? Typing in caps is generally considered rude in the forums. Could you turn your caps lock off?

[Leonard]

WHADDYAMEAN BY THAT!!!

I cannot find in Scripture anything which would make me believe it is a sin. I was a non-Christian young teen in 1968, when Dr. Christian Bernard performed the first heart transplant in South Africa. I recall at the time thinking with my scientifically trained mind what a grand future it portended; that people could have 'spare parts'! What a high acheivement mankind had attained.

Now many years later, and conversion experience away from that initial blush of excitement, I must say I am somewhat more conflicted. Secular science may view man through the intellectual lens of L'homme Machine, but this certainly makes man less than who the Scriptures teach us man is. In fact, one could say that the materialist view takes man from a 'who' and makes him merely a 'what.' Most pointedly I see it everyday displayed in our careless speech when we talk about 'people THAT.....' instead of 'people WHO....' This unguarded disrespect for the human qua the human, is a surprising thing to see in the everyday language of those who profess that their fellows are impressed with the imago dei!

Even so, to treat people like mechanical devices--complete with interchangable parts--strikes me as most debilitating to a high and lofty concept of the human being.

But then, these are the random thoughts of quite an old crank!

[Joe Christian]

The human body that our Lord designed is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

[Catsmeow]

If I am dead, I already know God will give me a glorified body like Christ's own body.

It is an honor and privilege to know that if any part of me...be it my eyes, heart, liver, kidneys, skin or other tissue can save the life of a dying child or someone's beloved father, mother, sister or brother...PLEASE, take every square inch of my physical body and use it to the good of others.

Jesus takes it even further: No greater love has any man than to lay down his own life for his brother.

So, if you really want to take it to the limit, consider the sacrifice of His own body and blood Jesus made to save us? Yes, it was spiritual salvation but to lay down ones' life for another is a righteous and noble act.

I was eager to sign my organ donor card and eager to know that maybe my body can help another man, woman or child have life when mine is over.

In like manner, I would pray that God grant me the courage to take the bullet for another person in harm's way or be brave enough to lose my life to save another, and willingly sacrifice my own life to save theirs.

How much easier to give my life saving organs when I'm already departed?

[other one]

Well, I can't give blood (some weird form of spinal meningitis when I was young) and I am not sure I should donate organs so I have not (will not I guess I should say) but I don't think there is anything at all wrong with it. I was told I coud kill someone by donating so I don't......

If God can bring back people from the ocean, I am sure he can sort out all the body parts if it is even necessary to do so.

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[nebula]

As far as I'm concenred, these donations are an act of love and sacrifice - as we are commanded to do.

I used to give blood until I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (passing on harmful antibodies would be counter-productive to the purpose of giving blood). I miss being able to do that.

[Guest cloe1971]

Hi Cloe.

Neither organ donations nor blood donations are forbidden in the Bible.

Could you do us a favor, though?  Typing in caps is generally considered rude in the forums.  Could you turn your caps lock off?

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oops, sorry about that guys i didnt know. i was not yelling in case anyone was wondering cloe