If you believe in God having a plan, why take out insurance?

Question

Jehovah's witnesses cannot have blood transfusions because of their beliefs. Is taking out insurance an affront to God?

Please don't tell me God created insurance because I can always say that God created blood transfusions!

I know insurance is about minimising risk, but if God is throwing that risk your way, shouldn't you take it on? Couldn't that risk be some kind of divine gift?

Yeah the point is if you didn't have the $180,000 you would have died, you wouldn't have had it without the insurance.

Oh and won't God do a better job of looking after your family when you pass than an insurance company!

Another detail for the person who says I use an inaccurate analogy.

1. If you do not have the blood transfusion you will die.

2. If you do not have insurance you cannot afford the life saving operation and die.

Look I have nothing against Jehovah's witnesses I merely used there belief to illustrate my point. How can stating facts be insulting? Maybe you're not so proud of your beliefs?

Answer 1

lol. i like how you think. theres saying that my gran always says to me "Trust in God, but lock your car."
trust God, but you gotta meet him half way i think. lol. good question

Answer 2

Insurance minimizes the risk of inconvenience if something bad happens. It doesn't prevent the bad. If "god" decides to throw something horrible your way, at least you'll be somewhat prepared for it. If anything, I would think that having insurance would be 'godlier' than not, because it shows that you care about your life and try to be prepared for it. Especially in the case of life insurance, it shows that you care enough about the people you are leaving behind to help them financially deal with the burden of your death.

Your analogy with blood transfusions is faulty. A blood transfusion could mean a difference between life and death, cheating fate, if you will. And unless you are talking about health insurance, in which case you would be accepting of medical treatment anyway, the only 'fate' you would be changing is that of being poor.

Answer 3

Perhaps it is God's plan for me to take out insurance, so that my family won't be burdened with too many bills in the future?
God did create blood transfusions. God created the blood, and God created the human brain.
Perhaps it was part of God's plan that the Jehovah's witnesses would fight the idea of blood transfusions, in order to point out the fact that the blood is given to put on the altar? They've been over-ruled, you know, they can no longer choose for their minor children not to have necessary medical treatment. Could that have been God's plan as well?
Maybe you are part of God's plan as well. What part did He plan for you to play?

Answer 4

I don't get what your saying or asking. Do you mean insurance as in life insurance? That has nothing to do with God. We do that, so if something does happen our families will be taken care of. And God does in fact want us to care for our families.

Now if your talking about health insurance, again, what does that have to do with God? He doesn't tell us not to go to Drs, but he does want us to trust in him. There is nothing wrong with, or nothing biblically saying that if your sick all you can do is pray. sometimes when you pray for healing, God sends you to a dr.

As for blood transfusions, as far as i know that is the jw's, and jw's alone. I think they have some misquoted scripture to back it up, but i'm not 100% sure.

Answer 5

This "question" seems intended mostly to insult and demean the Jehovah's Witness religion. Interestingly, such "hatred" should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:

(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

(Luke 6:22) Happy are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and reproach you and cast out your name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man.

(1 Peter 4:4) Because you do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of you.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

It seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm
http://watchtower.org

Answer 6

God works for insurance companies. They are a financial trial of ones ability to demostrate fiscal responability and take responsability for your actions by paying someone else to deal with it. Choose NO insurance and ye will be da mned to the pits of jail, where you will be raped because your poor. Gotta give 10% to the church, 10% to the insurance companies, 25% to the goverment and 50% to all your other bills, so you can have 5% left to keep you hopeful enough to still believe there some worth living for.

Answer 7

God is in control of every aspect of every part of our being but taking out insurance is in case you get injured or killed to protect not only you but your family. GOD gives you the sense to make the right decisions. I think it is not a good way of life to just live on a wing and a prayer.

Answer 8

Because the US Dollar (or equivalent in other nations) is our real God.

The vast majority of people (99%) trust far more in the God of capitalism (money) than they do some imaginary friend to whom they pray & pay lip service.

Additionally, the bible condemns usury. Insurance companies rely primarily on usury for their profits. Insurance companies are evil, according to biblical rules.

Answer 9

Well you know, we are human. And there's just some questions that just can't be answered perfectly. I don't think God created insurance, but I do believe it was created by a pretty smart businessman. It looks like you hit a brick wall on this one, buddy.

Answer 10

Do you mean health insurance? I'm not sure I understand your question, but my answer is because I don't have $180,000 for a doctor bill. When I was in the hospital a year ago, my hospital bill was $180K and that wasn't counting the endless doctor bills that followed.

Answer 11

He knows when you will die but you don't and can't know. So the best way for you to plan is to insure!
Insure and be secure.
You still believe in God's plan of insurance.