Is Organ donation really to be approved by christians?

Question

When you donate your organs they cut them out while your still alive. They don't give you drugs so you can feel as they cut and dice you up. Its painful. The drugs would hurt the organs so they can't give them. Is this right? In the Eyes of God what ever is not of Faith is sin. God looks at this as sin and should the church aprove sin? People who aprove this should read their Bible because they really don't know God. Is it okay to tell some one to go sin god will understand?

Answer 1

this seems like a very strange thought sequence.

if I am dying, no brain activity(yeah yeah, i know some would say... you have none now.. LOL) i would feel no pain... wherever you got your info about 'no pain meds' i think you are mistaken. even those who give bone marrow or a kidney to loved ones or others who need them, are given pain meds thru epidurals/etc.

according to the bible... it does not say 'do not give your body parts to another so that they can live' ... in fact, once we are dying from an accident or whatever... we no longer need those parts... and we have faith that God can use these parts to improve the life of others who are still living. it is by faith alone that I would donate my organs, knowing that God can still use 'me' (or my body parts) even when I am coming home to Him! It is by faith that I could endure the pain, in order that someone else may live.... there is no greater gift than giving your life so that others may live

Answer 2

Honestly, you have no idea what you're talking about.

Regarding the organ donation surgery procedure:
Brain death is death. Two independent neurologists must declare someone brain dead before that person can be an organ donor. People may seem like they are alive because the ventilator is keeping their heart pumping and their body temperature is warm, but believe me, if the machines were unplugged, they would not live.

Brain death is not a coma - in a coma there is still some brain function and the possibility of life without the use of ventilator support.

Because organ donors are declared dead by two independent physicians, there is absolutely no need for anesthesia, since the organ donor is not feeling pain (or anything).

So, given that the person is really dead, it is no longer 'murder' or 'suicide' and it's not really a sin - problem SOLVED.

(Just an aside - Jesus gave up his body while he was ALIVE; he made the conscious decision to give up his life - would you call him a sinner???)

Answer 3

surely, you don't understand what you're talking about. with regard to the organ donation surgical treatment technique: mind lack of life is lack of life. 2 self sustaining neurologists ought to declare someone mind useless in the previous that individual may be an organ donor. human beings could look like they're alive because the ventilator is conserving their heart pumping and their body temperature is warmth, yet believe me, if the machines were unplugged, they does no longer stay. mind lack of life isn't a coma - in a coma there continues to be some mind function and the prospect of existence without using ventilator help. because organ donors are declared useless by technique of two self sustaining physicians, there is totally no opt for for anesthesia, because the organ donor isn't feeling soreness (or some thing). So, on condition that the guy is really useless, that's now no longer 'homicide' or 'suicide' and that isn't any longer really a sin - issue SOLVED. (only an aside - Jesus gave up his body at the same time as he became ALIVE; he made the wakeful decision to resign his existence - could you call him a sinner???)

Answer 4

We need to read our Bibles to understand? You need to do some research to understand, sweetheart! When organs are harvested from a live donor (someone who consents to donate a piece of their liver or a kidney, for instance) they are under complete anesthesia, they feel nothing. And when organs are harvested from someone who is dying (people with absolutely no hope for recovery or patients with no brain function), they are basically dead people who are kept alive artificially long enough to keep their organs alive for the procedure. Organs cannot be harvested for transplantation unless they are properly profused (blood and oxygen have to continue functioning through them), so people are kept alive in the sense that their heart and lungs are kept operating thanks to technology. Their brains have already stopped working and they would not survive off of the machines. So, no, the donor is not in any pain....pain is a sensation registered by the brain, which we've already established is not longer functioning at that point.

I will never understand Christians who are against organ and tissue donation for religious reasons. What kind of god do you worship that doesn't want you to save the lives of dying people? Seems like an awfully angry and selfish god, if you ask me, and not the one that I was taught about in church growing up!

Do some research on the matter before you go off spouting religious-soaked, brainwashed ideas about subjects you know nothing about! I'd be interested to see how different you feel about the subject when it's you're loved one waiting desperately for an organ that may never come!

Answer 5

Millions of Christians do donate organs when they die.
But no, they do not take them while you are still alive. In some foreign countries unfortunately people are kidnapped and their organs removed for the black market. Donating your organs is not a sin. You have been misinformed.

I have some young man's heart valves in me right now.

Answer 6

Your an idiot, sorry to point it out so harshly but your the kind of Christian who gives the rest of us a bad name. There is NOTHING wrong with organ donation. I can't think of a better more common sense gift to leave upon my death than my organs. I prayed about donating them and then came across the book "The Giving Tree". In other words God led me to the conclusion that we should give completely of ourselves... including our organs. Sorry, but your not the authority on sin, try prayer.

Answer 7

In his 1995 Encyclical Letter, The Gospel of Life, Pope John Paul II wrote movingly about the new cultural climate that so often readily disregards the sacredness of all human life. Current accepted practices in science and legislation, as well as in public opinion, are changing – for the worse - the way life and relationships between people are considered. He exhorts us to build up a new culture of human life, with special concern for the weak and defenseless in our midst. Who might some of these be?

The Wisconsin Donor Network tells us that nearly 80,000 Americans are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, and that each year, more than 6,000 die because there are not enough donated organs.

In part IV of the same encyclical, the Holy Father addresses us as "people of life and for life," and stresses strengthening our many relationships, and writes:

The Gospel of life is to be celebrated in daily living, which should be filled with self-giving love for others…in the many different acts of selfless generosity. Heroic actions…are a sharing in the mystery of the cross, in which Jesus reveals the value of every person, and how life attains its fullness in the sincere gift of self.

Then he gives examples of such sharing, including the following:

Everyday heroism, made up of gestures of sharing, big or small, builds up a culture of life. A particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is the donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable manner, with a view to offering a chance of health and even of life itself to the sick who sometimes have no other hope.

We should be reminded that in the United States, the Anatomical Gift Act has been approved in each state, allowing a person to sign one's driver's license and indicate one's desire to donate organs after death. This is a response to communities' pressing needs for organs in the provision of healthcare, hence to the common good. Of course, the donor's consent must always be both free and informed.

The Wisconsin Donor Network also tells us that the demand for organs is far greater than the available supply, despite public support and the high rate of success of transplantations. Yet while medical science can now do so much for so many, they cannot create human organs. The generosity and vision of each of us is called into play, to offer a specific gift to a person in profound need, and to help foster a culture that once again reverences all life.

Whatever misgivings we may have entertained: that once one signs a donor card, one might receive less than adequate medical care in case of an accident; that one's family will be charged; that the procedure will disfigure one's body; that only rich people will benefit from the donation; and many others; are carefully addressed and dispelled by the Wisconsin Donor Network in their publications and interviews.

Finally, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us:

Organ donation after death is a noble and meritorious act and is to be encouraged as an expression of generous solidarity. (2296)

What a wonderful gesture of life-giving love!

Answer 8

If I ever need a bone-marrow transplant or kidney transplant, I hope that you're not my only match.

Everything you wrote in your "question" is untrue. And I mean everything.

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Answer 9

I don't know what hospital you go to, but they do not take your organs while you are still alive.

Also, you make no sense.

Answer 10

Huh? What the f*ck are you trying to say? I don't understand!