If the author was Christian, how does that affect modern medicine, specifically in the field of abortion, and family planning? I'm just curious, as to how serious modern doctors take the oath?
2007-05-12 07:20:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
hmm...profetic...yeah...that's the ticket....
2007-05-12 07:25:43 · update #1
No. Pledging to do right by someone and save their lives not matter what the cost is not a Christian oath. I am pro-life, so of course I believe in it whole-heatedly. Everyone should have a choice to live, and not be condemned to death. This country wants us to not condemn on the basis of religion, ethnicity, color, or AGE. Just because someone is young doesn't mean those choices need to be made for them . Sorry for turning this into a pro-life rage :). I just need to spout it off somewhere.
2007-05-12 08:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Hippocratic oath has nothing to do with Christianity. It was written 400 before Christianity even emerged.
Some doctors today interpret the "do no harm" part in different ways, but it's more a formal rite of passage than anything else.
2007-05-12 14:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by jimbell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe Hippocratese was Greek, not Christian. I think that modern doctors take the oath pretty seriously.
2007-05-12 14:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by Ma'iingan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hippocrates was born about 400 years before Christ. So, he was not a Christian. Why would you believe that the Hippocratic Oath is Christian?
2007-05-12 14:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by Your Best Fiend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Hippocrates was around about four centuries before Jesus, so his being a Christian would be a miracle of the first order.
And the original oath was sworn to Apollo.
2007-05-12 14:24:09 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The author was NOT a Christian. Hippocrates was born about 460 years BEFORE Jesus.
2007-05-12 14:49:06 · answer #6 · answered by Daniel F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhh, it doesn't appear to be one to me. It is said to have been written by Hippocrates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates. The oath was sworn to Apollo, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath
It has been changed to appeal to Christian sensibilities however. But the origins, as are so many other things in Christianity, are decidedly pagan :) http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/coe/foundation.pro.behaviour.html
2007-05-12 14:44:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hippocrates was pretty much before christianity was invented. Jesus didnt care much for doctors "physician heal thyself". Christianity is antimedicine in general. Jesus cured alot of people in his time. Modern doctors dont take it very seriously at all. Just like marriage vows etc. Modern people have no fidelity to purpose.
2007-05-12 14:27:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
as the previous responses stated, Hippocrates lived long before Christ and it does refer to a medical terminology.
Funny, since hypocrite also derives from the name Hippocrates and I guess that takes us to where medicine has been all along.
2007-05-12 14:30:30 · answer #9 · answered by AliBaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hippocrates was way before Christ, maybe abt 500 years before Jesus was born.
Besides, I didn't notice any religious dialog in the pledge.
2007-05-12 14:28:03 · answer #10 · answered by daffy duck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋