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Is Organ donating against any religions? If so, which ones?


I'm wondering if organ donation is against any religions. is this a reason why people don't donate their organs after death?? if so, what religions dont believe in it??

Most religions leave the decison up to the individual whether or not to donate organs and do not have an actual policy stating that they are against organ donations. There are even some religions that highly endorse donations, which I was surprised to discover. Look at the link below.

There aren't very many religions that publicly declare that they are against organ donations, but there are a few that have specific rules and/or beliefs that go against organ donations:

GYPSIES (ROMANY)
Gypsies are a people of different ethnic groups without a formalized religion. They share common folk beliefs and tend to be opposed to organ and tissue donation. Their opposition is connected with their beliefs about the afterlife. Traditional belief contends that for one year after death, the soul retraces its steps. Thus, the body must remain intact because the soul maintains its physical shape.

JEHOVAH鈥橲 WITNESSES
Donation is a matter of individual conscience with provision that all organs and tissues be completely drained of blood.

SHINTO
In Shinto, the dead body is considered to be impure and dangerous, and thus quite powerful. "In folk belief context, injuring as dead body is a serious crime. . .", according to E Narnihira in his article, "Shinto Concept Concerning the Dead Human Body." "To this day it is difficult to obtain consent from bereaved families for organ donation or dissection for medical education or pathological anatomy . . . the Japanese regard them all in the sense of injuring a dead body." Families are concerned that they not injure the itai - - the relationship between the dead person and the bereaved people.

Here is a link to a website that lists various religions stance on organ donation: The Shinto religion from Japan is the only major religion that has a strong objection to organ donation.

http://www.organtransplants.org/understa...

As as it would be there's no orgran donation would be against religious as oneself would intend to donate. If it 's useful to donate why not give a help?

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