Explain why religious people may have problems with transplant surgery.

transplant, there was a 52% increase in non-heart beating donation meant that more people than ever received a transplant from these donors, more than 1.2 million people added their names to the NHS Organ Donor Register this was the biggest increase for three years. This practice causes ethical dilemma or problems for some people, particularly those who belong to a religion because some believe it is acceptable, some believe it is wrong and others believe it is acceptable depending on whether the donor is the same religion.                                 Most Christians believe that transplant surgery is acceptable and many Christians carry donor cards so that their organs can be used for others in need after their death. They believe this because Christians who believe in the ‘immortality of the soul’ believe that the body is not needed after death it is only the soul that lives on after the death of the body, so therefore it’s organs can be used to help the living that are in need. Christians who believe in resurrection, the belief, that after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised, believe St Paul’s words that the body will be transformed and that the body will not need it’s physical organs. Another reason that Christians accept transplant surgery is that Jesus told Christians that they should love their neighbours and treat others how they wish to be treated by them, this shows that transplants can be justified. Although Christians agree transplant surgery is acceptable, they would object to rich people or surgeons in the developed world paying for organs from the poor, they believe this is wrong because the bible is full of statements of not exploiting the poor and the poor are being exploited because the their organs are being used in an organ trade, people are buying their organs.        Some other Christians are opposed to transplant surgery using organs from dead people, but accept organs donated by living relatives, they do not allow organs to be paid for they believe this because the Christian belief is that organs such as the heart is an inherent part of the individual who has been created by god. They believe that transplanting organs from the dead is taking advantage of god’s authority, humans do not have the right to act as god. Organs that can be used from the living are not essential and so can be used to obey Jesus’ command to love your neighbour. It is also believed that organs cannot be paid for because it is exploiting the poor, which is banned in the bible. Some Christians don’t agree with carrying donor cards because they believe transplants can ignore the sanctity of life, god created life and god alone should take it, the Bible forbids intentional killing (Jas 2:10-11), even for compassionate motives. It follows that patients must never be killed (even with consent) to provide organs for others. It is wrong to play god and transplanting organs is usurping god’s role. They agree with the non-religious arguments against transplant surgery, such as, it raises problems of when someone is dead as such things as heart transplants require the heart to be removed before it has stopped beating and it causes a trade in organs from people in the developing world to rich people in the developed world.        Jews believe that transplant surgery is acceptable, when the organs are used from a living donor who is a close relative. They have this belief because an organ, such as the heart is an inherent part of the Jewish individual who has been created by god. Organs from non-Jews might affect one’s Jewish ness because being a Jew, Jewish ness is passed on by the blood of the mother. Jewish identity is important, because Jews are god’s special chosen people, Jewish heritage is important. They also believe transplanting organs from a dead person is taking advantage of god’s authority. No human has the right to play god’s role, they believe organs, which can be used from the living are not essential and so can be used to obey the mitzvah to preserve life. The Tenakh and the Torah do not allow organs to be paid for because this is seen as exploiting the poor.                                                                Overall most Christians agree that transplant surgery is acceptable as long as the poor are not exploited. Other Christians believe transplant surgery is acceptable but they do not allow organs to be paid for as organs such as the heart are an inherent part of the individual who has been created by go. Jews think that transplant surgery is acceptable but prefer the organs donated, to be by Jews because Jewish heritage is important. So both Christians and Jews believe transplant surgery is acceptable, depending on certain circumstances. Religious people might have a problem with transplant surgery because they believe that transplanting organs is taking advantage of god’s authority and humans do not have a right to act as god, organs which are paid for are exploiting the poor and exploiting the poor is banned in the bible and it raises problem of when someone is dead as such things as heart transplants require the heart to be removed before it has stopped beating.