Christianity And Transplantation

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Christianity And Transplantation

In humans there are two types of transplant surgery, the first one is cadaver donor- this type of transplant takes organs from a dead person and is concerned with organs that a living person could not stay alive without e.g. Heart. The second uses organs from a living person that the donor can liv without but is vital to the recipient such as bone marrow.

Christians would say that transplanting organs can violate the sanctity of life as all life belongs to God and only God has the right to give and take life as all life belongs to God and only god has the right to give and take life.

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“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God” you are not your own.

“Corinthians 6:19”

“Transplanting organs could also mean that doctors are “playing god” which is a great sin; the organs in an individual body have been created specifically by God and should not be placed in another’s body as God has designed everything and everyone for a reason. Also transplant surgery causes a trade in human’s organs and many Christians are apprehensive with the moral issue of this.

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