Hi, does anybody knows what the church thinks about organ donation?? I really want to become a donor but I don’t want to do something that goes against my beliefs…
3 Responses to “Hi, does anybody knows what the church thinks about organ do…”
Miguel Leal
2009-02-16 04:40:04
Hi Carrie,
The Church has taken no official position on organ transplants, though individual leaders have spoken very highly of it. In a 1988 Ensign article, Cecil O. Samuelson, a general authority and the current president of BYU, said the following:
"Â…tremendous blessings have come to countless thousands and their families through organ donation and replacementÂ…Families grieving from the death of a loved one have been greatly comforted by the knowledge that other lives have been saved or measurably improved through receipt of a vital organ transplant. Other families have been spared debilitating illness or death because a living family member was able to donate an organ to a loved one." ~ I am thinking of donating some organs for transplantation. Am I wrong in wanting to do so?
Just for the record, I myself am an organ donor!
Anonymous
2009-02-20 06:56:14
Thanks for the answer!!! It helped a lot! :d
Pamela Dean
2009-02-26 04:58:03
I am not aware of any official position on organ donation. However, below is the response found in one of magazines:
The Church has taken no official position on organ transplants, though individual leaders have spoken very highly of it. In a 1988 Ensign article, Cecil O. Samuelson, a general authority and the current president of BYU, said the following:
"Â…tremendous blessings have come to countless thousands and their families through organ donation and replacementÂ…Families grieving from the death of a loved one have been greatly comforted by the knowledge that other lives have been saved or measurably improved through receipt of a vital organ transplant. Other families have been spared debilitating illness or death because a living family member was able to donate an organ to a loved one." ~ I am thinking of donating some organs for transplantation. Am I wrong in wanting to do so?
Just for the record, I myself am an organ donor!
Cecil O. Samuelson Jr., "I have a Question," Ensign, Feb. 1988, 50