Organ Donation: Or IB fails to understand other people again

[innerbrat]

Another one of those subjects about which I am simply astonished there's any debate at all, is organ donation.

According to the BBC, Gordon Brown has spoken out recently that Britain should adopt an opt-out organ donation policy, instead of the current opt-in. Under the current system, donating your organs after death is an active decision - you

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[thiskindalove]

I'm with you - I've been an organ donor for as long as I can remember (and, I believe, before since I can remember) and I just can't understand people who'd opt-out because of religious beliefs.

Some people will claim 'open-casket funeral', but everything's stitched up, everything's covered in make-up, the eyes and mouth are closed... how would you know?

And besides, I don't think St. Peter would turn you down because your physical body doesn't have a heart, or lungs, or corneas or whatever. Especially not if your lacking them means you saved somebody else's life.

Edit: And yes, I wholly agree with Mr. BBC Commenter, too.

[kierthos]

You can have my organs when you take them out of my cold, dead body!

(oh wait, that's the point.....)

[josepheenie]

Hey directed here by apiphile

[innerbrat]

Hello and welcome

[josepheenie]

heh since when has debate been rude?! I welcome people challenging my points of view

[snakeling]

Here via Friendsfriends

[tvashtri]

OK, I'm not down with religion but I'm going to assume that its possible reasons for not supporting organ donation is that a.) it too closely resembles witchcraft, at which point I suggest you also stop letting your children get shots for the Measles and Polio or whatever, and/or b.) that it damages the body in some way? If that's the case, and you can't identify the body, I'd say take the organs and let their god sort it out :p

I also strongly agree with "I believe that people who won't sign up to donate their organs should also be placed on a parallel list not to receive any." It's only fair. I'm sure that whatever reasons you have against sharing can be thrown back at you so that we don't cut you open to save your life.

I am an organ donor. What use are they going to do me after I die anyways? If I can save someone's life on my way out, that'll be better than all the good things I did while I was alive put together!

[furikku]

The main religious reason I know of against organ donors is related to the idea of the resurrection of the physical remains at the Second Coming: everybody in the cemeteries (at least, everybody who's been Saved) wakes up, crawls out, and woo yay. But if they're without organs, then, um, this is bad. Or something. I'm not entirely clear on that point, since I'd just assume that if my God can raise the dead and create life, surely my God can also pop in a new liver.

(This is also ignoring the plight of those people who have been dead for some time, who therefore have no organs whatsoever...)

[furikku]

(Adding that I'm coming from the perspective of someone in the US's Bible Belt, so I may be missing on some other rationale.)