| Organ donation is an act of individual will, but donors | | | | personal choice, they do feel that it is one of the |
| often ask the question - "Does my religion approve?" | | | | best deeds you can do for someone else. |
| Different religions often have different moral codes, | | | | On the other hand, there are religions that feel organ |
| practices, values, institutions, and rituals associated | | | | donations should only go so far. If you are helping |
| with their beliefs. When it comes to organ donation, | | | | out another person for their well being, donating your |
| the majority of religions actually encourage organ | | | | organs is wonderful. However, some people feel that |
| donation. From Amish to Catholicism, they feel that it | | | | if you are donating your body to science, this is an |
| is a generous act of charity. | | | | entirely different ball game. By donating your body |
| One of the largest religions that welcomes organ | | | | for experiments, you are not helping someone else's |
| donation is the United Methodists. This church is | | | | life or saving a heart or a liver. In their opinion, it is |
| aware of the meaning behind donating your organs. | | | | certainly a fine line between what is right and what is |
| By allowing doctors to use your body parts if | | | | wrong. |
| something were to happen to you, you could help a | | | | Donating your body to science may be controversial, |
| victim that is relying on organ transplant to give them | | | | but still a great amount of religions believe that it is all |
| hope for a better future. Tthe good deed is not only | | | | based on personal choice. If you are fine with body |
| accepted but also encouraged by the church; thus | | | | donation, you could end up saving lives in the long |
| they frequently encourage members to sign up for | | | | run. By allowing doctors to use your body as an |
| donation. | | | | experiment for potential cures, medicines, and so |
| Other religions including Catholicism also feel that | | | | forth, you could be saving the entire world from a |
| organ donation is an act of kindness. You are going | | | | hazardous disease. The advance in medicines and |
| out of your way to change someone's entire life, | | | | medical research depend on the deep understanding |
| even if that means giving up part of your self. In | | | | of our body. If organ donation for transplant saves |
| their eyes, it is a graceful and beautiful exchange, | | | | one life, whole body donation for science and medical |
| which only the giving will agree to. Although it is a | | | | research may save thousands in long run. |