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There is much discussion about the devout reasons for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19, but in reality, there are very few religions that have documented doctrinal reasons for not believing in vaccines.
Despite dominating national news, evangelical Christianity is one of them.
Still, some Christians and other people of faith cite their faith as an explanation for why they may not get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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White evangelical Protestants are the only devout organization that did not succeed in coming of age when asked in a survey through the Institute for Research on Public Religion (PRRI) and the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) if they planned to get vaccinated, because it “helps protect everyone” and “is a way to live the devout precept of loving one’s neighbor. “
According to the survey, only 43% of white evangelical Protestants agreed with those statements, 56% of black Protestants and 61% of Hispanic Protestants.
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One way white evangelical Protestants can say their religion opposes the vaccine is to communicate about eternal life, as Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves did last August.
“When you’re in eternal life, when you live on this earth it’s just a blink on the screen, so you don’t have to be so afraid of things,” Reeves said.
This trust, that God controls everything, is a central trust of evangelicals, said Natalie Jackson, PRRI’s director of research.
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Catholic has expressed initial considerations about the use of mobile lines of aborted fetuses in Johnson’s vaccine.
In a March statement, the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it was said in a March statement. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration said “getting vaccinated can be an act of charity that serves a common good. “
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According to a PRRI study, only about 80 percent of white Catholics accepted the vaccine in July, and Hispanic Catholics were among the teams whose vaccine uptake was highest. It went from 56% in March to 80% in June, according to PRRI.
Christians, plus Catholics, accepted vaccines by 77 percent, according to the PRRI’s July statement.
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The vast majority of Christian denominations have no theological opposition to vaccines, Eastern Orthodox, Amish, Anglicans, Baptists, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mennonites, Quakers and Pentecostal Christians, according to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. investigate.
According to Vanderbilt, the Christian denominations citing a theological explanation for why to oppose vaccines are the Dutch Reformed Church and the Church of Christ Scientist.
Some members of the Dutch Reformed Church reject vaccines because they “interfere with divine providence,” while others settle for them as a gift from God, according to Vanderbilt’s research.
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Other studies indicate that the ailments caused by smallpox vaccines in the nineteenth century are an explanation for why some members of the faith need vaccines.
Denominations that in religion heal, or lay hands on other people to cure their diseases, probably also in vaccines.
The Church of Christ, Scientist, teaches that prayer will alleviate and save disease, so members can apply for vaccine exemptions, Vanderbilt studies show. However, the call does not strictly prohibit vaccination.
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In a post on the church’s website, officials say most members rely on prayer for healing.
“Therefore, we appreciate vaccination exemptions and seek to use them consciously and responsibly, when they were granted,” he said. their children. These are not decisions imposed through your church. “
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has released data encouraging others to get vaccinated and take other precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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“One of the most important goals of Islamic law is to maintain human life,” said Imam Mohamed Magid, former ISNA president and executive imam of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center in Sterling, Virginia.
Magid spoke for a taped interview via Religion News Service (RNS) about the COVID-19 vaccine in January.
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“Muslims have done preventive medicine throughout history, and Muslims are among the first in the concept of vaccination,” Magid said, according to RNS.
“The concept of preventing evil comes from the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who said, if there is a contagious disease in a city, you do not enter or leave that city. If you get this disease, don’t keep spreading it. This is the theological basis of vaccination.
Early in COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the possibility was raised that red meat products, whose faith forbids fans to eat, could be found in vaccines. ISNA said in its statement that the vaccines do not involve red meat products.
The vaccination of other Jews because one of the most important principles of faith is to maintain life. Protecting fitness is a mitzvah, or an obligation, depending on Habad. org.
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“It is not enough to treat fitness disorders as they arise, we will have to take precautions to avoid any danger,” the site says.
The Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Union for Reform Judaism and the Orthodox Union have issued statements on vaccination.
Many Columbus synagogues, of all faiths, require vaccinations and masks for High Holiday facilities this year.
This article was originally published in The Columbus Dispatch: COVID-19 Vaccine: Which Religions Have Exceptions