Re: Christianity and vaccinations?

The prior response was about the safety of vaccines. As far as a relgious
refusal, I dont know what your friends concern is, but some religious
concerns regard use of aborted fetal tissue as the culture that the vaccine
is grown in. No vaccine in current use requires the aquisition of new fetal
tissue, but some are grown in cell cultures adopted from aborted fetuses in
the 1960's

http://www.cmdahome.org/index.cgi?BISKIT=0&CONTEXT=art&art=1563

Of course we dont know why the fetuses that started these cell lines were
aborted. There could have been a legitimate reason.

I dont know of any denomination that is recommending vaccine refusal. Does
anyone else know of one?

Just some other sites.

http://magazine.jhsph.edu/newsbriefs/VaccineSafety.cfm

http://www.whale.to/v/vacc.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A05E0DC103CF934A35753C1A9659C8B63

----- Original Message -----
From: "Freeman, Louise Margaret" <lfreeman@mbc.edu>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 2:26 PM
Subject: Christianity and vaccinations?

> There is a young couple who attended our church a number of years ago who
> are expecting their first child and are considering not vaccinating their
> children. I don't know if their concerns are medical, theological or
> both,
> but a number of us are concerned, particularly since they intend to go
> overseas as missionaries in a few years (they met as missionaries in the
> mideast).
>
> Does anyone have a webscite or other resource that addresses vaccination
> concerns in a responsible manner, from both a scientific and Christian
> viewpoint?
>
>
> __
> Louise M. Freeman, PhD
> Psychology Dept
> Mary Baldwin College
> Staunton, VA 24401
> 540-887-7326
> FAX 540-887-7121
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 5 20:04:54 2006