What percentage of atheists carry a 'donor-card' and/or are likely to be on the organ-donors register? Lower than believers or higher?
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ScienceSwamy
ANSWERS: 8
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First we need a good definition of "believers," something that is difficult in the extreme to come up with.
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I'm not sure I understand what one has to do with the other
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I'm agnostic, but thank you for reminding me. How does one obtain one of these "donor cards"? +2
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That would be interesting to know? I know my Church encourages donation, and every adult in my parish that is able to hass thier little pink sticker on thier driver's license... the preist actually basically told them why they should... I know some fundamentalists and such discourage donation, which I find to be quite odd.
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I am atheist donor. But this seems to relate to an other well known question: Do atheist have moral or is moral only possible for people that read the bible. The answer for both is the same. You cannot put a group of people in a box and say that they´re all good or bad. You cannot even say that they all have 1 same bad trait. The only thing you can say anything about, is about their appearance.
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Likely to be higher than believers since a few denominations of some faiths don't approve of the practice and also due to atheists' lack of belief in the afterlife. For an atheist it's purely a personal choice with no external complicating factors, (aside from those shared by all re. what their family may feel about the matter and so on).
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Since some religions say organ donation is a sin, I'd say atheists rank higher per capita.
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I do not know one way or the other. But on my driver's license and near-death legal status info- any usuable organs available are to be given away, provided I have any usuable organs by such time.
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