Comments on: Where does the LDS church stand on vaccinations?

By: DORA WHISMAN

DORA WHISMAN — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:08:00 +0000

To each his/her own. It’s called ‘Freedom”. You have the freedom to vaccinate if you feel that protects your children. My children are very healthy. We also eat non-gmo/organic and filter our water. I don’t ask for you to do that because you have your own freedoms. The private school they attend is filled with many children who are not vaccinated. It seems the better informed people prefer NOT to vaccinate. I heard Dr Oz say he doesn’t vaccinate because of his wife. I do agree with you that we have a “Duty”.

By: Bells

Bells — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:30:00 +0000

In reply to Linda.

Linda, what on earth makes you think that the Church supports anything “without questioning it”? Do you honestly believe that the First Presidency would make such a huge statement without careful study and prayer? Here’s what Elder Holland had to say about how such decisions are made:

“As the least of those who have been sustained by you to witness the guidance of this Church
firsthand, I say with all the fervor of my soul that never in my personal or professional life have I ever associated with any group who are so in touch, who know so profoundly the issues facing us, who look so deeply into the old, stay so open to the new, and weigh so carefully, thoughtfully, and prayerfully everything in between. I testify that the grasp this body of men and women have of moral and societal issues exceeds that of any think tank or brain trust of comparable endeavor of which I know anywhere on the earth. I bear personal witness of how thoroughly good they are, of how hard they work, and how humbly they live. It is no trivial matter for this Church to declare to the world prophecy, seership, and revelation, but we do declare it. It is true light shining in a dark world, and it shines from these proceedings” (https://www.lds.org/ensign/2006/11/prophets-in-the-land-again?lang=eng).

There is only one possibility here. Either your understanding of vaccines is incorrect, or prophets of God have knowingly chosen to recommend (and support with millions of Church dollars) a practice which is morally wrong. You have to choose one.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 22:23:00 +0000

So sad to know that our church supports such medicine without question it.
Many vaccines in our day are made with aborted fetus. Are we ok to use these vaccines? I personally couldn’t accept it. No matter how little the babies are, they are children of God to me.
Maybe we should somehow follow Catholic Church and take a step to at least say no to this kind of vaccine but not blindly follow this world.
https://cogforlife.org/

By: Bells

Bells — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 03:20:00 +0000

The Church unequivocally supports vaccinations. In 1978 the First Presidency issued a message which said, “We urge members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to protect their own children through immunization” (https://www.lds.org/liahona/1978/07/immunize-children-leaders-urge?lang=eng).

The Church’s Provident Living website, which is current Church curriculum, says, “Prepare the body to fight germs that cannot be avoided by obtaining recommended immunizations (vaccinations), as encouraged by the First Presidency” (https://providentliving.org/self-reliance/health/managing-personal-health?lang=eng).
It links to the First Presidency statement. It also links to a section titled “Immunizations” which states “Parents should make sure that all of their children are completely immunized.”

Since 2003, the LDS Church has contributed more than US $16 million to the Measles and Rubella Initiative
(https://www.lds.org/church/news/church-makes-immunizations-an-official-initiative-provides-social-mobilization).

“Those preparing to serve missions should obtain all available routine vaccinations and booster injections at
appropriate ages” (https://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/03/missionary-health-preparation?lang=eng).