Which religion(s) are against vaccines?

Note that Lighty is wrong.

Almost all Muslim spiritual leaders recognize the benefits of vaccine and are willing to overlook anything that might not meed their dietary restrictions.

Likewise, the Catholic Church doesn't care that some were grown in fetal cell lines since the benefits of vaccination are undeniable.

Large religions aren't stupid. Opposing something that clearly saves lives won't benefit them.

There are some fringe groups that do oppose vaccination, but they are the vast minority.

Edit: Apparently, Lighty doesn't know the difference between speaking for someone and simply stating their position.

Their position is a matter of fact and easily confirmed. I'm just repeating it.

Apparently his dishonesty knows no bounds.

And note that those cell lines predate Roe v. Wade. They were legal abortions for medical reasons.

Edit: And Lighty just keeps on lying.

Catholics, straight from the Vatican.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/05042...

They'd rather vaccines weren't grown in fetal derived cells, but vaccination is too important to oppose their use.

Islam isn't as centralized, so there are going to be differences. Clerics in the UK generally have the same position as the Catholic Church.

However, just look at the vaccination rates in an Islamic theocracy, Iran:

http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/glo...

Those are quite high the last few years and still climbing. They've already surpassed the US on some vaccines. Clearly they support vaccination.

Lighty of course does what any alt med scam artist does, never look at actual data and just use personal anecdotes. Reality has a way of making him look like a fool.

Edit: And Lighty is still looking like a fool.

Islam isn't a centralized religion like Islam. It isn't practical to look up what every individual imam says.

Instead I provided hard evidence that they vaccinate in large numbers in a very strict Shiite country. If they vaccinate, they clearly aren't opposed to it. Basic logic isn't apparently required to be a NZ osteopath.

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Which religion(s) are against vaccines?

Many States offer religious exemption from vaccination. You don't need to prove that you practice a religion or even a religion against vaccination (if they exist).

If someone could tell me which religion(s) these exemptions apply to, and explain why this is the case, it would be appreciated.

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The best way to anwer this question is not by looking at statements of religious leaders, but by looking at the vaccination rates in the various religious comunities. Is there data on this in the US?

Catholicism isn't per se against vaccines, but does accept as a reason to not vaccinate as being Catholic to apply/enter a Catholic school on a religious exemption even though the aborted human cells aren't in every vaccine and even the vaccines that are, no fetus died to manufacture the vaccine. Private schools such as Catholic schools can turn anybody away on anything, they don't however in my area turn away applicants based on choosing not to vaccinate for religious purposes.

And I have no idea what the difference is betw a philosophical objection to vaccines and a religious one because they pretty much are the same thing basically people that just don't believe in them.

There is no formally recognized religion that is practiced in the United States that is against vaccination. Even the Church of Christ Science (you know, the ones that get dragged into court often for not medically treating very sick children) do not have a formal position on the matter

The courts are getting wise to people trying to get around those laws...

*Recognized is a lose term - even if the matter of vaccines and religious freedom went to the supreme court - Anyone who would like to argue the point should first consider that live animal sacrifice for religious reasons IS supported by the first amendment, but prosecuted under public health laws.

All someone has to do is object on religious grounds. They don't have to state what religious affiliation they have.

It was recently announced that some vaccines are being produced from cultures grown in aborted fetuses. The American Religious Right is freaking out. Should be a good sign that vaccine profits will go down the tubes after this. People are going to be rightly suspicious of exactly what goes into vaccines enough to avoid them like the plague that they are.

It's about time the sheeple wised up and started asking more questions and demanding more exacting standards and scientific evidence to back up the claims made for vaccines that are just peddled based on marketing hype/popular belief.

The best unbiased source for info. on vaccines is the National Vaccine Information Centre. They have the dope on this scandal and plenty of others.

Good morning Nate.

Religions based on the existence of a deity were invented way before anything about the immune system was known. So I don't think that is where we should look.

But the line of thought in the anti-vaccine movement does resemble what we see in religious people:

1) Ideas are stubbornly adhered to regardless of the evidence

2) Even the most solid evidence is subjected to rationalisation making it possible for the believer to hold on to his/her idea.

So my answer would be "The anti-vaccine movement"

Edit to add:

Before anyone pulls the Big Pharma Shill, it might be worth remembering, that the anti-vaccine movement by far outdates the pharmaceutical industry: http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/...

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Thank you Nate. I don't think they are tax exempt, but neither are any of the other religions (In Denmark that is).

Ask a school nurse. I know there are ways to get out of the vaccine, but I don't remember what they are. School nurses are the ones that deal with making sure children have the vaccines or that they are legally exempt so just call a local school, ask to talk to the school nurse and you should get all the info you need.

I forgot the name of one, but it was some religion that I remember protested at a fallen soldiers funeral saying he deserved to die because of the "bad things man has done". They believe humans should die for previously committed crimes. I don't completely agree with them. Considering they are protesting against a soldier who died. But ya that's that a religion I think wouldn't get a vaccine.