![]() ![]() Anyone who refuses to take the vaccine is choosing stubbornness over life and choosing a longer pandemic for everyone,” Pastor Daniel Pugh, of Christ the King Cary, said. But now, we have a safe, effective and life-saving miracle on our hands. Sometimes we find it hard to trust new miracles, because we have been let down before. “A vaccine with over 90% efficacy is a modern-day miracle. However, the vaccines themselves do not contain any fetal cells. “Rather than pondering what religious exemption might allow me not to do,” Moore said, “I would want people of all faith who are charged with caring for their neighbor, to wonder what religious obligation are they called to do?”Īs for the use of fetal cell lines in vaccines, according to the North Dakota Health Department, they were developed decades ago in a laboratory and used to develop and test the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.Īs for Johnson & Johnson, fetal cell lines were used in the production of that vaccine. The concept of being part of something larger than yourself is something Moore believes can shed light on what really exempts someone from getting vaccinated. “A religious exemption seems to be a grand performance in individualism as opposed to participation in community,” Moore said. “Those that are not vaccinated, as far as I’m concerned, are certainly committing potentially the sin of damaging themselves but they’re definitely potentially committing the sin of hurting others.” Not just what happens to me but what’s my obligation to others in society,” Solomon said. That’s what this crisis has really brought to the core spiritually. “Love your neighbor, that mitzvah or that commandment means I need to be worried not only about my health but also my effect on others. In fact, we see that as an opportunity to elongate life,” Solomon said.Ī common thread through many religions is caring for others. “While it should not be taken lightly, we do not have an issue with fetal cells. Solomon says choosing life is the highest commitment for Jews, and in Judaism, life starts outside the womb. Accessing those stem cells is actually going to protect us and help us to do no harm, do good and to be able to attend to the ordinances of God,” Moore said. “Will accessing that science influence people to do harm in the future? However you want to define ‘doing harm.’ The answer for us is no. When it comes to religious exemptions, do their teachings or sacred texts offer reasons not to get vaccinated, specifically when it comes to the scientific use of fetal cells? Some of those people have chosen not to come to services or public events out of respect,” Solomon said. People letting me know or asking my opinion. “I would say in our own congregation there haven’t been official exemptions, per say. Rabbi Eric Solomon has heard similar feelings from members of Beth Meyer Synagogue. “We are a large congregation, and so, we have folks who are of course all over the map on any given issue and vaccines are exactly like any other issue,” Moore said. Moore says the COVID-19 vaccine has sparked some new conversations in his church. We see a religious obligation,” Pastor Greg Moore, of Edenton Street United Methodist Church, said. “We don’t really see a religious exemption for the vaccine. EXEMPTION OR OBLIGATION: More employers & organizations are implementing COVID-19 vaccination requirements and that brings up the topic of medical and religious exemptions.īut what is a religious exemption and what do faith leaders have to say on the topic? /OY5EhaQO9Z ![]()
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