CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing (Page 50)

There are two - three if you consider Gypsy as a religion.  All others have given their official blessing (mainstream religions, I think there are some that are more fringe religions that have rules against not donating because a pure organ would go to an unpure soul).  The other two are Jehovah's Witness (they believe that it is impure to integrate blood from one body to another) and Shinto (they believe that the body must remain in tact because the soul needs it to travel around in the after life).  The Shinto religion is considered one of the main reasons why the Hawaii vote failed.  Many japanese descended citizens in Hawaii.

I wasn;t really shocked by the result, but more by the margin of the vote.  There are many in Hawaii that are members of Shintoism, though.

Are you kidding?  Our government uses implied consent all of the time.  The problem that I have with this legislation is that it is a poor job of marketing the issue.  You don't want people to coinsider it an obligation, but a gift.  You are sending the wrong message to get to your goal with legislation like this.

Islam

The religion of Islam believes in the principle of saving human lives. According to A. Sachedina in his Transplantation Proceedings' (1990) article, Islamic Views on Organ Transplantation, "the majority of the Muslim scholars belonging to various schools of Islamic law have invoked the principle of priority of saving human life and have permitted the organ transplant as a necessity to procure that noble end."

Muslim scholars of the most prestigious academies are unanimous in declaring that organ donation is an act of merit and in certain circumstances can be an obligation.
These institutes all call upon Muslims to donate organs for transplantation:

• the Shariah Academy of the Organisation of Islamic
  Conference (representing all Muslim countries)
• the Grand Ulema Council of Saudi Arabia.
• the Iranian Religious Authority
• the Al-Azhar Academy of Egypt

As far as having to be done by a muslim Dr., I met three people in Pittsburgh that are Muslim and had their surgeries done by Dr Sklarz at Univ Pittsburgh Medical Center (he is not Muslim).

My sister sent me this link yesterday.  It's rated G.  Not sure whether to laugh or cry.  Our childhoods always seem less dorky in retrospect don't they?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1fUqSQFdAI  

I am too old to recognize this.

I can't see it

I figured you'd be one of the people who might recognize it (it's the intro to 'Denver the Last Dinosaur'). 

That was sooo two TANs ago.  And my response is still the same:

Are you gonna TAN our hides?