It shouldn’t be a surprise that vaccines aren’t mentioned in the Bible.
It’s the same reason antibiotics, airplanes, and pasteurization aren’t mentioned – they weren’t invented yet.
Remember, Edward Jenner first vaccinated James Phipps with his smallpox vaccine in 1796.
Why Aren’t Vaccines Mentioned in the Bible?
But even before the smallpox vaccine was developed by Edward Jenner in 1796, we had variolation. While we have evidence of smallpox infections as early as the 2nd millennium BC, the earliest use of variolation is from the 10th to 18th Century, well after the Bible was written.
Still, it shouldn’t be a surprise that some anti-vaccine folks use the Bible and religion against vaccines.
“I just decided to just google what the bible says about vaccines. There’s nothing in the bible that talks about vaccines. I just want you to think about that. So if God knew in the future that he was going to create these amazing things that were going to be the best scientific advancements, like oh, my God, they’re so great, why isn’t there anything, any inkling of talk about these things called vaccinations coming into being later to save people? If that was really God’s plan and they’re so amazing, then why isn’t it in there at all? Maybe there’s a chapter where they talk about something like an injection, like this health injection, right? Like, why didn’t God talk about that if he knew that it was going to come and save the world?”
Brittney Kara
It also shouldn’t be a surprise that they do it to try and sell you stuff, like Brittney Kara’s “Awakening Reset Program.”
Or Isagenix products.
Wait, is Isagenix mentioned in the Bible?
“You can be confident that Isagenix is committed to your success by offering you the opportunity to live a healthy, clean, and lean lifestyle—and to create wealth while doing so.”
Are multi-level marketing companies?
Brittney Kara is not the first anti-vaccine person to say that God does not support vaccines and she likely won’t be the last.
“The society of the 21st century, just as many societies and cultures in the history of human civilization, use religion as an excuse for wars, discrimination, and now for vaccination refusal.”
Pelčić on Religious exception for vaccination or religious excuses for avoiding vaccination
She may be the first to say that “believing in vaccines is a mental disorder.”
Not sure where she gets that…
Still, despite the availability of religious exemptions to vaccines in most states, it is important to understand that no mainstream religions oppose vaccines.
“For its part, Catholic social teaching entails a duty to vaccinate in order to protect the vulnerable.”
Paul J. Carson on Catholic Social Teaching and the Duty to Vaccinate
In fact, most teach about a duty and moral obligation to vaccinate.
“Giving children a healthy start in life, no matter where they are born or the circumstances of their birth, is the moral obligation of every one of us. It is heartbreaking to think that three million children die each year from diseases that we can prevent.”
Nelson Mandela (2002 Vaccine Conference)
And if there is a moral obligation to get vaccinated, then what does that say about those who push propaganda that scares parents away from vaccinating and protecting their kids?
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- Catholics urged to remember ‘common good’ in vaccine debate
- Talking about Vaccines: Religious Concerns
- The ethics and morals of vaccination
- Study – What the world’s religions teach, applied to vaccines and immune globulins.
- Study – Religious exception for vaccination or religious excuses for avoiding vaccination
- Endangering Children In God’s Name
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- Book – Bad Faith
Vaccines are just a manipulation of the natural reaction to disease i.e. immunisation. Does it say in the Bible that humans cannot manipulate nature to their benefit?