Church Works Toward World Goal to Eliminate Preventable Diseases
In the letter, the First Presidency also encouraged Church members to become socially involved in the public education and dissemination of vaccines that prevent infectious diseases. Ref. Source 1
Its good that the Church is becoming more vocal about social issues although I don't think anyone in the church will have issues with immunization like they are with immigration, gay marriage, etc.
Can I ask, what was the point of this thread ? Are you seeking a answer ? Personally I say they are not good, well at least how they are made with unsafe chemicals, toxins, heavy metals and from the blood of animals, including swine and monkeys today.
I can attribute most of my physical and mental health problems to vaccinations from Childhood, but and especially from my tour in the military, during the Viet Nam Era, in the Pacific Rim.
If one eat healthy, vaccinations are really of no worth, but if you don't or have no chance to eat well, then vaccines can save lives or make lives less suffering. It is a toss up, or playing the odds. The real or true promises are in living the postive side of the word of wisdom, being aware of acid / alkaline balance of our bodies.
Some are born more sensitive and have inherited weaknesses to everything, that includes me and my family, for them it spells real disaster. For many or most, damage is not so noticeable or really obvious.
It has recently been discovered that what we eat can alter and turn certain DNA genetic things off and on, so even more so, we are what we eat. Everything we put on our bodies absorbs and enters our bodies, and worse of all to cause problems, vaccinations. We have no real knowledge of long term effects Will come out over time.
As we enter the age of genetic manipulation, and GMO seeds and plants and animals. We seem to be where man was before the flood, reading the Book of Jasher, it seems clearer then the Bible in Genesis. That part of the wickedness and uncleanness that God cleansed the Earth from, was the polluted gene pool of plants, animals and humans, it was not just immorality, pride and turning from God.
Well, I guess my stance would not be in line with those over seeing the health programs of the Church. It is a imperfect world and the Church operates the best it can under the Circumstances, but we have the agency if so inspired to rise to a higher level and live our lives accordingly. The Church is the BASICs, like the Word of Wisdom, one only rises higher and serves God more fully, by constant Revelation. But always remember, that the higher law cannot be lived, if one is not also living the spirit of the lower law.
Edited: DavidLJ on 23rd Nov, 2011 - 10:35am
Scientifically there isn't proof that immunizations affect the brain. I believe the church's endorsement of being immunized is a good step towards helping people become more aware that terrible things can be prevented.
I am not going to get into a long drawn out rebuttal on this, but if you are relying on scientific data from the medial profession and the government, it will not readily happen. If you are LDS, think Gadianton robbers and secret combination, and the warnings of the Word of Wisdom. The drug corporations of the world, the Corporations of the United States and the World are taking over in all facets of our lives, they are part in away, a different arm of similitude of the One World Order and take over by Satan in the last days, to take away our freedom of choice.
It is not about about what you read or don't read, it about having the Holy Spirit to see and feel it. Many of the members in our local Wards and Stakes are fully aware of it, we often relate among ourselves about it.
The evidence is mostly hidden, but it is there online and you see it when you talk to others affected by the vaccinations.
For me the benefits of being immunized far outweigh not being immunized. Maybe as you say, good eating and being healthy will help, but realistically that is not how the world is and we have to look at the millions who could suffer if simple preventable diseases are taken care of with a simple shot hence the brethren know what they are doing by supporting this.
I understand and respect your view. But me and many I know, they are unsafe.
I have ADD and dementia like problems because of vaccinations, as well as other auto immune problems like Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue and etc.
I know many people and members with children, that vaccinations caused type I diabetes, Autism, and even reduced mental ability.
The Prophet I follow, and those immediately below therm but some of those administering programs down the chain, not so much. I check everything against the Scriptures and the Holy Ghost. The Church says in the last days, we will not stand, if on borrowed light.
I find too often, they put too much of the worldly mind in the mix, and not enough of the Spirit. That is another topic, the eventual cleansing of the Goats from the Sheep. The Lord said, before he cleansed the world before the Millennium, he would cleanse his house first. I find more and more High Priests in our area becoming a bit dismayed about the over all set of thing; about the church becoming too world, and like Babylon.
In the end, we must follow our Master, how we do it, it our own personal choice. I have not problem with someone who lives what they believe, only those who don't know what they want or believe
Church Makes Immunizations an Official Initiative, Provides Social Mobilization
Although Church leaders recognized the importance of immunizations more than 30 years ago (read a 1978 First Presidency letter, "Immunize Children, Leaders Urge"), only in the last decade has immunization been a focus of the Church's Welfare Department. Ref. Source 9