How far will Christian Scientists and other groups go?

Factual Questions
1

We all know that these people won’t go into the hospital voluntarily, will not get blood transfusions or have an operation. Brain cancer, heart attack: Don’t go to the doctor! We all know how far they’ll go to one extreme for their religious beliefs, but I wonder how far they will go to the other extreme.

Will members of any of these groups, for instance, place a band-aid ™ or a bandage on a cut? Wash the cut? Take an aspirin for a headache? Rub a sore muscle (is icy-hot ™ an acceptable treatment)? These are all medical treatments, if small or slight.

Will they attempt to set a broken bone or just let it heal naturally?

Brushing your teeth prevents tooth decay, another “medical” condition. Do they go to the dentist? Will they even have bad teeth pulled or wear dentures?

For that matter, bathing prevents disease. Is prevention okay but not treatment after the fact?

It seems to me that these things all fall into the category of medical treatments and if I believe that I should receive no medical treatment I should not do these things.

2

I think the issue is putting things into your body that are not of your body. Therefore no medicine or blood transfusions, but setting bones and brushing you teeth are ok.

michael

3

Also, I think organ transplants are a big no-no, for the same reasons as medicine and transfusions.

4

As I understand it and as it has been previously explained to me, they will allow “mechanical” types of medical intervention in most cases. So, for example, the setting of a broken bone is OK.

5

With the Mormons, they don’t allow general anesthesia for dental work. I grew up in western Colorado, where most of the dentists in town were Mormon. If you needed extensive work that would be easier if you were knocked out, they still just used novacaine.

6

You’d think the dentists would ask your preference regarding anasthesia. And if they won’t perform a safe and effective procedure for religious reasons, they really shouldn’t have a practice.