Modern Jews donate and receive (most of them) for reasons such as Lev 19:16
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Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD
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which they interpret as doing nothing when you could be doing something to save someone.
An interesting point about embalming, thanks for the reminder. During the embalming process organs were taken out.
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So, your questions can be very complex, but I would argue that as a basic level organ donation is a positive thing, and does not violate any Biblical concept. I know it's not the thread topic, but more complicated is the issue of who should receive the organs, and on what basis.
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If I sign a donor's card, which is attached to my driver's license, then it should be treated like my will, and obeyed regardless of what my family and friends think. If it doesn't violate clear Scripture, it's none of any one's business except my own.
A woman should have long hair, but if one of my daughters had a friend who lost her hair through cancer, and one of my daughters wanted to donate their hair to make a wig, I'd let them. How much more one of my bones, or heart?