Showing our medical history to a pastor before marriage
By enyi ada
@Berrygal (5834)
April 7, 2018 11:35pm CST
Though I'm yet to be married but I hear now in church before one weds we need to submit our medical history like blood group, HIV test results, pregnancy test result etc for the females I don't know about the males to the pastor or the Church and I wonder what for?
Are pastors now medical personnels that can give the right medical counselling and of course our medical history shouldn't be known by others except our doctors, so I'm a bit confuse about this.
What do you think about this practice,?
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6 responses
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Apr 18
In the US there are laws protecting our medical histories. It's nobody else's business but ours.
@toniganzon (77320)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
I think the church is just trying to help couples with counselling as to their compatibility whether they would still want to go through the marriage despite having those illnesses.
I don't know of any church here that does that though and it's a bit strange to me. However, I am trying to see from the point of view of that church and I could see how they're trying to help people.
Don't know much about what's going on in your country that led to that but I know they have a good reason to.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Apr 18
i wonder why, but maybe the pastor wants to check your history because maybe you and the man may be distant relatives?
@lynnief (1203)
• Australia
8 Apr 18
That is not the role of the church or the pastor, and I would refuse to do it.
