Christians: what are your thoughts on the Christian who became an atheist after a kidney transplant?

Christians: what are your thoughts on the Christian who became an atheist after a kidney transplant?This Christian was not a particularly devout Christian, you know, they didn't protest outside abortion clinics and didn't always vote for conservative politicians, but they did go to church regularly and they did raise their children believing in the Christian dogma. But then a case of gout got worse and worse and doctors discovered a congenital defect with both their kidneys and they had to put on dialysis awaiting a kidney transplant. For 9 months they went through the horrible dialysis process 3 times a week and then finally a kidney transplant became available for them. The operation was a success, the Christian recovered after a few weeks and the new kidney did the job great.

The thing is, the story doesn't end here; 2 years after the kidney transplant, the Christian stopped going to church, bought a Richard Dawkins book and started watching Bill Maher on TV and finding him intellectual and witty instead of rude and abrasive. This Christian became an atheist and would constantly argue with friends and family about religious issues. It turned out that the kidney donated to them was actually from the body of an atheist who died in a car wreck. It seems that some of the atheist's personality still resided in their kidney.

This story might very well be just an urban myth but still it raises an interesting conundrum, don't you think so? Do our organs form some of our characteristics and do they retain these characteristics even after being transplanted into another body?

Miss Ann Thrope (Spitfire)
"This story might very well be just an urban myth but still it raises an interesting conundrum, don't you think so? Do our organs form some of our characteristics and do they retain these characteristics even after being transplanted into another body?"

If it is just a urban myth (which in this case, it is indeed) than it is not necessarily a conundrum, considering that it's just a story, with no grounding whatsoever.

The Stapler
I'm not going to read the details, I'm just going to go by the title.

And from what I understand by the title, kidney beans are supposed to be good for your kidneys. So eat some.

Forrest Gump
LOL, your joking? right? :O

So-Crates Resurrected AGAIN
That damned atheist donor INFECTED that poor Christian man with a good kidney and some rationality!!! SONOFAWHORE!

Colette Pioline ART
Our organs are genetically coded to do their jobs.

So, unless it's a brain that's transplanted, a transplant is not going to change someone's personality or beliefs.

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