I am curious to learn which (if any!) sects/denominations/cults of christianity are totally against reducing human suffering related to illnesses via medical science. I believe this is significantly different then the other more general question on this site. A negative example: I am aware that the Jehovah's Witness are against blood transfusions, this would be an example of what I am NOT looking for due to the fact that the opposition is limited in scope to just blood transfusions. To my knowledge the following denominations have issues with "SOME" aspects of medical treatments. But none of them are "fully opposed" which is what I am asking for. - The Amish (do not have doctrinal opposition to medical care, but tend to favor natural remedies) - The Assembly of God - Bapticostal Church (West virginia) - "Christian Science" (Possibly opposed to all, but not clear in my search) - Church of God (some congregations are fixated on faith healers) - Church of the first born (Religious based neglect of children, but not of medical treatments in general or as a whole) - End Time Ministries (Child related, medical care related to children, but not adults) - Faith Assembly (Child related only) - One Mind Ministries (Child related exorcism) - True Followers of Christ Church (Oklahoma, medical neglect of children only, not adults, not universally) - Unleavened Bread Ministries (Wisconsin, child dies of untreated diabetes... seems limited to children again) #### One that is close that I found is "The Church of Christ, Scientist" The Church of Christ, Scientist, for example, is a denomination that promotes healing of physical and mental illnesses and disorders through prayer. They do compromise somewhat in the case of broken bones. There are many cases of apparently preventable deaths due to reliance on faith healing by Christian Scientist. Due to the broken bones aspect it doesn't seem to fit my criteria... ---

Catholic Exorcist Father [Vincent Lampert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Lampert) , in an [interview](https://youtu.be/_9xcAl0gg7w?t=1109) on the PBD Podcast, explained: > Rather than being critical of someone else, I would tend to want to be more positive about what I believe exorcism is. Because we talked about skepticism, an exorcist is trained to be a skeptic. I should be the very last person in the room to believe that somebody is truly dealing with extraordinary demonic activity. **Every other possible explanation needs to be exhausted. And that's the approach the Catholic Church takes**. That's why even in the United States we have a protocol that we follow, and **step number one of the protocol is for the person to have a psychiatric evaluation**. **Step two is to have a physical examination**, **because the church wants experts in the mental health field and in the medical sciences to weigh in** on what is happening or what this person believes is happening in their life. Do Protestants follow a similar protocol? --- For additional context, see my previous question https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/101721/61679

While I’m aware that the Catholic Church teaches that having sex after a vasectomy (or getting your tubes tied for women) is sinful because it is an act of contraception, I was wondering if the church taught that the act of vasectomy itself was sinful. Would a person who got one be sinning even if he never had sex for the rest of his life?