I really encourage you not to worry about donating organs. Sorry, I know that this isn't the subject of the thread, and I do have some thoughts to share on visiting cemetaries, but I really want to address this worry that somehow donating organs can transfer sin from one to another.
My father-in-law almost died the year we were married and he is with us today because of someone who donated thier organs upon death. Had my f-i-l died from his illness, my children would have never had known his love for them. Both of my children are adopted, and when they came to live with us, they were able to come into a loving family complete with grandmas and grandpas, aunties, uncles and cousins. Everyone helps contribute to their growth and adoption into this family, and my father-in-law has been the best grandpa anyone could imagine. They live right next door to us, and my kids are with him daily. How much they would have missed out on if he had died then. I praise God so much that he lived and praise God for the generosity of that person who chose to let his organs be donated so that my father in law could live.
Regarding visiting cemetaries, yes, of course it is a personal decision and there is no right nor wrong in either visiting or not. But, when we went as a family back to PA a couple of summers ago, and brought the kids with us, my in-laws took us to the cemetaries where the great-grandparents and other family members were buried. My mother-in-law had a story to tell about each relative and it made our family connection even stronger.
I know that those loved ones weren't in those graves, but it was a quiet respectful place to go, take the children and remember whom came before us.
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