Another in a line of great Onion stories. See what we are missing? The Jesus Universal Health Insurance Plan described in the link to the title of this post.Pretty much says it all.Peter Nuhn
Another in a line of great Onion stories. See what we are missing? The Jesus Universal Health Insurance Plan described in the link to the title of this post.Pretty much says it all.Peter Nuhn
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off topic, but I figured you might enjoy:
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NYTimes/CBS News Poll
Not much of a stretch eh?
That was supposed by be “can’t wait for the grand …”. Jeeebus
If 25% can’t wait for the grand opening,that puts 75% dont know or dont care. It’s bad but not hopeless.
The first gregorian chent was “The world is flat , haallleeellll-aaaaaa-aaaa-uuuuuuuu-ahhhhhhh.”
Karen
One of the most serious condemnations of religious organizations comes from examples of child abuse and neglect that include severe beatings, rejection of medical care, starvation, forced marriages, child labor, slavery, isolation, exorcism rituals, and sexual molestation as religious practices. The following information was obtained from Children?s Healthcare is a Legal Duty, Inc. (CHILD, Inc.)
CHILD, Inc. reports that the following religious organizations engage in the practice of rejection of medical care:
Faith Assembly
Followers of Christ
Christian Science
Church of the First Born
Faith Tabernacle
End Time Ministries
The Believers? Fellowship
Faith Temple Doctoral Church of Christ in God
Church of God Chapel
Jehovahs? Witnesses (forbids blood transfusions)
Jesus through Jon and Judy
Christ Assembly
Christ Miracle Health Center
Northeast Kingdom Community Church
?No Name? fellowship
The Source
?Amy Hermanson, 7, died in 1986 in Sarasota, Florida. A talented little girl, she took piano, violin, harp, and art lessons, and excelled in academic subjects also. Many teachers and employees at her mother’s business observed Amy’s weight loss and lethargy over a four-week period, but did not report to Child Protection Services (CPS). They did not know she had diabetes. Some assumed the parents were providing medical treatment. One employee said she did not report to CPS because she knew the Hermansons were Christian Scientists and they were “signing [her] paycheck.” A neighbor urged her mother to take her to a doctor, but the mother refused. A few minutes later, Amy crawled in from another room on her hands and knees and begged her mother to take her home. Her aunt said that she was incoherent and unable to focus her eyes the day before she died.
The Hermansons were convicted of felony child abuse and third-degree murder. In 1992, however, the Florida Supreme Court overturned their conviction on fair notice grounds. Citing a religious exemption in Florida’s civil code, the Court said, “The statutes have created a trap that the legislature should address.” Nine years later, however, the Florida legislature still has not done so.? (http://www.childrenshealthcare.org/)
This is why I was so disgusted over all the Christian crocodile tears that flowed over Schiavo. The Christians are clearly responsible for the law above that made it legal to kill 6 year old Amy, while they work disgustingly to keep a brain dead woman alive. That is my definition of insanity…
By the way, I learned about this organization and saw the doctor that heads it when I attended an American Atheists Convention. A really good reason for joining American Atheists.
Peter
i understand.
I was just not clear in your original post on which side the doctor was- if he was fighting for the crazy xians or for sanity.
i was an atheist in a catholic high school….then an atheist in vietnam foxholes…then an atheist doctor…many doctors are heathens but won’t admit it…money trumps all(even religion) in medicine and medical research…med schools though are encouraging doctors to pray with their patients if they ask,but i’d rather pick cotton for 6 months than pretend-pray for 6 minutes…i have to file their insurance and they send god cash!!!
thanks for response imaskeptic.i did not become atheist until adulthood my background was methodist they are good people i just came to the view that the facts don’t support supernatural.maybe i am wrong but it seems that many atheists are either catholic or jewish in background.as a practical matter i don’t see a real big gap between mainline protestants and atheists.
One of my favourite hobby horses.
If the bible were literally true, then at least for illness, there would be no need for doctors or antibiotics. Mark 16:18 says that any who believe in Jesus will be able to heal the sick by the laying on of hands.
How does my literalist friend handle that? Allegory. Literal allegory, I suppose.
“So why not? Why should religion then be brought into it at all?”
EAC-You’d be surprised how judges pander to the parent that promises to provide for “spiritual needs” in custody hearings. It’s enough to make one sick.
i agree that many atheists are ex-catholics and jews…some of that may be that they receive on average a better(more years past middle school) education? not a fact…just asking…although episcopalians certainly have their share of non-believers in my experience
p.s. almost nobody needs antibiotics …religion or no…they are , in america, given to cry-baby patients who think they know everything(even though they’re 12 years shy of a medical degree), to shut them up(not by me)…very soon the churches will be packed by these very whiners praying to their Great Healer for a cure for the “mysterious” antibiotic resistant staph infections that are killing their children and grandparents…already a 35% surge in deaths over the last 2 years!!!…
imaskeptic
You can hardly blame patients for the over-prescription of antibiotics. Most children diagnosed with otitis media don’t really have the infection (at least not bacterial) yet pediatricians offer up gram positive antibiotics before the typical patient can say “otitis what?”. Go to a
family practice doc for a sore throat and there is a high probability that your going to get a Dx of strep throat and Tx with antibiotics without a culture ever being done. No it is hardly just a patient problem or even mostly so.
And what’s with all the ellipsis dots. Are you channeling Phreedy Le Phreek?