Comments on: Travolta Tragedy http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy A Blog of Atheist Thought Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: godless sodomite http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93424 godless sodomite Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93424 Apparently the $cientologists have already made a statement concerning the churches support of using medicine for a physical ailment but not mental/emotional issues. I dont trust anything that these fucks say so who really knows what happened and if Travoltas kid was on proper medication or not??? Heres the story:<br /> <br /> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28511424/<br /> <br /> Apparently the $cientologists have already made a statement concerning the churches support of using medicine for a physical ailment but not mental/emotional issues. I dont trust anything that these fucks say so who really knows what happened and if Travoltas kid was on proper medication or not??? Heres the story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28511424/

]]> By: Boise Jim http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93425 Boise Jim Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93425 If it is true that they withheld medicine because of religious reasons, they should be investigated for child abuse. But, you and I know that will never happen because of who the father is.<br /> <br /> Also, if it is true about withholding medicine because of religious reasons, we (not just the non-religious) need to be more vocal about what a circus sideshow religion really is, especially Scientology.<br /> <br /> When are these freaks ever going to wake up to the fact that it (Scientology) was all started as a way to make money? If it is true that they withheld medicine because of religious reasons, they should be investigated for child abuse. But, you and I know that will never happen because of who the father is.

Also, if it is true about withholding medicine because of religious reasons, we (not just the non-religious) need to be more vocal about what a circus sideshow religion really is, especially Scientology.

When are these freaks ever going to wake up to the fact that it (Scientology) was all started as a way to make money?

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93426 what Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93426 Dave<br /> <br /> With nothing but speculation in hand you are opening fire on parents in grief because they belong to some loony sect yet to date you have not posted a bit of criticism for the ADMITTED 50 billion dollar fraud Bernard Madoff who operated within the modern orthodox jewish sect. <br /> <br /> Dave

With nothing but speculation in hand you are opening fire on parents in grief because they belong to some loony sect yet to date you have not posted a bit of criticism for the ADMITTED 50 billion dollar fraud Bernard Madoff who operated within the modern orthodox jewish sect.

]]> By: mdetrano http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93427 mdetrano Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93427 Yeah, this is a bit too much like protesting at the funeral. And, if you do that, you could have all the reason and logic in the world on your side but everyone is still going to hate you. The subject is of great interest for a religious freedom discussion, but I'd have let this wait a few weeks. Yeah, this is a bit too much like protesting at the funeral. And, if you do that, you could have all the reason and logic in the world on your side but everyone is still going to hate you. The subject is of great interest for a religious freedom discussion, but I’d have let this wait a few weeks.

]]> By: tarma http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93428 tarma Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93428 This is nothing but speculation about the Travolta boy. We don't know. Yes, of course, these kinds of thoughts entered my mind as soon as I heard about the circumstances of his death. That says plenty about the reputation of this so-called religion, and granted (before the trolls weigh in), it also says plenty about my skepticism.<br /> <br /> Christian Scientists and Jehovah's Witnesses definitely withhold medical treatment from children, and I think that is criminal. That the adults forego treatment themselves is just plain stupid, IMO, but their right. My mother-in-law is life-long Christian Scientist but decided to bow to family pressure and finally accept medical intervention a couple of years ago. The members of her church shun her (nice people, ha), but at least she is alive to enjoy her first great-grandchild. This is nothing but speculation about the Travolta boy. We don’t know. Yes, of course, these kinds of thoughts entered my mind as soon as I heard about the circumstances of his death. That says plenty about the reputation of this so-called religion, and granted (before the trolls weigh in), it also says plenty about my skepticism.

Christian Scientists and Jehovah’s Witnesses definitely withhold medical treatment from children, and I think that is criminal. That the adults forego treatment themselves is just plain stupid, IMO, but their right. My mother-in-law is life-long Christian Scientist but decided to bow to family pressure and finally accept medical intervention a couple of years ago. The members of her church shun her (nice people, ha), but at least she is alive to enjoy her first great-grandchild.

]]> By: dw http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93429 dw Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93429 My son suffered seizures until the age of about 10, at which point they stopped and have never returned. He did have medications from a very young age which left him lethargic and only partly controlled the problem's return. Clandestinely he stopped taking his medication, and when reminded of it pretended to take it, instead slipping it under the microwave. He weaned himself from the medication in this way. <br /> I will not comment on the Travolta tragedy until and if it is learned if proper medications were taken to control it. If not controlled the seizures can lead to debilitation and death without having to fall on anything. <br /> It is a wonder though why such people do not explode as soon as such a contradictory label of "Christian Scientist" is applied. My son suffered seizures until the age of about 10, at which point they stopped and have never returned. He did have medications from a very young age which left him lethargic and only partly controlled the problem’s return. Clandestinely he stopped taking his medication, and when reminded of it pretended to take it, instead slipping it under the microwave. He weaned himself from the medication in this way.
I will not comment on the Travolta tragedy until and if it is learned if proper medications were taken to control it. If not controlled the seizures can lead to debilitation and death without having to fall on anything.
It is a wonder though why such people do not explode as soon as such a contradictory label of “Christian Scientist” is applied.

]]> By: fireemblem555 http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93431 fireemblem555 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93431 Jehovah's witnesses are worse, blood transfusions are incredibly essential. In British Columbia there were sextuplets born to Jehovahs, a few of them died before the government stepped in. At least the government stepped in at all. Jehovah’s witnesses are worse, blood transfusions are incredibly essential. In British Columbia there were sextuplets born to Jehovahs, a few of them died before the government stepped in. At least the government stepped in at all.

]]> By: dez http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93432 dez Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93432 Best that we can do is to protect our loved ones and friends from being pulled into Scientology and Christian Science. <br /> <br /> I don't understand how Scientology can discount the good that comes from diagnosis of Autism and treatment of it. <br /> <br /> Aliens who can't accept the latest medical technologies will never make it in the 21st century. <br /> Best that we can do is to protect our loved ones and friends from being pulled into Scientology and Christian Science.

I don’t understand how Scientology can discount the good that comes from diagnosis of Autism and treatment of it.

Aliens who can’t accept the latest medical technologies will never make it in the 21st century.

]]> By: atheistgoddess http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93433 atheistgoddess Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93433 I contest your arguement as religious child abuse. Parents all over the land kill their children every day, and nothing happens to them. They aren't properly restrained in a car. Parents allow their kids to fall into the wrong crowd. They don't lock up their guns in their homes. So, regardless of what happened in the Travolta case, there's an epidemic of child abuse that nobody cares about in this country. It has nothing to do with religion, or the lack of. Common sense is dying. I contest your arguement as religious child abuse. Parents all over the land kill their children every day, and nothing happens to them. They aren’t properly restrained in a car. Parents allow their kids to fall into the wrong crowd. They don’t lock up their guns in their homes. So, regardless of what happened in the Travolta case, there’s an epidemic of child abuse that nobody cares about in this country. It has nothing to do with religion, or the lack of. Common sense is dying.

]]> By: dsilverman http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/06/travolta-tragedy/comment-page-1#comment-93434 dsilverman Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93434 <p>What, Maddoff isn't a C/S issue. He is not a religious leader, he's just a criminal.</p><br /> <p>If he gets an easy sentence because he is Jewish, then there's something something to blog about.  Until then, he's just another bad guy who is religious.</p> What, Maddoff isn’t a C/S issue. He is not a religious leader, he’s just a criminal.

If he gets an easy sentence because he is Jewish, then there’s something something to blog about.  Until then, he’s just another bad guy who is religious.

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