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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:18 PM Original message |
Oregon House unanimously votes to end faith healing exception |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good ruling imo. I am all for very extensive religious freedom |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. About time |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not in favor of forcing everyone into the pill-pushing, |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Fine, but that is not what this is about. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. beware the law of unintended consequences. nt |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. uh, ok, I will. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I don't think you understand what's being targeted here. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is a very good and wise ruling that is solely designed to protect |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It brings joy to my heart that you are in agreement, without caveat. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. When doctors have done everything they can, it's time to start |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. *cough* |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Aw, come on! Cut him some slack, its the best he can do. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Nevertheless, the fact that there are hundreds of religious affiliated |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, it does speak for itself. Namely the de facto atheism of many believers. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That's not not what my bible says. Many time in Scripture healing and help |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You must have missed my earlier response: |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. First of Christians are not automatons. And yes I do believe that God |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Isn't consulting a physician second-guessing the dictatorship's plan for you? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think that you are letting that anti-religious attitude cloud your ability |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It's not my problem if you can't be bothered... |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. spend so much "effort trying to paint atheism as a religion of violent totalitarianism" |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Holy crap! "Where you see contradiction, I see confirmation". |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. So when you repeatedly blame atheism for the abuses of totalitarian regimes... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. See how it avoids logical contradictions by accusing others of blindness. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Truth is elusive to those who refuse to see it with both eyes wide? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. When your logic out of your playbook only extends |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Here is your logic, in your own words.."Where you see contradiction, I see confirmation" |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You too are using that logic. Logical empiricism is NOT the only |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. We already burned that straw man. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I will quote laconicsax when he said it so well, |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Now that's comedy. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. And you are still avoiding the facts.nt |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. So, darkstar. Don't you think that it's pretty difficult to "confuse |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. ROFLMAO!!! |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. ^^Thank you. That is the only appropriate response at the moment. nt |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. One characteristic that is oh so common in your responses to difficult questions |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. WOOOSH!!! |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The use of ridicule over effective reasoning has also been |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Hahahaha! As soon as you have effective reasoning, the ridicule will stop. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Umm...there's no such thing as "organized atheism." |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Well I'll take credit for the organized atheism, but the constant references to |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Benevolen totalitarianism usually goes by "Kingdom of Heaven" and one only need read your posts... |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Many times I have been accused of constantly using Stalin as |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Demonstrably false. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Well now let's see. Combining all of the aforementioned not |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Considering that you once said, "Stalin was not a Russian," I'll defer to your expertise on lunacy. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Um? Stalin was a Georgian. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Georgia was just part of Russia when Stalin was born. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. No, Georgia was not part of Russia. It was a separate nation |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Uh huh, and I guess he didn't have any association with Russia either, right? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Georgia was NOT a province of Russia. It was no more a part |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. You should check your information. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. And I would suggest that you check your information. At no time |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Are American embassies also not American territory? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Well, what do ya know? Maybe Gandhi could have been the King of England? Just WOW! nt |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. *yawn* |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Nice! Yet ANOTHER reason you are not on ignore! I would have MISSED this! |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. BWAHAHAHAHA! |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. See, its posts JUST LIKE THIS that is the reason I don't have you on ignore. I would have MISSED it! |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Come on, man, you are bringing up those uncomfortable questions and will make him |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. You do realize that "physicians" of the "early Christian" era were not MEDICAL doctors |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. How could they have been medical doctors like we have today, |
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GSanon (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. They probably used Pharmakya (usually translated "witchcraft" in kjv) nt |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Like it or not, Christianity has radically reorganized Judaism. |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Good! K&R , nt |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
45. In most of the cases I remember reading about |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Or a simple urinary blockage. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
67. OH has such an exception on the books. |
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