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Thank you Tea Party -- people are not vaccinating their kids now
StealthWar42:
I'd rather see such crazed fundamentalism broken down by facilitating greater access to college/university-level education. Call me crazy but I have my doubts this is related to reproduction/"breeding" at all.
vicious796:
--- Quote from: Nikkoru on August 31, 2012, 01:12:19 AM ---In my view, if you're willing to die or see your children die because you believe God would intervene to heal you if it was his will to do so, you are nothing more than an unthinking fatalist seeking death and dressing it up with words of faith. We all die, eventually, every other Christian with an ounce of reason would look upon medicine as a mercy, and doctors being a part of the divine plan. You've simply decided what that plan is for yourself and are willing to invite suffering for that conceit.
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This reminds me of a story a Pastor said in Church a long time ago (well, when I went). A woman refuses 3 men who come to tell her to evacuate because of an incoming hurricane saying "God will save her". The storm hits and refuses 2 more with the same reasoning. Eventually, the flooding forces her to the roof of her house. She refuses help from a helicopter team, once again saying "God will save me."
The woman drowned.
To anyone who would say "God didn't save her", I say he sent her 5 fucking people and a helicopter.
Of course, the Pastor didn't use the word "fucking", but I feel it adds a little flair.
99% of the religious people I know think along the same lines. Instead of thinking with a fatalistic mindset of "God will save me if he wants to" just consider the fact that this all-powerful God you claim to believe in could have easily stopped the creation of those vaccines or made the diseases immune.
AceHigh:
I also heard a more laconic saying "God protects those who protect themselves".
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on August 31, 2012, 01:06:35 PM ---I also heard a more laconic saying "God protects those who protect themselves".
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I usually hear it expressed as, "God helps those who help themselves."
Pharismo:
--- Quote from: Ixarku on August 31, 2012, 10:29:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: AceHigh on August 31, 2012, 01:06:35 PM ---I also heard a more laconic saying "God protects those who protect themselves".
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I usually hear it expressed as, "God helps those who help themselves."
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I usually hear it as:0" God helps those who follows him"
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