Gee; medicine, science, commons sense – what concepts!
Incredible that in the year 2011, in the United States of America, people still eat this kind of shit in terms of religion. This country is going backwards. People such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine must be rolling over in their graves. Following are quotes from each with regard to religion –
Thomas Jefferson:
“Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.”
“The Christian God is a being of terrific character – cruel, vindictive, capricious, and unjust.”
“In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.”
Benjamin Franklin:
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.”
“I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies.”
Thomas Paine:
“As to the book called the Bible, it is blasphemy to call it the word of God. It is a book of lies and contradictions and a history of bad times and bad men.”
Of all the tyrannies that afflict mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. Every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in, but this attempts a stride beyond the grave and seeks to pursue us into eternity.”
“Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.”
TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers say they will push to end legal protection for parents who rely solely on faith healing to treat their dying children.
A proposed bill targets the Followers of Christ, an Oregon City church with a long history of children dying from treatable medical conditions.
State Rep. Carolyn Tomei, D-Milwaukie, said the deaths of three children of church members in recent years prompted her to introduce the bill.
House Bill 2721 would remove spiritual treatment as a defense for all homicide charges.
Legislators and prosecutors hope the threat of long prison sentences will cause church members to reconsider their tradition of rejecting medical treatment in favor of faith healing.
“It’s going to make it easier to hold parents accountable who don’t protect their children,” said Clackamas County District Attorney John Foote, whose office has prosecuted recent cases involving church members.
The legislation already has wide support from both political parties, prosecutors, medical providers and child-protection groups, and there is no organized opposition.
Followers of Christ Church leaders do not speak to the media and rarely issue statements, and the church did not respond to a request for comment.
The Christian Science Church, which opposed a similar bill that was proposed years ago, changed its position. The continuing deaths “reached a critical mass,” said John Clague, Christian Science media and legislative liaison.
“This is not about Christian Science,” Clague said. “This is all coming from another denomination. We should never risk the life of a child through the practice of spiritual care.”
