If the man with the means to be treated with experimental drugs was in an infected area spreading the word of god. Then contracted a disease that didn't exist in his homeland, was treated and cured, and now that cure is being mass produced to save people in the infected area, who otherwise would not have had access to the drug...
Is it really that much of a stretch to say god had a hand here?
The only true science is mathematics. That's why doctors call it a "practice".
check your privilege wrote:
what grinds my gears wrote:I have more respect for those wacko faith healer religious types that refuse to take their kids to doctors and rely on healing. They actually believe in what they are saying.
Be a Christian if you want but don't go to hospitals, doctors, specialists and load up on medication and then thank God for healing you. You obviously didn't have enough faith in God when you went to the Dr in the first place.
Christians believe that medicine and modern science is part of God's way of healing people, which negates your bigoted rant.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
But a good round of birth control pills is the devil's work and Viagara is a miracle???
Powerful Medicine wrote:
check your privilege wrote:Christians believe that medicine and modern science is part of God's way of healing people, which negates your bigoted rant.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
But a good round of birth control pills is the devil's work and Viagara is a miracle???
It's never a good idea to take the extreme views within a group of people and apply it to the entire group - particularly with such large and diverse group as the Christian population (247 million people in the US alone).
77% of reproductive aged women in the US uses contraception. 73% of people in the US self identify as Christian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control_in_the_United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_Statescheck your privilege wrote:
what grinds my gears wrote:I have more respect for those wacko faith healer religious types that refuse to take their kids to doctors and rely on healing. They actually believe in what they are saying.
Be a Christian if you want but don't go to hospitals, doctors, specialists and load up on medication and then thank God for healing you. You obviously didn't have enough faith in God when you went to the Dr in the first place.
Christians believe that medicine and modern science is part of God's way of healing people, which negates your bigoted rant.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
You mean they don't believe in free will. That is odd, almost all Christians I've ever come across, and my upbringing in church emphasize this. Those Drs could have been anything they wanted but they CHOSE to spend years in school to become a medical profession. God didn't just create them a doctor.
And if it is all part of God's plan then that means ebola is also part of God's plan. Anyone thanking him for that?
photofinish wrote:
Just once, I want to see them interview an athlete with a disappointing performance (like an Olympic favorite having a bad day and finishing out of the medals) and the dude says "God screwed me over today, I worked my a$$ off and all blame goes to God." lol.
Ryan Hall has said this in so many words. "God had different plans for me today."
NJ Possible wrote:
Ryan Hall has said this in so many words. "God had different plans for me today."
This human need to believe that things happen on purpose, and are, "fair" is amazing. The idea that random unfortunate things happen in the normal course of events is too much for most people. That it is too much for adults - such as Stanford grad Ryan Hall or a graduate of medical school - is beyond belief.
once upon a time wrote:
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness...And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion...Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
---George Washington
"Get back to work, slave."
-George Washington