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Scientists Disarm AIDS
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  (October 3, 2011 at 12:10 pm)frankiej Wrote: I'm sure if you pray then you are open to the idea of supernatural intervention of some kind.... Well, a supernatural invention would be nice. But I've prayed lots of times, and sometimes believed that it worked, because it looked like it did. But those were the cases when I had a very good exam after studying so hard, since I believed even then that God only helps those who help themselves. But there is a saying in Turkish, "kabul olmayacak duaya amin demek", meaning, "saying amen to a prayer that won't come true". Like there too, is a logical limit to the extent that prayer is supposed to work. And that extent does not go to healing diseases, making it rain, and/or helping you to conceive children if you were unable to do so before. But sadly, many people in my country go to folk-sorcerers, who allegedly perform some prayers from the Qur'an with various forms of magic and shit, and talk to djinnis to make things work, and hear news from familiars about a possibly cheating spouse. I think we still couldn't get over the fact that animism is long dead. ![[Image: trkdevletbayraklar.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i128.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fp161%2Fazmhyr%2Ftrkdevletbayraklar.jpg) Üze Tengri basmasar, asra Yir telinmeser, Türük bodun ilingin törüngin kim artatı udaçı erti? (October 3, 2011 at 1:43 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: since I believed even then that God only helps those who help themselves. Sounds a bit like you doing all the work and then giving God the credit... Sounds silly. Well, prayer is obviously bullshit anyway... So, I'm gonna talk about bananas... I'm not a fan. Cunt
(October 3, 2011 at 1:48 pm)frankiej Wrote:(October 3, 2011 at 1:43 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: since I believed even then that God only helps those who help themselves. Well, it's generally assumed that God seals the deal. Like you don't seem to remember a certain formula, or a certain structure of a compound that you see, and after like 2-3 minutes, it strikes you like a kick in the nuts, and most people here will say, "I had a revelation", whether they are religious or not. Üze Tengri basmasar, asra Yir telinmeser, Türük bodun ilingin törüngin kim artatı udaçı erti?
A revelation isn't by definition religious though...
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 (October 3, 2011 at 8:16 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Many of my good friends have died from AIDS...not ALL of them were homosexual and not ALL of them were adults, mehmet...AIDS doesn't discriminate and neither should you. You havent put that hateful racist prick on ignore yet? There is no talking with him. There is no reasoning with him...so I wash my hands of him and set him on ignore. RE: Scientists Disarm AIDS
February 11, 2012 at 7:01 pm
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What can prayer do then Mehm, a short list maybe? It's own thread?
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February 11, 2012 at 7:54 pm
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(February 11, 2012 at 7:01 pm)Rhythm Wrote: What can prayer do then Mehm, a short list maybe? It's own thread? Perhaps prayer can help align a body's natural defenses to focus on the particular medical problem.  Perhaps prayer can help the ill person calm themselves so that their unstressed organism can fight it off at full strength.  Perhaps prayer triggers a placebo effect in the body?  Perhaps prayer is a complete and utter waste of time?  Perhaps prayer opens a direct channel to an omnipotent and merciful god to come to your rescue. 
Can't wait to hear what Evangelical preachers have to say about it. Is it a gift from the devil? Will it be responsible for the next natural disaster? Who knows.
"Sisters, you know only the north; I have traveled in the south lands. There are churches there, believe me, that cut their children too, as the people of Bolvangar did--not in the same way, but just as horribly. They cut their sexual organs, yes, both boys and girls; they cut them with knives so that they shan't feel. That is what the Church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the Church is on one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to."
-Ruta Skadi, The Subtle Knife  (February 11, 2012 at 6:31 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote:(October 3, 2011 at 8:16 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Many of my good friends have died from AIDS...not ALL of them were homosexual and not ALL of them were adults, mehmet...AIDS doesn't discriminate and neither should you. Was it really necessary to resurrect a thread dead since October of last year so you can say this? |
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