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Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
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Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 1:02 am
Okay, so say you have a medical condition, a serious one and you need a surgeon. Would you be okay if he prayed before surgery or was a christian.
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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 1:06 am
(May 9, 2014 at 1:02 am)BlackSwordsman Wrote: Okay, so say you have a medical condition, a serious one and you need a surgeon. Would you be okay if he prayed before surgery or was a christian.

My only concern would be - is he a good surgeon? Whether he prays, consults his horoscope or practices the occult doesn't bother me outside of that - as long as he is not relying on any of those things to perform the surgery.

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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 1:08 am
(May 9, 2014 at 1:02 am)BlackSwordsman Wrote: Okay, so say you have a medical condition, a serious one and you need a surgeon. Would you be okay if he prayed before surgery or was a christian.

Yes, if he's competent.

A group of doctors and nurses saved my life last year. I didn't give a fuck what their position on the existence of deities was.
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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 3:28 am
Just so long as they don't substitute medical practice for heeby jeeby woo, then I'd be fine with whatever.
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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 3:32 am
(May 9, 2014 at 1:02 am)BlackSwordsman Wrote: Okay, so say you have a medical condition, a serious one and you need a surgeon. Would you be okay if he prayed before surgery or was a christian.

My dad is a theist and a surgeon, I'd trust him. As much as I'm against religion it doesn't mean I think that the religious are bad at their careers.

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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 3:51 am (This post was last modified: May 9, 2014 at 4:05 am by Sinbad.)
So long as they dont say something like: "I'll be praying for you"
That really would be annoying.

....actually, that could be quite worrying!
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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 5:17 am
As long as my surgeon doesn't let Jesus guide the scalpel, I'm fine with it. I'd sooner his/her years of training and experience guide the scalpel.

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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 3:42 pm
As long as he/she consults medical texts for information concerning the procedure to be performed on me, and not the Koran, Bible, Vedas, Zend Avesta or any other Bronze Age text.

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 4:04 pm
(May 9, 2014 at 5:17 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: As long as my surgeon doesn't let Jesus guide the scalpel, I'm fine with it. I'd sooner his/her years of training and experience guide the scalpel.

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RE: Doctor Doctor, get the hell out
May 9, 2014 at 7:34 pm
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