(December 18, 2017 at 3:35 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 18, 2017 at 2:45 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: On what basis? And before you answer, parents have killed their children on the basis of religiously inspired medical neglect, do not even attempt to pretend that they have not.
Not sure why/where religion got brought into this since I didn't mention it at all.
All the arguments ive heard personally from anti vaxxers has nothing to do with religion. They think vaccines may cause some sort of neurological reaction, autism, etc. They think it's risky, no longer necessary, and unhealthy. I dont know of any religion that forbids vaccines. Not saying they dont exist, just saying im pretry sure most anti vaxxers are concerned about health reasons, not influenced by religion.
I'm pretty sure there's a major overlap. A lot of Christians are suspicious of science / scientists in general, and of the government. I think it's pretty clear that the avenues of information by which parents make their "health" decisions are clouded by their politics and religion. If you're going to Fox News for information about vaccine safety, rather than to Mayo Clinic website, wikipedia, various health agencies around the world, and so on, then your "health" decision is really a decision to embrace ignorance
It's crystal clear at this point that there isn't a causal relationship between vaccines and autism-- i.e. that no causal link can be demonstrated with actual observation of evidence. But dumb people multiply false information to the point that it is more populous than good information-- and then say "Well, everybody knows that. . . "
Religion is part of the problem because it requires people to suspend disbelief and to distrust factual evidence. So yeah. . . anti-vax IS a religious position, even though someone making their decision might not see it that way.
