(April 22, 2012 at 5:09 pm)deciple Wrote: In my opinion the people who will not allow blood transfusions especially for children because of so called "faith" are nothing more than idiots.
We agree!
Quote: I believe that prayer is always a good thing but so is medicine and medical attention.
Prayer has never been proven to be effective. At best, it has nothing more than a placebo effect.
Quote:God has given mankind the power to heal themselves.
Really? Where are those cures for cerebral palsy, Parkinson's Disease, muscular dystrophy, macular degeneration, diabetes, epilepsy, etc, etc....?
Quote:When man is unable to heal himself sometimes God will intervene.
Can you prove this statement? Otherwise, it's just unsubstantiated bullshit.
Quote:He gave us the knowledge on how to to blood transfusions, kidney transplants and the like.
Total crap. "God" did not come down from the sky and demonstrate how to perform a kidney transplant or blood transfusion. People had to figure this out for themselves. And this wasn't done until very recently.
Quote:It reminds me of the story about when the town flooded and the guy is traped on his roof and a lifeboat comes to save him and he refuses help and tells the crew that God will take care of it and the man drowns. In reality god sent the lifeboat.
Really? Where were the "lifeboats" for all the people who prayed for deliverance from Nazi death camps? Where were the "lifeboats" for all the people who were trapped on the upper floors of the World Trade Center? Where were the "lifeboats" for all the people who died in the Black Plague? I could go on and on....
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
