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Sad christian brainwashing.
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RE: Sad christian brainwashing.
(March 9, 2014 at 12:56 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Ah, you don't wish to answer my questions as a blanket statement on par with "I fully support whatever delusions people wish to tell themselves to get by." but instead now you want the particulars of this one case?
Well I'm certainly not jumping to assumptions such as "her faith has caused her to disavow modern medicine." If that were the issue, of course I'd object to it. But so far as I can tell, if her faith merely gives her the delusion that she was created uniquely special and with a purpose, and this motivates her to share her experiences with others in hopes of helping them cope with their own incurable conditions, I don't really have a problem with it. That said, I've never heard her speak so I can't judge how helpful I think the content is but from the facts you've presented, that she's a Roman Catholic and has an incurable rare medical condition and relies on her delusion to cope, I don't see an issue.

Quote:Why do you think that someone who believes that they received a gift from god would want to diminish it with plastic surgery, unless you doubt their veracity?
Why are you asking me what their intentions and beliefs on that are?

Quote:When I was that age my eye doctor had offered to tattoo my blind eye so that I wouldn’t have to feel uncomfortable about it being a different color from my seeing eye. For a little while, I thought about it… maybe this would be the start to solving my problems.

Luckily, after talking with my friends and my family I realized that it probably wasn’t the best idea for me. I’m so glad I didn’t, because I think having two different-colored eyes is so cool!


When people say they support other's religious delusions as long as it "doesn't hurt anyone" is a fine statement, but if you start looking critically at all the aspects of a believer you see losses of money, opportunity, relationships, and health.

Wow. What a blanket statement that you've offered no statistical evidence for. I'm willing to say that faith itself is always potentially dangerous but that doesn't make every single person's faith a danger to themselves or everyone else.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 11:09 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Bittersmart - March 8, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 11:32 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Bittersmart - March 8, 2014 at 11:41 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 11:52 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Aractus - March 10, 2014 at 4:03 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by LastPoet - March 10, 2014 at 4:14 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by BrokenQuill92 - March 10, 2014 at 4:59 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Aractus - March 11, 2014 at 2:45 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 11:48 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Bittersmart - March 8, 2014 at 11:57 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Bittersmart - March 8, 2014 at 12:21 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 12:10 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Bittersmart - March 8, 2014 at 12:17 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 12:37 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Bittersmart - March 8, 2014 at 12:57 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 1:41 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Bittersmart - March 8, 2014 at 3:37 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 3:31 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by discipulus - March 8, 2014 at 12:14 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by discipulus - March 8, 2014 at 12:33 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by downbeatplumb - March 8, 2014 at 2:52 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by LittleAFish - March 8, 2014 at 12:20 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by discipulus - March 8, 2014 at 12:45 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 12:52 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 1:04 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by discipulus - March 8, 2014 at 1:12 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 2:42 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by DarkHorse - March 8, 2014 at 3:34 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by *Deidre* - March 8, 2014 at 3:40 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by DarkHorse - March 9, 2014 at 3:50 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 8, 2014 at 3:00 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Wyrd of Gawd - March 10, 2014 at 3:23 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by DarkHorse - March 8, 2014 at 3:38 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Mudhammam - March 9, 2014 at 10:36 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 9, 2014 at 10:57 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Mudhammam - March 9, 2014 at 11:22 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Brakeman - March 9, 2014 at 12:56 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Mudhammam - March 9, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Faith No More - March 9, 2014 at 1:57 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by BrokenQuill92 - March 10, 2014 at 3:44 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Aractus - March 10, 2014 at 3:57 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by BrokenQuill92 - March 10, 2014 at 3:59 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Zen Badger - March 10, 2014 at 5:43 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by ronedee - March 10, 2014 at 1:49 pm
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by BrokenQuill92 - March 11, 2014 at 3:00 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Aractus - March 11, 2014 at 5:46 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Zen Badger - March 11, 2014 at 6:17 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by BrokenQuill92 - March 11, 2014 at 6:28 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Faith No More - March 11, 2014 at 6:49 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by BrokenQuill92 - March 11, 2014 at 7:04 am
RE: Sad christian brainwashing. - by Mudhammam - March 11, 2014 at 7:21 am

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