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[MedPR]

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Woops, forgot that was a taboo subject.

I recant everything. Religion is indeed sacrosanct.

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But seriously guys, you think I'm an idiot based off of a statement like that. As someone who was raised religious, I seriously do not understand how what I said is not a logical deduction from religious teachings.

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What I said may be inappropriate because of the social arrangement in which talking critically of a religion or religion in general is considered being critical of those who value religion and connection with spirituality, I just could not believe that everyone so fervently disemboweled the OP and defended LL policies. It took until the end of the second page before I came across a post in which someone actually took the time to critically access the subject of discussion.

Sorry I'm not interested in a circlejerk about the rights of private organizations while ignoring the implications for minority groups.

I mainly lold at the part about medicine's goal being to fight against God's will.

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[MedPR]

Fair enough, but is God not the source of all disease/disability (from the perspective of a religious understanding of the natural world)?

By that logic is God also not the source of all human knowledge and technological (including medical) advancement?

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[487806]

Forgot this is a taboo subject.

I recant everything. Religion is indeed sacrosanct.

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But seriously guys, you think I'm an idiot based off of a statement like that? As someone who was raised in a religious family, I seriously do not understand how what I said is not a logical deduction from religious teachings and doctrine.

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What I said may be inappropriate because of the social arrangement in which talking critically of a particular religion or religion in general is considered being critical of the individuals who value religion and connection with spirituality (and I apologize for that), I just could not fathom the fact that everyone so fervently disemboweled the OP and defended LL's policies. It took until the end of the second page before I came across a post in which someone actually took the time to critically access the subject of discussion.

Sorry I'm not interested in a circlejerk about the rights of private organizations while ignoring the implications for minority groups.

I still maintain that I do not understand why religion should or logically could have any connection or influence with relation to modern study of medicine.

Fair enough, but is God not the source of all disease/disability (from the perspective of a religious understanding of the natural world)?

Religious philosophy...

 

[487806]

By that logic is God also not the source of all human knowledge and technological (including medical) advancement?

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Correct, but Temerit argues that medicine is fighting against God's will, so medicine is fighting against knowledge and advancement.

 

[La Presse]

And by that logic God is also the source of all limitations of that knowledge and technological advancement. Not to mention the source of the reality that for entirety of the human existence we have been unable to treat and cure all of the individuals that suffer from disease or injury.

So, you are implying that God is malevolent...? 😱

 

[MedPR]

And by that logic God is also the source of all limitations of that knowledge and technological advancement. Not to mention the source of the reality that for entirety of the human existence we have been unable to treat and cure all of the individuals that suffer from disease or injury.

Indeed. God is the source of everything so if medicine is fighting against God's will then God is fighting against God's will. This is why I lold 🙂 I'm not religious, but I'm not an atheist either.

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[touchpause13]

Indeed. God is the source of everything so if medicine is fighting against God's will then God is fighting against God's will. This is why I lold 🙂 I'm not religious, but I'm not an atheist either.

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That's the same conclusion I came to. And also lol'd

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[MedPR]

I would still maintain that God existing and God being both omnipotent and benevolent are not mutually compatible.

My frustration was largely due to the homogeneity of responses and the lack of people trying to dig deeper than casual retorts to the OP. Ironically, I for some reason chose to respond with a similar retort, which unsurprisingly was not all that well thought out.

Concur with your first paragraph (at least what I've quoted).

As far as your second paragraph goes, it's nearly impossible to have serious theological discussions because when it comes to theology most people are closed minded regardless of which way their beliefs lean.

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[Sephiroth]

As far as your second paragraph goes, it's nearly impossible to have serious theological discussions because when it comes to theology most people are closed minded regardless of which way their beliefs lean.

This x1000.

If you're not willing to settle for an "agree to disagree" (even if it makes no sense given the content of the argument) after no more than 2 minutes of arguing, most people will get super butthurt. And that goes for many things, not just religion/theology.