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Author Topic:   Casualty of faith healing - Madeline Neumann
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Message 13 of 286 (461696)
03-27-2008 5:52 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Taz
03-27-2008 1:16 AM


Let's look at this in the long run. This may sound crude but natural selection will ensure that people who believe such nonsense as these two parents will not be passing down their inferior genes and inferior ideals. Eventually those people who believe such garbage will die out. Those with common sense will react differently and change their beliefs to favor actual science and medicine over a hokey religious belief (credits of course to Mr. Solo). In the end many kids will pay the price but won't society be better off?

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Message 39 of 286 (461778)
03-27-2008 6:48 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by molbiogirl
03-27-2008 7:40 AM


What's the alternative?
We can't just force them. That's a serious violation of civil rights as well as the basics of personal choice.
Seeing your brother die because your parents wouldn't let him get a routine shot does change your mind.
The ironic thing is, the very people who reject evolution will be acted upon by evolution in weeding them out.

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