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  I do wish that Ms. Taormino would listen to herself a bit.  She has that annoying and rather silly sounding habit of ending her statements with a rising tone, as if it's a question.    I realize that this is common among the young but I promise that she'll drop this habit as time goes on.  She should start now.  There's no need to mention this on air.  I wish her well.

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
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Absolutely!  And what would an adult member do if they had a compound fracture, agonizing kidney stones, or extensive burns or other life threatening and exceedingly painful condition?  I'd bet a paycheck that they'd get to a doctor as fast as possible.

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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So there should be no limits on religious freedom?  Can I create a church that believes that it's correct to let the elderly die once they've reached the Biblically prescribed three score and ten years and then just let the elderly starve because that's what the Bible says?  If not then why not?

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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  I agree with your last comment/question.  But what the unisured do is to go to an emergency room.  No one should be uninsured however.

  Were their guarantees that praying would work?  If not they why should medicine have to guarantee their approach?  Have you read about how many children are in this church's graveyard?  This group is also anti-abortion yet they'll just let them die, as Raylene Worthington's parents did their son, when effective treatments are readily available.

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  So you believe that doctors, nurses and hospitals are never punished for problems that occur while patients are under their care?

   Why were the Worthingtons so eager to bring in a doctor to their defense?  How could they believe a word the doctor spoke?

   If you break your arm/leg/back/whatever what is your response?  Hang around the house and hope you feel better tomorrow?

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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  I wonder what would be decided by an adult member of this church if he or she suffered an compound fracture of, say, the lower leg.  They'd have both bones protruding through the skin, bleeding would be profuse and the pain quite powerful.  The prognosis is very bad if left untreated.  What would this adult do in that situation?

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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  I don't think that the law says that alternative medicine is illegal in these cases.  It just says that the child should be seen by a medical pratitioner.

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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Basketball isn't soccer.

And let's look at the success of mens professional soccer if we want to go that way. 

How much do womens soccer players make relative to mens?

And I'm talking Portland, not Columbus, L.A., etc.

posted 4 years, 3 months ago
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Likely due to the success and skill of the Portland Pilots womens' team my guess is that a womens' professional league would do better in Portland than a mens' league.

I love soccer, but too much of mens' soccer consists of holding, fighting, illegal tackles, and whining.  Womens' soccer, on the other hand, is a game of beauty and skill.

posted 4 years, 3 months ago
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    When the nuclear industry can:  1) Complete the safe and permanent disposal of the last several rounds of nuclear waste, and, 2) Obtain private financing for this "low cost" endeavor then I will back nuclear power.

    To me it's the height of human arrogance to imagine that we can safely manage waste that will remain poisoness for more than 20 times the length of humanity's written history. 

posted 4 years, 4 months ago
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Christians are making a mistake by wanting to make Christianity some sort of official religion and all politicians must pass a litmus test. As we've seen again and again churches are always splitting up over minor disagreements. I realize that this is unlikely, but what happens when the government selects some official doctrine. They are sure to leave out many peoples' beliefs.

Let church and state be separate in order to preserve religion.

posted 4 years, 9 months ago
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