Ex Cathedra

by: Rev. Bob
Tags: nontheism

National Day of Reason

5 Responses to “National Day of Reason”

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   Ted Goas Says:
   

   Ouch, low blow! Lol, just kidding. I am ok with prayer (doesn’t work for me personally), but shouldn’t every day be a day or reason? It’s a bit scary that some people simply HOPE for the best instead of thinking rationally.

   April 29th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
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   Rev. Bob Says:
   

   It could just as easily have been homeophathic diabetes medicine. But the current government of the United States isn’t promoting a National Day of Homeophathic Medicine.

   We need a disclaimer: research on the efficacy of prayer for curing disease shows that it doesn’t work.

   http://www.progressiveu.org/090035-scientific-studies-of-the-effectiveness-of-intercessory-prayer

   When parents believe that something works which patently doesn’t work and it ends up killing a bright little girl, it really pisses me off.

   May 1st, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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   tim Says:
   

   But the current government of the United States isn’t promoting a National Day of Homeophathic Medicine.

   No, it’s promoting homeopathic medicine every day at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Part of the NIH, siphoning money away from real cures, and helping in the fight against a rational nation.

   May 1st, 2008 at 9:21 pm
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   david Says:
   

   It looks like NCCAM received $121 million out of a $29 billion NIH budget for 2007, or about four one-thousandth of a percent.

   I would rather complain about the $439 billion 2007 budget for the DOD, and debate whether some of that money could be put to better use. Or perhaps the fact that despite the huge outlay, DOD actually spent $72 billion over their budget.

   I believe any “rational nation” should be fiscally responsible across the board.

   May 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
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   tim Says:
   

   a) you mean 4 *tenths* of one percent.

   b) we can certainly debate about the DOD budget and its excesses, but this wasn’t a post about money, this was a post about the government backing irrational practices. And the NCCAM is Bob’s day after day of Homeopathic Medicine being promoted by the government.

   (How much do you think the government is spending on the “national day of prayer”? Do you think that Bob is wasting his time complaining about that because the DOD has spent *years* in Iraq?)

   May 4th, 2008 at 8:11 am

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