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About the chemical dumping in fresh water, I agree it is a terrible thing to do and is being policed. However I do recall the hysteria over Love Canal where the "horrorss of Dioxin" were revealed to the public, the whole eastern seaboard was feared to be in jeopardy from this disgusting corporations dumping practices....and I totaly agree with the fact that it needs to be stopped, however I was mortified to find out that the eco-scientists fanning the flames had vastly over stated the dangers of Dioxin....it turned out to be an "ends Justifys the Means" descision on their part...they wanted publicity and the only way to get it was to lie about the figures....I hate scientists who lie about the science...its similar but not quite on the same level of priests abusing their position to abuse children. Dammit!!! do good science, and let the facts speak for them selves, quit inflating the numbers, quit exagerating the results....sorry got off on a rant about one of my pet peeves. |
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1) Bubonic plague - Killed untold thousands in the Middle Ages. It IS non-existent today. 2) Polio - A rampant disease that either killed or crippled thousands in the early 1900's. Again, basically non-existent. 3) Scarlet Fever - Not quite as severe as the other two, but was still extremely deadly in the early 1900's. Once again, it is very rare now. 4) MOST forms of cancer ARE now treatable....and some are even curable. Mario Lemieu overcame his bout with leukemia. So did a co-worker of mine and the son of a good friend. 5) SEVERAL diseases that WERE killers before are now very treatable. I personally have Crohn's Disease. An incurable disease that potentially can (and in my case - HAS) been life-threatening. However, with medication, it is rarely more than an inconvenience most of the time. God has consistently given Mankind the knowledge and technology to improve our standard-of-living conditions. Diseases that use to slaughter thousands of people every year are now curable with one shot from the doctor. Never fear, Sir Goulum, God IS on the job.[/QB][/QUOTE]All of the diseases you mentioned ARE still present - however, they are most prevalent in poorer African and Asian countries, so you probably don't see the effects. If God gave us the technology, why didn't he give it to everyone? Why pick and choose? Are we supposed to believe that he is merciful and great because the Western world no longer has to deal with diseases that still afflict millions in Africa and Asia (where Christianity is growing faster than anywhere else)? The way I see it, it really doesn't matter is there is a God. If there isn't, well, then all the wars and massacres that took place in his name were for naught, and if by some random chance there is an afterlife but no God, we can all have a good laugh at one of the biggest hoaxes on the planet. If there is a God, then he evidently does not care enough about us to make his presence known and clear up this issue, therefore I will reciprocate by not caring about him. I used to be an avid Christian, but through the years I learned that many of God's "followers" were plain hypocrites who twisted his word to satisfy themselves, and who used Christianity as an excuse to bash homosexuals and condemn them all to hell. If that's what our God is like, then I'll opt for Satan, thanks. From all I've heard and seen about God, he's either not omnipotent (and therefore not perfect), or he's pretty picky about who he helps, in which case I think he is an asshole. It's funny how Christianity nowadays is the fastest-shrinking faith, and Islam is the fastest-growing, second only to Atheism (if you can call that a faith). In fact, if it hasn't already, I believe Atheism will replace Christianity as the world's main faith in a year or two.
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As the west becomes more prosperous and better educated, fewer and fewer people continue to place their faith in religion, or turn away from it. In the third world however, where people are Generally poor & ill educated, they are more inclined to believe in religion and also more likely to hold onto their faith because of the terrible conditions they have to endure (religion gives them hope of a better life), and their lack of education. Some studies have claimed to show that there is a correlation between religion and Education & Wealth. With more wealthy and better educated people being less inclined to believe and poorer worse educated people being more likely to follow a religion. |
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Yeah thats all an over simplification but I think it gets the idea accross. Ohh and Wars seemed to help too, apparently for whatever reason WAR more than any other human endeaveor seems to inspire the fastest advances in technology...at least in white european types any way, the tribes in Africa warred for millenia but never seemed to progress. |
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