Comments on: When Parents Call God Instead of the Doctor http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/02/when-parents-call-god-instead-of-the-doctor/ Information clearinghouse for research and information about child religious freedom rights. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lymnRerne http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/02/when-parents-call-god-instead-of-the-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-19833 lymnRerne Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:58:11 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=192#comment-19833 <a href="http://qkanuj.com" rel="nofollow">wehssd</a> [url=<a href="http://Weencyabagree.com]Weencyabagree.[/url]" rel="nofollow">http://Weencyabagree.com]Weencyabagree.[/url]</a> <a href="http://whpoyj.com" rel="nofollow">http://whpoyj.com</a> eozpok wehssd

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]]> By: James Tracy http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/02/when-parents-call-god-instead-of-the-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-49 James Tracy Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:58:30 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=192#comment-49 "<i>In a rational debate, we would expect the group asking for special dispensation to provide evidence for their status and its exemption.</i>" That is exactly it. If I believed that I needed to consult a voodoo witch doctor to cast out the demonic entities inhabiting my child because I believe that is the proper approach to any apparent illness, why should such claims be taken seriously and a child's life put in danger? The problem is that in our Christianized society prayer doesn't seem nearly as outrageous as voodoo even though it has no more evidential value. "In a rational debate, we would expect the group asking for special dispensation to provide evidence for their status and its exemption."

That is exactly it. If I believed that I needed to consult a voodoo witch doctor to cast out the demonic entities inhabiting my child because I believe that is the proper approach to any apparent illness, why should such claims be taken seriously and a child's life put in danger? The problem is that in our Christianized society prayer doesn't seem nearly as outrageous as voodoo even though it has no more evidential value.

]]> By: hambydammit http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/02/when-parents-call-god-instead-of-the-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-47 hambydammit Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:52:22 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=192#comment-47 In a rational debate, we would expect the group asking for special dispensation to provide evidence for their status and its exemption. Instead, we get threats, ridicule, and outrage. This treads on dangerous territory. In the article I just posted on kin selection, we can see that the evolutionary urge for parents to jealously protect their children is NOT necessarily the most logical of all situations. In fact, it's not hard to imagine that it's sometimes quite harmful. Hell, we only need to turn on the TV to see the truth of it. No, parents don't get special treatment because they're parents. Any guy and any girl can get together and make a baby. It doesn't take any magic, and there's nothing special about it. Life has been reproducing for billions of years. If our intelligence is worth anything, we can use it to examine our emotions and determine that they're not always in our best interest. Just because their genitals worked properly, it doesn't mean they will be good parents, or that they have a right to do anything they want to their children. In a rational debate, we would expect the group asking for special dispensation to provide evidence for their status and its exemption. Instead, we get threats, ridicule, and outrage.

This treads on dangerous territory. In the article I just posted on kin selection, we can see that the evolutionary urge for parents to jealously protect their children is NOT necessarily the most logical of all situations. In fact, it's not hard to imagine that it's sometimes quite harmful. Hell, we only need to turn on the TV to see the truth of it.

No, parents don't get special treatment because they're parents. Any guy and any girl can get together and make a baby. It doesn't take any magic, and there's nothing special about it. Life has been reproducing for billions of years. If our intelligence is worth anything, we can use it to examine our emotions and determine that they're not always in our best interest. Just because their genitals worked properly, it doesn't mean they will be good parents, or that they have a right to do anything they want to their children.

]]> By: Richard_Collins http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/02/when-parents-call-god-instead-of-the-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Richard_Collins Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:34:52 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=192#comment-46 Just about every state in the nation has enacted special exceptions for religious objectors, otherwise this could not be happening. The root problem is our doctrine of parental rights. Just about every state in the nation has enacted special exceptions for religious objectors, otherwise this could not be happening. The root problem is our doctrine of parental rights.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/02/when-parents-call-god-instead-of-the-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Anonymous Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:04:12 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=192#comment-43 <strong>Mom Blogs - Blogs for Moms...</strong> ... Mom Blogs – Blogs for Moms…

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]]> By: James Tracy http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/02/when-parents-call-god-instead-of-the-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-42 James Tracy Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:58:18 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=192#comment-42 Child abuse takes many forms, as does the effects of religious indoctrination on children. This is among the worst - the death of innocent children who have no choice but to participate in their parent's deadly games of religious superstition. Child abuse takes many forms, as does the effects of religious indoctrination on children. This is among the worst – the death of innocent children who have no choice but to participate in their parent's deadly games of religious superstition.

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