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mdean

So in summary home birth can be a safe and wonderful experience for the majority of women who will have a uncomplicated pregnancy and childbirth. However the risks are higher if the unexpected does happen. Let us not forget that 100 years ago 1:8 women died in pregnancy or childbirth! The figure is ...

mdean

I don't say I agree with them but the definition of a delusion is a fixed false belief. (Well the accepted definition go's on to say 'outside the context of socially accepted norms' as wiggle room for the religiously deluded. As you can guess I don't agree with the last bit). My point is that they D...

mdean

Politicians tend to court the religious vote for the same reason that most people stick to the faith they were brought up in i.e . the majority just ain't interested! Most people I know feel they have enough to think about in day to day life with ought getting all metaphysical. Their religion is irr...

mdean

I'll see if any of my patients tonight want a psychic anesthetic for there real surgery. I'll let you know if I have any takers.

mdean

Cool - consider yourself ventilated.

mdean

Talking about not starting from scratch. This is a question that has been answered to some degree by a lot of ethical standpoints. According to some catholics, having the thoughts are as bad as doing the actions. Hence the famous guilt complex. Most Buddhist thinkers I'veread take a different view. ...

mdean

Its a fairly fundamental one this. The basic questions raised are those of Socrates, Plato et al. What is the good life and why should we live it? In fact the proposed faithful solderer is rather like a christianised Guardian in Plato's republic. However in terms of how to respond - I'm not sure if ...

mdean

N.B. very important that the two are not mixed up as giving or getting a massage is very bad for goldfish.

mdean

The problem is the funding. Unless you have a product to sell, preferably at a large profit, the private sector is understandably uninterested. To be able to convince anyone that public funds should be spend requires the evidence that it is potentially useful - catch 22. A large political will can d...

mdean

Oh God (in all senses!). I am amazed to see that the police in this case seem to have no concern for the kids three siblings! This is undoubtedly abuse by neglect. I can safely say that in the UK, the other kids would at least be recognized to be in danger. There will always be nutters but the very ...

mdean

This amused me http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3540989.ece The Templeton foundation have done it again! As I understand it the catholic priest/ philosopher/mathematician/ cosmologist reckons, not only that science and religion are compatible but that but that maths may offer pr...

mdean

When you choose to have a child it is a selfish act anyway. This is them selfishly wanting to choose that their kid be deaf. Interesting idea. I'm not a parent but I would have thought that most parents want what they perceive is best for their prospective child. Within the deaf community the assum...

mdean

I must confess that I have not seen the details of this case but I think it is worthwhile pointing out that many in the deaf community would take issue with a deafness gene being considered faulty. When I was doing a British sign language course, this struck me very forcefully. Some deaf people feel...

mdean

I think you may be over optimistic on the subtlety of our legal system. Prosecuting council - So Joe, you put the poison in her coffee? Joe - Yes. Council - then you watched her die? Joe - Yes. Council - but you SAY you did not intend to kill her? (condescending inflection) Joe - thats right! Counci...

mdean

You never know, there may be hope. He may be planning to do the the catholics what he did to Labour. Strip it of original values, make it middle class. The bible could be the next clause 4! We could be looking at the start of New Religion.

mdean

The original offences and their punishments Pride Broken on the wheel Envy Put in freezing water Gluttony Forced to eat rats, toads, and snakes Lust Smothered in fire and brimstone Anger Dismembered alive Greed Put in cauldrons of boiling oil Sloth Thrown in snake pits Bugger. I was planning the go...

mdean

well put all.

mdean

Just to point out that Buddhism is an atheistic position. I don't consider myself a Buddhist but I can see the point. For example, I find the concept of interconnectedness as a precept for moral and ethical foundation very useful as is the idea of right and wrong being based in that witch is useful ...

mdean

...male... he says with trepidation, fearing an unintended post feminist backlash...

mdean

Living in a time when the grasp of religion has loosened only relatively recently churches are the repositories of much human achievement. As far as I am concerned a Bach mass is great music that just happens to be religious is setting. The architectural masterpieces of the medieval cathedrals show ...

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