Comments on: the priest will charge you now http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/ exploring science, the strange and the unknown Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:25:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The ultimate in corruption: mandatory money for bogus medicine - TheNewTopical.com http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/#comment-7842 The ultimate in corruption: mandatory money for bogus medicine - TheNewTopical.com Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:42:05 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8484#comment-7842 [...] ultimate in corruption: mandatory money for bogus medicine Greg Fish reports at [ weird things ] how: the priest will charge you now 2009 NOVEMBER 6 Hey, did you hear this one? So a priest walks [...] [...] ultimate in corruption: mandatory money for bogus medicine Greg Fish reports at [ weird things ] how: the priest will charge you now 2009 NOVEMBER 6 Hey, did you hear this one? So a priest walks [...]

]]> By: Plowing Detroit Into Farmland - Idea of the Day Blog - NYTimes.com http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/#comment-7765 Plowing Detroit Into Farmland - Idea of the Day Blog - NYTimes.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:29:57 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8484#comment-7765 [...] Should Insurance Cover Faith Healing? – Weird Things [...] [...] Should Insurance Cover Faith Healing? – Weird Things [...]

]]> By: gfish http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/#comment-7742 gfish Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:20:43 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8484#comment-7742 Jypson, probably the saddest part of that is the fact that your hypothetical clause will have much greater effect and comes with more scientific evidence than the provision in question here. We at least know that good bedside manner and a good mood help patients feel better and recover faster. Now, if only you could get Robin Williams to come with you to DC and make the big, dramatic, movie style pitch... Jypson, probably the saddest part of that is the fact that your hypothetical clause will have much greater effect and comes with more scientific evidence than the provision in question here. We at least know that good bedside manner and a good mood help patients feel better and recover faster.

Now, if only you could get Robin Williams to come with you to DC and make the big, dramatic, movie style pitch…

]]> By: Jypson http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/#comment-7730 Jypson Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:50:55 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8484#comment-7730 Wow! That is mind boggling! I wonder if it’s too late to insert my “Patch Adams” clause! Basically, I’m going to dress up like a clown and go room to room telling jokes at the hospital and then bill their insurance companies for the “treatment”. After all, isn’t laughter the BEST medicine?! Wow! That is mind boggling! I wonder if it’s too late to insert my “Patch Adams” clause! Basically, I’m going to dress up like a clown and go room to room telling jokes at the hospital and then bill their insurance companies for the “treatment”. After all, isn’t laughter the BEST medicine?!

]]> By: gfish http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/#comment-7717 gfish Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:56 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8484#comment-7717 <i>"any parent that kills a child by doing nothing productive when the child falls ill will have a sure fire get out of jail free card"</i> Not so fast. As the law currently stands, faith healing is obviously allowed, but it's not seen as a real, viable alternative to genuine medicine. If parents do nothing to help their child outside of prayer, they will get jail time. The provision in question only talks about how people would pay for faith healing, not change their legal obligations as responsible parents. “any parent that kills a child by doing nothing productive when the child falls ill will have a sure fire get out of jail free card”

Not so fast. As the law currently stands, faith healing is obviously allowed, but it’s not seen as a real, viable alternative to genuine medicine. If parents do nothing to help their child outside of prayer, they will get jail time. The provision in question only talks about how people would pay for faith healing, not change their legal obligations as responsible parents.

]]> By: Uncle Al http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/#comment-7714 Uncle Al Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:27:29 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8484#comment-7714 http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/reality.png Obamacare swine http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/reality.png
Obamacare swine

]]> By: Scooty http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/06/the-priest-will-charge-you-now/#comment-7708 Scooty Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:23:59 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8484#comment-7708 It's amazing that these senators think that it's a good idea to pay for something that's been proven completely ineffective (and in some studies deleterious). Beyond that, this is something that the government actively prosecutes parents for when it inevitably fails and a child dies (that is, in all the states that don't already have faith healing exemptions). If this provision makes it through, it seems that any parent that kills a child by doing nothing productive when the child falls ill will have a sure fire get out of jail free card. After all, the government put a big stamp of approval on their actions. It’s amazing that these senators think that it’s a good idea to pay for something that’s been proven completely ineffective (and in some studies deleterious). Beyond that, this is something that the government actively prosecutes parents for when it inevitably fails and a child dies (that is, in all the states that don’t already have faith healing exemptions). If this provision makes it through, it seems that any parent that kills a child by doing nothing productive when the child falls ill will have a sure fire get out of jail free card. After all, the government put a big stamp of approval on their actions.

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