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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:20 PM Original message |
Pa. couple who only prayed for dying tot convicted |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hey clark, you are an idiot |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Undiagnosed urinary blockage. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Although I do not like to step on religious toes, |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. if any toes needing stepping on |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I tend to agree with you, but also feel that if you do not harm |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Depends on what your definitin of "harm" is. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. these idiots should spend the rest of their lives in jail. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Fundamentalist religion is Child Abuse. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes, but "fundamentalist" atheists |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh No! Nothing like this would ever happen among atheists. Yeh right. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. no, it would not happen with atheists. They do not believe in god. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Did I even say that it would happen with atheists? That's |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Would you like to suggest a situation where an atheist parent would... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. They knock off a dozen kids a year. Atheists... how many? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Don't know, actually. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Atheism doesn't endorse medicinal philosophies. Religion does. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I would say that you are going to be waiting for a long time because |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So in other words |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. If I couldn't handle |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Obviously you can't handle the criticism if you found something |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Obviously you cannot substantiate your rediculous claims. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Self delete |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Or maybe |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. You're assuming |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Ugh. At it again, I see. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. Just as bad are politicians who prevent passage of meaningful child protection laws. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. religion never hurt anyone and nobody does anything bad because of religion |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. What a sad story. Fortunately, almost nobody does this: there are about 60 million |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. My Koresh, I'd laugh if it wasn't so sadly predictable... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. If you know a way to reduce the occurrence, I'm sure everyone would be interested to hear it |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Please tell us |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. My post asked how to reduce the occurrence. There are all manner of entirely preventable deaths |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Ah but you see, we DO take steps to prevent accidental deaths. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. So now you are making the absurd assertion that religion causes child abuse? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No, you appear to making that absurd assertion. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Asking for an honest answer is not a strawman. You really need to do |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Yes, I'm avoiding your strawman. I have no interest in addressing it. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. He DID answer you. He said "No" then explained that it is YOU making that absurd assertion. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Not in the name of atheism they don't. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It's dishonest to say nobody does anything to prevent such incidents |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I am glad you can ease your conscience... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Have a nice day |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Your original post was intended |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. My first post #22 pointed out that there are about 1800 child abuse/neglect cases annually, |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Minimization through statististics will not change the incredibly heinous nature of these acts. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I see lots of noise without any ideas |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. And? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Have a nice day |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. False sincerity is unbecoming. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. A difficult problem only because of the highly privileged position... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. No, it's a difficult problem because the absolute numbers are small and because the families |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. And the society is highly phobic of criticizing religious beliefs. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Jury convicted in this case, as I read the OP. YMMV, of course. If you know of evidence |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Yes of course, after the fact. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. IIRC, juries typically convict "after the fact." I suspect there are some reasons for that. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I understand all you have left is trying to distort. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Deleted sub-thread |
skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. A dozen that you know of |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Fair enough criticism regarding the numbers, but it is the statistic cited by the link in the OP. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
65. Here's a source you might try |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I'm not sure what the criteria are for inclusion on that webpage: it's a hodge-podge of cases |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. LOL. Oh struggle4progress, what would we do without you? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. Here we go again. And again. And again............ |
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