Re: RELIGION Re: 1907-2007.. who gets the credit for longevity ..?

January 18, 2008

Katy-

I'm not at all sure what you're saying, particularly because what I

think you might be making no sense, but one of the few rules on this

list is that religious posts require the RELIGION tag in the subject

line. Please remember this in the future.

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P.S. What I mean is that, assuming you're a Christian and you're

referring to Christian faith, Christianity has been around for a

couple thousand years, but life expectancy has gone up and down during

this time without any observable correlation with the prevalence of

Christianity. Antibiotics, not faith, had a profound effect on the

lethality of many infectious diseases. Sanitation, not faith, had a

profound effect on the incidence of smallpox, possibly with an assist

from vaccination. Etc.

> no, we give the credit to God for our marvelous recuperative powers

> even in the face of dangerous drug bombardment, but some hygiene

> practices have helped.

> Katy Brezger

> http://to-reverse-diabetes.blogspot.com/

> Be a Blessing, Find ways to be someone's Santa Claus all year

> 'round. May you be so richly blessed that you will bless others with

> what overflows from your cup.

> " If people let government decide what foods they eat and what

> medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in a sorry state as

> are the souls of those who live under tyranny. "

> ~ Jefferson~

> Re: Re: 1907-2007.. who gets the credit for

> longevity ..?

>

> -

>

> > I think we do have to give credit (begrudgingly to allopathic

> > medicine for it's successes in treating infectious disease with

> drugs

> > and for treatment of injuries.

>

> I thought that's what I was doing, actually, but yes, to be clear,

> modern medicine is stunningly successful at trauma care and at the

> immediate treatment of many infectious diseases, in part because it's

> much harder to advocate or even believe in harmful treatments when the

> outcomes are immediately evident and therefore all but undeniable.

> That said, much of the success in eradicating disease (as opposed to

> treating it when it crops up) should be credited to sanitation rather

> than vaccination.

>

> > The worst remaining

> > false alarms are raw milk, red meat, organ meat, and saturated fat

> > phobias that are still prevalent - probably largely driven by vegan

> > propaganda.

>

> I think it's probably easy to overstate the power of veganism as a

> moral philosophy in swaying public policy, though I certainly wouldn't

> discount it entirely. The war on saturated fats and animal foods

> predates the development of veganism and even vegetarianism as any

> kind of significant forces in this country by a significant amount of

> time, and actually stems purely from financial considerations.

> Hydrogenated vegetable oils can be produced domestically and are

> vastly more profitable than tropical oils and animal fats like lard,

> butter and tallow. It's similarly much more profitable to

> industrially process wheat and soy and corn into " high value " food

> products and sell them directly to the consumer than it is to first

> feed them to cows and then sell the beef to the consumer. Etc.

> Always remember to follow the money.

January 18, 2008

Actually I was referring to the fact that in our bodies we were designed to be

self-healing, if you want to credit Buddha, go ahead, I call my higher power,

God. It's less religion than common sense. Just a simple look at our immune

systems the various layers of protections we have innately, show an intelligent

design.