Comments on: I’m skeptical of this… https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/08/29/im-skeptical-of-this/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:41:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Phillip IV https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/08/29/im-skeptical-of-this/#comment-522553 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:41:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/08/29/im-skeptical-of-this/#comment-522553

I find it hard to believe that one can be human and not be a hypocrite at least some times.

I think it’s pretty obvious that that isn’t possible – what I’m interested to know is whether the same holds for the opposite: can a human being always be a hypocrite – i.e. in every single statement they make during a lifetime? There are a few so-called ‘religious leaders’ I haven’t caught making even a single, public, non-hypocritical statement for decades, so I wonder if one of them will make it to the end of their life with a spot-less record of hypocrisy.

]]> By: terry the censor https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/08/29/im-skeptical-of-this/#comment-522552 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:02:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/08/29/im-skeptical-of-this/#comment-522552 Anyone practising Bible-based medicine might believe:
1) in medical miracles. If so, they forget the medical axiom “all patients die.” It is pointless to keep me alive against my wishes because I will eventually escape.
2) they are saving my soul because suicide is wrong. In which case, that is clearly an imposition of their religion on me and not a legitimate medical decision — by any stretch of the imagination.

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