Something lacking in the Theist gene pool...?
"Infection alert after dying Ebola patients taken to Congo prayer meeting"....
" Two dying Ebola patients were spirited out of a Congo hospital by their relatives on motor-bikes, then taken to a prayer meeting with 50 other people, potentially exposing them all to the deadly virus, a senior aid worker said on Thursday. "
link:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-ebola-congo/infection-alert-aft...
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Colonization and the accompanying forceful indoctrination of european religion in central (and much of the rest of Africa,) has created some truly scary religious zealotry in these countries. Obviously not everyone in Africa is like that, but one of the few countries that is more religiously fanatical then the once time colony of the US, is various African nations that were once colonies. I have seen some of the religious zealotry first hand, and reading what was wrote here does not surprise me even a little bit.
Funny how all the western european countries are actually mostly quite non religious. Especially compared to the US and various african nations. Even though that is where the current popular religions in these countries originate from. Australia managed to buck the trend at least. And Far east has been quite non religious for some time now.
if you think this quack doctors can cure illnesses why can't they visit hospitals and cure all the patients? why hid them selves and make bullshit miracle which is very untrue.
"i was touch by the holy spirit, that's why i can cure" or " mama mary spirit possesses my body that's why i heal people"
why can't god just heal the sickly him self?? and here comes the theist saying "i'm blessed because god gave me this problem, this disease, this trials...thank you god!!!"
then atheist just face palm overload in front of them "sigh/facepalm"
Looks like the Rapture will come sooner than expected for the most ignorant of the Christians.
That's exactly what people in pre-modern England did during plagues. They went to church and prayed in a huddled mass of unwashed, flea-ridden bodies in a closed environment warmed by body heat and candles. It took a long time for people in the West to realize that was a bad idea.
You would think they would realize as many of them fell over dead, perhaps prayer does not work?
Nah they probably were convinced they were not praying hard enough and had sins they needed to repent for.
Definition of insanity and all that...
@LogicForTW: You would think they would realize as many of them fell over dead, perhaps prayer does not work?
Go to church: maybe catch the plague.
Stop going to church: definitely get flogged, fined, imprisoned, tortured, or killed for defying the priests.
Great choices.
True, as oppressive things are here in the US, it was far worse back then.
I could easily see the people of that time would decide it was the folks that did not pray every day on their knees that caused their dilemma and take it out on them. Anything other then examine it might be something they personally are doing...
My wife worked for a faith based organization that took care of those with mental retardation. She is well versed in programming and improving one's faculties. But most of the staff did not apply any science in bettering the lives they were charged with . They just "let us pray for them".
It is not just in the deepest and most remote parts of the world, such ignorance is rampant right under our noses.
I got it! Kool-Aid! They are lacking Kool-Aid. If they had been drinking Kool-Aid, they would not have been kidnapping disease stricken people from hospitals and the results would be exactly the same.
So now you can see just why they were in quarantine in the first place .......
"A Catholic priest has been quarantined after being infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5770531/Priest-infected-Ebola-Co...
.....also ,of course , it clearly demonstrates the efficacy of prayer in these tragic circumstances.... as well as the theists total disregard for the well being of society as a whole when their own well being is threatened.
The problem is that once a person gets really sick he is no longer able to think clearly and to use sound judgment, if he ever had any. And when he's surrounded by other idiots the outcome is always bad. Some people are simply too stupid to live. It's sad to say but in a lot of situations the solution is the King Asa solution. So in areas where idiots refuse to accept modern medicine after being trained about the benefits it's best to simply round up the idiots and put them in the wood chipper. There was a similar problem when they were trying to inoculate people against polio and smallpox in some Third World countries.
This is a recurrent theme in zombie movies. A person gets bitten and infected and he won't reveal it or his family tries to keep it a secret. The infected person dies, turns into a zombie, and then attacks everyone. And the idiots know that's what's going to happen but they still won't do anything to prevent it.
Jim Jone's Kool-Aid, is what they are missing. Just one sip and the world's problems go away. No more eboli infections and a quick easy step to the exact same conclusion.