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marfknox
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Posted - 05/05/2011 :  11:59:35  Show Profile  Visit marfknox's Homepage  Send marfknox an AOL message Send marfknox a Private Message  Reply with Quote
A friend of mine who writes columns from the atheist perspective reposted this from 4 months ago about a case of faith healing gone very very wrong: http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-philadelphia/prayer-death-case-parents-found-guilty Even though it happened in my own area of Philadelphia, I hadn't heard about it at the time. I read more about it today, and found out that the same church was associated with the deaths of 5 children 20 years ago: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/16/us/measles-and-faith-combine-in-5-deaths-in-philadelphia.html

Happy National Day of Prayer, everybody!
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong

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Machi4velli
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USA
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Posted - 05/06/2011 :  15:27:37   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Machi4velli a Private Message  Reply with Quote
What, Obama didn't cancel it this year?
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
-Giordano Bruno

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
-Stephen Hawking

"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable"
-Albert Camus
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marfknox
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Posted - 05/07/2011 :  06:26:20   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit marfknox's Homepage  Send marfknox an AOL message Send marfknox a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Snopes on Obama supposedly canceling the National Day of Prayer: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/prayerday.asp
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong

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