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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:47 pm 
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Tough. Why should someone's particular brand of fairy tale require that the NHS offer differing treatment regimes?

If that isnt acceptable then perhaps adherents should ask why an ostensibly loving God prohibits the treatment that might save their life.

Because the argument that all religion is a fairy tale has yet to be won.
Is it just treatment that you object to, or do you extend it to include other areas of their provision e.g. diet as well? Is it, in your view, unacceptable for hospitals to provide vegetarian/halal/kosher food?

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Yes, in some circumstances they do. It's called diversity.


Not a new policy invented by the PC stasi nazis either. During WW1 Brighton Pavilion was used as a hospital for Indian regiments. It was split into different wards, kitchens and places of prayer to cater for Hindu, Sikh and Muslim soldiers.

http://www.black-history.org.uk/pavilionindian.asp

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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When?

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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When they're going around killing heretics.


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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Gourami wrote:
When they're going around killing heretics.

Which people are killing heretics?

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Now or throughout history?


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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Gourami wrote:
Now or throughout history?

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Which people are killing heretics?

Present tense was the one I used.

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Iran are killing heretics, other countries are just advocating it.

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Iran are killing heretics, other countries are just advocating it.

Of course.

However, in context, my question stemmed from the discussion above which was specifically about Britain (the NHS).
I was puzzled as to the relevance Gourami's Kafka quote had on that, to which he responded that "they" are killing heretics.
I wondered who "they" were.

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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I don't think Kafka meant it like that.

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Malcolm Armsteen wrote:
I don't think Kafka meant it like that.

Quite.
Hence my confusion.
I was hoping that Gourami could enlighten me as to the connection between that and the NHS catering for a multicultural society.

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Almost as if one is, through being resident in Britain (or indeed 'the west'), by default Christian until they actively choose another (or no) faith. That's getting worryingly close to the BNP/EDL 'Cultural Britishness' argument.


I had to take my one year old daughter to A and E the other day (She'd banged her head earlier in the day and was then very lethargic and being sick.. We thought concussion, but it was an unrelated virus and all is ok now.... if you were wondering..)

When I was going through the details with the woman on reception, she asked her religion....

'None..'

'I'll just pur C of E then shall I?'

'Erm'

Couldn't be arsed arguing the toss. Mildly panicky first time parenting does that to you.


I've been asked that a few times - and they've been insistent that that they had to put "something" down and "None" was not an option. Buddhist or Rastafarian soon shuts them up.


Hmm, almost sounds prejudiced against athiests just to reduce the number of people officialy registered as non-religious doesn't it? Not that you could ever get anyone to understand that possibility.

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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Hmm, almost sounds prejudiced against athiests just to reduce the number of people officialy registered as non-religious doesn't it? Not that you could ever get anyone to understand that possibility.

It does, doesn't it. Almost.
What I don't get is why would the NHS orchestrate such a conspiracy?
What's in it for them?
Alternatively, it could be cock-up, a bureaucratic error which has resulted in "None" not being an option.
It wouldn't be the worst example of piss-poor form design that I've ever seen.

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 Post subject: Re: The Mail and 'Christianophobia'
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