Before I begin, I just want it known that this is not aimed at REDLAN. I have absolutely no qualms with REDLAN, and I do appreciate and rather enjoy the challenge of a debate.
Thanks, REDLAN. If I ever meet you in person, the drinks (coffee, tea, diet soda, and hey, maybe even a lite beer) are on me!
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It's stuff like that, which makes me want to puke. The altruists of the world have to spin everything into a belief, don't they? Science doesn't give a darn if you are a Christian, or a Jew, or an Atheist. Science, is impartial. Science is not a art. Science is not a discipline. Science is about the search for facts. Science is about the exploration of the unknown. Science is about finding new ways of doing things, hopefully for the better.
Science doesn't bite. Science doesn't care if you are 20 or if you are 200. Science doesn't care if you are white, or black, or any other color. Science has no smell. It has no taste. It isn't tangible.
The problem, as I see it, is that we've gone so far into the realm of political correctness, that we have to give everything a label, so that we "feel good" about ourselves. What a load of garbage.
The Scientist may have a belief system, but the Science he's practicing could care less. Let us not get so wrapped up in todays atmosphere that we lose focus of that fact.
Just 200 years ago, many of the things we know today as easy scientific fact, were still considered "miracles from God", because they couldn't be explained. The fact that Science can now explain those wonders doesn't shake my belief in God at all. It just helps me to understand how He did it.
If you put your belief in Science, you are only setting yourself up for a heartache. Science doesn't care about you. It only cares about facts. Science has no leader, and it answers to no one. Unfortunately, people do, which is why sciencific studies are altered to benefit the greedy, such as the pharaceuticals and the food industry giants.
Okay, now I need to quit, or I will end up writing a full book! As I said, I could do this all day. For the record, I am a Christian. I am politically a Constitutional Conservative (I don't affiliate with the Republicans. I vote my conscience). I am also a fan of Science, even though I know that Science couldn't give a rip about what I am a fan of.
Before I go:
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And this is the rub...
do people not want to know whether the product they are taking is really safe and effective?
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Of course they do! However, the big money will keep it from ever happening. ****, look at the very drugs the big money kicks out at us. How many people have died from taking Cinnamon? Huh? Now, how many THOUSANDS have died from taking statins? If you want to look at facts, look at all of them, not just the ones that tend to support a drug companies products, because in my opinion, the drug companies, doctors and the FDA should be charged with MURDER. Why? Because the last time I checked, if someone dies by poisoning, because they were given something by you that you know can cause death... is INTENTIONAL MURDER.
Actually, let me step back for a moment. I don't actually blame the pharmaceuticals for the lack of oversight. I honestly believe, that once a drug has received approval by the FDA, that the FDA should be the ones held liable for damages caused by drugs that weren't studied enough. If it passed FDA approval, then it should have truly been safe. If it wasn't safe, and it passed anyway, then we call that fraud, and the boys at the FDA should be held laible and accountable for their fraudulant actions. I don't for a moment believe that good intentions ever apply in those cases.
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Regards,
