 Posted Friday, November 27, 2009 8:12 PM
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Friends:
This link takes you to a Boston Globe editorial about prayers in the health bill.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/11/27/no_prayers_in_health_bill/
Qwerty
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Posted Saturday, November 28, 2009 1:50 PM
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| I am a C.S and was wondering why people feel that tax paying C.S should not be allowed the same rights as every other taxpayer?
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Posted Saturday, November 28, 2009 3:42 PM
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Tax Paying Christian Scientist,
I am a C.S and was wondering why people feel that tax paying C.S should not be allowed the same rights as every other taxpayer?
Touching very briefly on the political aspects of the question, I don't personally believe the government should be paying for anyone's healthcare unless the government is their employer and healthcare is part of their compensation package.
I would favour benefits for Christian Science treatment if Christian Science were subject to objective scientific review procedures and could demonstrate effective treatment relative to placebos in some sort of scale of magnitude as medical healthcare. Currently, Christian Science practitioners do not even undergo professional peer review.
Do Go Be Man
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Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009 6:00 AM
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I so agree with Do Go Be Man. When CS Practitioners can show efficacy for their treatments, I could possibly support their practice. Additionally, they should be licensed just like physicians. How can you simply hang a shingle without having someone oversee your practice?
Happy and Healthy in the Midwest
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Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009 6:39 PM
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Another problem: Assuming that payment for CS Practitioners could be a valid concept, how do we determine which CS practitioners are qualified and eligible? As it stands, only those listed by TMC through the CS Journal would be eligible. How about practitioners who have broken away from TMC (e.g. Pleasantville NJ)? Can we be sure that TMC would discipline and/or remove practioners who fall are not effective? What about "Religious Science" and "Science of Mind" practitioners?
Going further, would practitioners of Wicca be granted admission into this tent? And if Wiccans were made eligible, what about JuJu ("Voodoo") shamans? Indian sachems?
Wouldn't the ACLU* have a legal (and highly lucrative) field day with this one!
*The "Anti-Christ's Libertine Unction."
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Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:11 PM
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And Following Him, to quote your favourite saying, if I may, "and the beat goes on".
Jan
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Posted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:27 PM
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Do_Go_Be_Man (11/28/2009)
Tax Paying Christian Scientist,
I am a C.S and was wondering why people feel that tax paying C.S should not be allowed the same rights as every other taxpayer?
Touching very briefly on the political aspects of the question, I don't personally believe the government should be paying for anyone's healthcare unless the government is their employer and healthcare is part of their compensation package.
I would favour benefits for Christian Science treatment if Christian Science were subject to objective scientific review procedures and could demonstrate effective treatment relative to placebos in some sort of scale of magnitude as medical healthcare. Currently, Christian Science practitioners do not even undergo professional peer review.
Do Go Be Man
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So you are opposed to Medicare?
Ann
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Posted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:33 PM
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Ann,
So you are opposed to Medicare?
I hesitate to respond as it would be easy to start down a path of discussion outside the scope of these forums. I'd be happy, however, to respond in a private message or e-mail if you would provide an e-mail address or login to use the private message function of the forums.
Do Go Be Man
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Posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:42 AM
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That's okay -- I realized after I posted it that it's not within the scope of this website, and I really would rather not get into a political discussion after all!
Ann
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