What Has Religion Done in 2011?

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So ... did those researchers make their discovery by praying or by the judicious application of the scientific method?


This is actually good news. Now that we know how the H5N1 virus can mutate, we can develop appropriate vaccines before it does so all on its own. It's called "Pre-Emptive Research", and is a mainstay of medical science. Otherwise, the press is blowing all out of proportion.

Besides, how does this qualify as an accomplishment by the "Body of Religion"?

Honestly, the amount of times the Bee Bee Cee kept saying "the H5N1 virus" like a bloody mantra... sometimes I wanted to rip the television set out.

I never said they were against it, but it's been my experience that they rarely engage in it.

I guess that's one reason I'm so hard on libertarians. When they talk about dismantling the social safety net, they claim that charity will fill the void. But, I never see any of them doing charity... And most of the ones I talk to around here tend toward social Darwinism.

I suppose they might help a poor person, if they deemed them worthy of help...

Politically, most of the people I've met volunteering are left leaning or agnostic/apolitical with a fair few moderate Republicans (the kind who might gladly vote for John McCain)...

Misinformation breeds anxiety. Anxiety breeds interest. Interest brings revenue ... Is Aunty Beeb strapped for cash these days?

http://news.yahoo.com/ron-paul-supporte ... 14402.html

honestly there people of all ideologies that participate in charity and don't. It comes down to the individual.

and the h5n1 thing is pretty scary since I'm so close. The one in the US was made at UW-Madison.

Wow, that's awesome.



I hope they keep it up after Dr. Paul is defeated.

Well, as the rapture believing crowd isn't big on Lutherans and other Mainline Protestants being carried off in the rapture (since we don't believe in such a thing), I would imagine that my wife, daughter, and I will probably be left here to care for our own cats.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Can't list it all. But way to much damage. I long for a world where religion doesn't exist. To many fools following nonsense. Open your eyes to the magic of reality religious fools.

Perhaps both religion and irreligion are irrelevant.

ruveyn

Most wise, Sensei.

It is what one accomplishes - not what one merely believes - that makes the final difference in one's life.

The religious right constantly talks about nuking Iran.

I'm still hoping for a list of positive accomplishments made by the "Body of Religion" during 2011. Why has no one posted one? Surely, there must be dozens of miraculous mass healings happening every day (for example), even if no one notices.

Whenever someone in my church has to go for what ever reason to the doctor or hospital, our congregation prays for him or her. When medical science can help that person, we like to think that God had had a hand in it. Maybe there might be miraculous healings, though they're extremely rare, and I think faith healings are nothing but a racket, done by charlatans and flimflam men (and women) who use religion as a means to soak the gullible.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

It's impossible to list the good when it's all bad.

I'm not exactly sure what you were looking for. I can't speak for all religions except the one that I belong to. Here are the achievements for Jehovah's Witnesses:

• 7,508,050 million active Jehovah Witnesses who go out try to spread the good news about God's kingdom. This number does not include inactive or former Witnesses. (per 2010)
• 107,210 congregations worldwide. (per 2010)
• This kingdom preaching work now covers 236 countries, and probably quite a few where the work is currently underground.
• 8,058,359 million people are studying the bible with Jehovah's Witnesses. That's 1.07 bible study per Witness. (per 2010)
• 18,706,895 million people attended the memorial of Jesus death in 2010.
• 1,604,764,248 billion hours were spent in the ministry in 2010 alone. (1.6 BILLION)
• There are 3 Hmong language congregations in the entire world; all of them in the United States and two in California. :)
• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom (Public Edition) is the most widely circulated magazine in the world, with an average print run of over 42,000,000 copies per month.
• The Watchtower is one of the longest running, continuously published religious magazines in the world. First printing released on July 1, 1879.
• The fastest growing denomination in 2011 in the United States
• The entire organization has been completely financed by voluntary donations since 1990. (I'm not one hundred percent sure about the date, but I do remember it being somewhere between the late 80's and early 90's)

All credit goes to Jehovah for making this possible. (Revelation 4:11) There's no way this work would continue, much less grow, (Isaiah 60:22) under the level of apathy in the world today towards religion (Matthew 24:12; 2 Timothy 3:5) without his holy spirit (John 14:16,17,26) and the direction of our King, Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 5:23, 29; Colossians 1:18 )

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That's what I figured