Pilot Withdrawl and Miscellaneous Ramblings

I have to say, I'm puzzled as to why you would think there's any
connection at all between medical research and religious conviction.

Well, my old religion, Catholicism, has come a long ways, thanks to science.
(Not far enough, mind you, but that's another post.)

For example, Catholics couldn't eat meat on Fridays, when I was a boy.
They also used to make kids sit in mass every day for an hour, and if you
moved or talked, you were punished. They also used to believe in beating
children who misbehaved. (Go back farther, and they REALLY believed some
stupid things.)

I suppose you could say that "science" had little to do with those changes,
but I would argue that as the flock became more scientifically savvy, it
became impossible for the clergy to continue to pull the wool over their
eyes. Everyone now knows that eating a hot dog on Friday isn't going to
send you straight to Hell, everyone now knows that forcing little kids to
sit still and not talk for an hour each day is almost guaranteed to drive
them away from the church as adults, and everyone now knows that beating
children is a poor way to teach.

So, following that logical trajectory, perhaps in another generation every
LDS will "know" that not having a glass of wine with dinner is bad for their
health?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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