Why the Catholic Bishops should never be allowed to dictate health care funding...

[Archae]

The classic slippery slope.
If they win, then more and more radical groups will demand their views be law.

A Bible-Based Approach to Health Care: Orthopedic Problems? You're Probably Just Possessed by a Devil

Catholic Bishops have filed lawsuits against Obama's health care reforms -- here's a great reminder why Abrahamic religion should not be dictating national health policy.


July 26, 2012 |

Despite a defeat in District Court last week, the Catholic Bishops and their conservative Protestant allies are forging ahead with lawsuits against Obama's health care reforms. Their goal? To ensure that American health options are dictated by religion rather than medical science. With an infallible pope and an inerrant Bible as guides, they are convinced that they know what God wants.

Obviously, not all Christians agree. The contraceptive mandate is a problem for the patriarchy only because most Christians have their own deeply personal understanding of God’s will and they want to live in accord with that understanding. In other words, the contraceptive mandate is an issue for the Bishops and their allies only because it is a non-issue for most lay Christians.

Then again, if they could, some Church leaders would do away with much more than the contraceptive mandate. Christian Science theologians teach that God’s will excludes most of science-based medicine because prayer alone should suffice. In fact, they have tried to get the services of “prayer practitioners” reimbursed under federal health care laws. Like Catholics and conservative Protestants, they find basis for their belief in ancient texts: Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up (James 5:14-15).

http://www.alternet.org/bible-based-approach-health-care-orthopedic-problems-youre-probably-just-possessed-devil?paging=off

[Warpy]

1. The only things they should dictate is how many angels can fit

on the head of a pin and other matters of extreme theological import.

The last thing they need to talk about is the area they're the most ignorant of, women's reproductive systems.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Anything they have to say about their god's wishes is just hearsay

they need to produce their god for cross-examination

[longship]

4. And anything Obama says is heresy?

I suppose.

Quick! Call Father Amorth, the Pope's caster out of demons, a good job if you can get it.

[Angry Dragon]

7. Have no idea what you are saying ........

[HiPointDem]

3. why the focus on the catholics? "their conservative Protestant allies"

[Bort336]

5. They are nothing but VagVamps

Being a catholic, or having been raised a catholic, the misogyny of the bishops is disgusting and should drive anyone who still believes in the bearded guy in the sky right out of this organization.

In case you don't know what a VagVamp is, here is a definition that my daughter, my wife, and I put together last year, which hits the nail right on the head.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vaginal+vampire

If you agree with our definition please give it thumbs up, pass it on to your friends, and keep your eyes open for the grand opening of the “Into the Light” movement.

[doohnibor]

6. God swill?

I understand God Swill to be a toxic concoction, as antiquated as witchcraft and alchemy, and I pray it will be discarded for being long, long past its due date.