Because of R&S, I've always been under the impression that religion is this horrible illness that kills more than anything in the world. A simple Yahoo search found this: World Health Organization-Leading Causes of death 1 Ischaemic heart disease 7.2 million 12.6 % of all deaths 2 Cerebrovascular disease 5.5 9.7% 3 Lower respiratory infections 3.9 6.8 % 4 HIV/AIDS 2.8 4.9 % 5 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2.7 4.8% 6 Perinatal conditions 2.5 4.3% 7 Diarrhoeal diseases 1.8 3.2% 8 Tuberculosis 1.6 2.7% 9 Malaria 1.3 2.2% 10 Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers 1.2 2.2% 11 Road traffic accidents 1.2 2.1% 12 Diabetes mellitus 1 1.7% Or for those that don't like my sloppy presentation of the above numbers: http://www.who.int/features/qa/18/en/ So....What gives? I thought religion was a horrible disease? The only thing on the list that can be attributed to religion is "traffic accidents", and that's only if you..... ...only if you are busy reading your Quran, Torah, or Bible while driving. So my question (so I don't get reported for lack of question): Where's religion on this list? Can I accuse some of you for spreading false information, that is not backed up with scientific and numerical facts? Medical Science? I hope you know that the Church introduced hospital systems into Europe..... The American school system was created by Christians to teach people how to read (the Bible). Ahh, that's a different story. Although, I'm Christian, I myself endorse stem cell research of any kind. How about that? If there was a god, he created Adam and Eve, who were disease free, and populated the Earth. Somewhere along the line, diseases must have been inserted by some third party, namely genetic mutations and the like. Now, I'm not creationist, I was just using creation as an example. Whoa, whoa, I'm not saying that I disagree with you guys, my point is that we cannot DIRECTLY attribute death to organized religion.
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hm, maybe take into account how much religion set back western civilization during the dark ages and think about how much further medical science would have advanced. and how much it's setting back medicine and science today, like people who oppose stem cell research or other treatments that go against their faith. edit: wasn't saying i agreed with it, just trying to think from that point of view.
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The alleged correlation between religion and death may be a little overstated. You can't accuse me of making that allegation, though. On the other hand, perhaps people have more heart attacks from worrying about whether they're going to go to hell when they die. Also, if there is a God, then He created the bacteria and viruses that cause HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and maybe some of those other diseases that I'm not familiar with (not a doctor). How about that?
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The fact that so many religious people are using their religion to hold up scientific and medical progress contributes to this list. You know how many of these diseases could be helped through stem-cell research?
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