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  How could you justify that God killed all firstborn children in Egypt?

  by Mr Fool in

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  was it necessary for god to kill all innocent firstborn children?

  no other way out for the almighty god?.

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  little_Socrates

  My only responce is... He didn't even spare his own first born.
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  do other religions change doctrines like the wt society does?

  by sowhatnow in

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  i just wondered.

  i mean ok, the catholic church seems to make 'adjustments' more or less , by accepting previously held prejudices.

  against certain things, like gays, or birth control, or rather tolerate it more, but is that a genuine change of doctrine?.

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  little_Socrates

  As a Catholic let me clarify insidetheKH comments. I don't think the Catholic Church has ever changed doctrin. We believe once doctrine is set it is set forever. Practices or customs of the Church do change to suit local cultures and customs and the changing times. Those three Doctrines that insidetheKH mentioned where always belived but where not clearly defined. Some doctrinal conflict arose that pushed the Church into defining those doctrines in a dogmatic fashion. In all three cases there is ample evidence that Catholics believed those things before they where dogmaticly defined.
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  NFL bans Player for using a 'switch' on his son

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  nfl commissioner roger goodell placed minnesota viking's player adrian peterson on indefinite suspension for using extreme measures in disciplining his son using a tree branch switch.. sports illustrated covered details about how the process works with the players union, the player, and the nfl.. www.si.com/nfl/2014/11/17/minnesota-vikings-adrian-peterson-suspended.

  i remember vivid scenes in kingdom halls and in the homes of jws who used extreme measures to discipline their children.

  a father and assistant p.o.

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  Simon would you consider an open handed smack to the back of a young childs hand, or an open handed spank to the clothed backside abuse?

  Also the disipline you suggests works well once the child is fully verbal, not so well before hand though.
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  NFL bans Player for using a 'switch' on his son

  by designs in

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  nfl commissioner roger goodell placed minnesota viking's player adrian peterson on indefinite suspension for using extreme measures in disciplining his son using a tree branch switch.. sports illustrated covered details about how the process works with the players union, the player, and the nfl.. www.si.com/nfl/2014/11/17/minnesota-vikings-adrian-peterson-suspended.

  i remember vivid scenes in kingdom halls and in the homes of jws who used extreme measures to discipline their children.

  a father and assistant p.o.

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  There are times when any reasonable person would think spanking is okay. Particularly if the consequences of what the child is doing could be signficanly worse than the spanking. Like for an example if your child runs into the street without looking for traffic, or if your child is about to touch a hot stove. Being spanked is clearly better than getting hit by a car or being burned.

  However many parents spank because they are angry at their child. They spank to make themselfs feel better. You should NEVER spank out of anger. If you do that is abuse.

  Also IMO physiological abuse is far worse than physical. Children get hurt all time through play or what ever, but they recover very quickly. However when they are physically abused, it is the physiological componet that makes it so bad. Also we need to have just as much outrage when children are verbally abused. Those scars last a life time.
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  NFL bans Player for using a 'switch' on his son

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  nfl commissioner roger goodell placed minnesota viking's player adrian peterson on indefinite suspension for using extreme measures in disciplining his son using a tree branch switch.. sports illustrated covered details about how the process works with the players union, the player, and the nfl.. www.si.com/nfl/2014/11/17/minnesota-vikings-adrian-peterson-suspended.

  i remember vivid scenes in kingdom halls and in the homes of jws who used extreme measures to discipline their children.

  a father and assistant p.o.

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  little_Socrates

  Of course sometimes children need to be disiplined, there are even circumstances when spanking is understandable....

  However if you read anything about the Peterson case it was CLEARLY abuse. The details of the case are quite gruesome. Please if you feel any sympothy towards Peterson read the details of the case.
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  "Ebola is not spread through the air" -- CDC. Yeah, right!

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  somehow, i don't have a warm fuzzy feeling when i keep hearing from the center of disease control, "ebola is not spread through the air ...".

  ever sneezed?

  the famous myth busters had a revealing show on the power of the sneeze anecdotally it has a velocity of some 35 miles per hour and travels a distance of some 30 feet.. ever traveled in the close confines of an air liner?

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  Rebel I just re-read your post on the first page. What I am talking about fits your defintion of "droplet". However the problem with this is that they say you need "direct contact" to get sick. However many people wouldn't realize that being sneezed on or coughed is considered direct contact.

  Also by the classic definition measles and TB are about the only true airborn illnesses.
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  "Ebola is not spread through the air" -- CDC. Yeah, right!

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  somehow, i don't have a warm fuzzy feeling when i keep hearing from the center of disease control, "ebola is not spread through the air ...".

  ever sneezed?

  the famous myth busters had a revealing show on the power of the sneeze anecdotally it has a velocity of some 35 miles per hour and travels a distance of some 30 feet.. ever traveled in the close confines of an air liner?

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  "I will be willing to be all the people who flew with this latest victim will come away perfectly fine :)"

  I wouldnt feel much fear in that airplane example... but would you walk through and ebola ward with no protection if I could promise you that you wouldn't accidentally touch something?
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  "Ebola is not spread through the air" -- CDC. Yeah, right!

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  somehow, i don't have a warm fuzzy feeling when i keep hearing from the center of disease control, "ebola is not spread through the air ...".

  ever sneezed?

  the famous myth busters had a revealing show on the power of the sneeze anecdotally it has a velocity of some 35 miles per hour and travels a distance of some 30 feet.. ever traveled in the close confines of an air liner?

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  Simone as to my point... Don't you think at this point of the matter, when you become contaegeous is probably just as important as weither it would be airborn?

  If you are not contegous till after you show signficant symptoms, we have a very good chance of isolating patients and getting the outbreak undercontrol.

  IMO arguing about it being airborn is a strawman. There are many non airborn illness that spread VERY well. Some research suggests that even flu isn't truely airborn but droplet (just like ebola). Also evidence suggests that you shed the virus in your sweat... that would give ebola an advantage that many other viruses don't have. Also ebola probably can gain infection through numerous ways... with respitory infections you probably have to get the virus into your respritory tract.

  The virus can very clearly become airborn atleast for short periods of time. However... since respitory infection isn't a symptom normally seen early in the illness it is very unlikely that the patient sheds in an aerosol matter. However vilolent vomiting and stooling probably can create an areosol. Also many medical procedures probably can create an areosol.
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  "Ebola is not spread through the air" -- CDC. Yeah, right!

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. social
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  somehow, i don't have a warm fuzzy feeling when i keep hearing from the center of disease control, "ebola is not spread through the air ...".

  ever sneezed?

  the famous myth busters had a revealing show on the power of the sneeze anecdotally it has a velocity of some 35 miles per hour and travels a distance of some 30 feet.. ever traveled in the close confines of an air liner?

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  little_Socrates

  A quote from http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/ops/hsc-scen-3_flu-transmission.htm

  "Some analyses report that influenza typically has a transmission rate of about 10. But others suggest that flu is not as highly transmissible in a community setting as has been imagined. The R0 for the 1918 pandemic was estimated to be only 1.8 in one study, while the 1918 pandemic strain's R0 was estimated at around 2 by another estimate. According to another analysis, the estimated proportion of the population with A/H1N1 immunity before September 1918 implied a median basic reproductive number of less than 4. Another study estimated R0=1.89 from influenza case incidence data for the first wave of pandemic influenza A (H3N2) starting in July 1968 in Hong Kong. These results suggested that the reproductive number for 1918 pandemic influenza was not large relative to many other infectious diseases. Other recent estimates of R0 for seasonal and pandemic flu typically range from 1.5 to 3. Estimates of the reproductive number (R) from England and Wales (1958-1973), for a mixture of influenza types and subtypes, ranged from 1.4 to 2.6. In contrast, SARS had an R0 of 3 (excluding super-spreaders), and measles has an R0 of 10 to 15, pertussis (16 - 18) or polio (8 - 12)."

  Most extimate the Ro for Ebola at around 2
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  "Ebola is not spread through the air" -- CDC. Yeah, right!

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. social
  2. current

  somehow, i don't have a warm fuzzy feeling when i keep hearing from the center of disease control, "ebola is not spread through the air ...".

  ever sneezed?

  the famous myth busters had a revealing show on the power of the sneeze anecdotally it has a velocity of some 35 miles per hour and travels a distance of some 30 feet.. ever traveled in the close confines of an air liner?

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  little_Socrates

  simmone17 here is a couple quotes from http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/transmission/qas.html

  "Ebola on dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature."

  "Once someone recovers from Ebola, they can no longer spread the virus. However, Ebola virus has been found in semen for up to 3 months. People who recover from Ebola are advised to abstain from sex or use condoms for 3 months."

  (These were the specific comments I was refering to when I said it was all verified. My apoligies if you thought I was referencing something else)