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This will of course save a ton of money by creating more children and more medical cost as they need more costly care when they wait longer to get attention.
Surprise for them. Stat found in a study at Cornell- 9 out of 10 women who are sexually active one time have had exposure to HPV.
So either the praying people better be totally abstinent of all physical contact or Oh-oh.Waaaait a minute. Did they really find a statistically significant sample size of women who have had exactly one sexual encounter? Surely that is a very, very small proportion of the female population. Or was the actual result for "women who had had one or more sexual encounters?"
I'll screen the hot ones for cervical cancer by taste. I guarantee it to be just as accurate as prayer.
This was at a conference a few yrs ago. Sorry I can't quote the article and have no clue of author. I remember it because it was incredibly shocking stat snd it caused quite a buzz. Basically if you have sex you are exposed. Doesn't mean you will get disease. Just you are exposed. Kind of like everyone has staph aureus on them, latest stat shows 7 out of 10 people are colonized by MRSA (methacillin resistant S.A) but not everyone gets infection.
We don't agree on a lot of things, but this is spot on. And I'd say this article you cite is only a drop in the bucket, as a lot of giving isn't funneled through religious institutions, but done directly by people. My wife and I are very happy to give to a variety of charities and do volunteer work, and so do many other folks I know. That's just not stuff that grabs headlines or feed partisan agendas. But it does do a whole lot of good stuff in this hurting world.
Actually I took this differently. It isn't that praying isn't good. More that they are defunding something that is proven prevention (somewhat north of 50K deaths from cervical CA pre-pap vs 5-8K now/yr)
The world needs more people like you. (I am serious) The social net in many communities has unravelled and the more people give back the better things are.
Actually the crisis pregnancy center my wife and I volunteer at is largely operated by volunteers. They have three paid staff positions, and dozens of people who volunteer various amounts of time. So, it's not entirely run by volunteers, but I'd say the majority is, including skilled doctor/nurse positions. But, yah, it's certainly a challenge, and very reliant on donations and volunteerism (so we throw in some prayer for those to be provided, sorry Kepler).
I was just reacting to Kepler's obviously mocking tone, which I see continues with his latest post.