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13 Feb 2009, 2:06 am

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CHICAGO - A survey examining religion in medicine found that most U.S. doctors believe in God and an afterlife — a surprising degree of spirituality in a science-based field, researchers say.

In the survey of 1,044 doctors nationwide, 76 percent said they believe in God, 59 percent said they believe in some sort of afterlife, and 55 percent said their religious beliefs influence how they practice medicine.

“We were surprised to find that physicians were as religious as they apparently are,” said Dr. Farr Curlin, a researcher at the University of Chicago’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8318894/


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13 Feb 2009, 2:42 am

blackelk wrote:
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CHICAGO - A survey examining religion in medicine found that most U.S. doctors believe in God and an afterlife — a surprising degree of spirituality in a science-based field, researchers say.

In the survey of 1,044 doctors nationwide, 76 percent said they believe in God, 59 percent said they believe in some sort of afterlife, and 55 percent said their religious beliefs influence how they practice medicine.

“We were surprised to find that physicians were as religious as they apparently are,” said Dr. Farr Curlin, a researcher at the University of Chicago’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8318894/


If it's true (which I doubt) it merely indicates how gullible even educated people can be. Madoff made that very clear.



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13 Feb 2009, 3:41 am

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blackelk wrote:
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CHICAGO - A survey examining religion in medicine found that most U.S. doctors believe in God and an afterlife — a surprising degree of spirituality in a science-based field, researchers say.

In the survey of 1,044 doctors nationwide, 76 percent said they believe in God, 59 percent said they believe in some sort of afterlife, and 55 percent said their religious beliefs influence how they practice medicine.

“We were surprised to find that physicians were as religious as they apparently are,” said Dr. Farr Curlin, a researcher at the University of Chicago’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8318894/


If it's true (which I doubt) it merely indicates how gullible even educated people can be. Madoff made that very clear.


Why would you doubt it? Because it goes against your own preconceived notions and prejudices? Don't let facts get in the way of them.


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13 Feb 2009, 3:44 am

slowmutant wrote:
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I can know what justice is the same way I know what a cute baby looks like or why a sunset is beautiful.


In other words, it is a matter of opinion.

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Instinct is the word I would use.


Do you think all humans have the same justice-instinct? Given the amount of injustice in the world, I tend to doubt that.

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13 Feb 2009, 7:19 am

blackelk wrote:
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blackelk wrote:
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CHICAGO - A survey examining religion in medicine found that most U.S. doctors believe in God and an afterlife — a surprising degree of spirituality in a science-based field, researchers say.

In the survey of 1,044 doctors nationwide, 76 percent said they believe in God, 59 percent said they believe in some sort of afterlife, and 55 percent said their religious beliefs influence how they practice medicine.

“We were surprised to find that physicians were as religious as they apparently are,” said Dr. Farr Curlin, a researcher at the University of Chicago’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8318894/


If it's true (which I doubt) it merely indicates how gullible even educated people can be. Madoff made that very clear.


Why would you doubt it? Because it goes against your own preconceived notions and prejudices? Don't let facts get in the way of them.


Because of your preconceived notions and prejudices.



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14 Feb 2009, 1:01 pm

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I think you are trying to create a maxim to find truth based on method Clarifier, and I don't think that is possible.

I don’t think a single method exists for determining all truth, but methods definitely exist for determining some kinds of truth (e.g. logic), and I want to identify any methods that are available.

Awesomelyglorious and I have gone over this once before Clarifer. You might want to read this little snippet of conversation.


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