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The Hazards of Belief
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http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-los-angeles/minister-s-wife-starves-herself-to-deathMinister's wife starves herself to death
Evelyn Boyd, 55, wife of Rev. John Boyd of Higher Praise Full Gospel Ministries in Bartow, Florida, died alone in her room after fasting for 3 weeks. She was dead at least 1-3 days before her body was discovered by her husband. Those are the bare facts of this tragedy but there's more to the story than that. There are lessons to be learned. Here are some of the details:
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In late 2008, Evelyn retired from work in order, John Boyd said, to have more time to help people and become closer to God. Both she and her husband were accustomed to fasting as an act of devotion. In John's case, fasts might last 2 or 3 days but Evelyn's devotionals took far longer. She would shut herself into her bedroom sometimes for weeks on end with only such meager supplies as she thought she needed. Since there was no adjoining bathroom, these included plastic bags for waste that, when filled, were lowered into a garbage can outside her window. She allowed no one to see her while fasting and she never checked with a doctor beforehand. Her husband said she didn't believe in them.
In 2009, Evelyn Boyd began fasting in earnest. On two occasions fasts lasted 21 days; another lasted 23 days. The longest one was for 40 days though she allowed herself some bread and crackers that time. On Feb. 7, Evelyn Boyd entered her bedroom with her plastic bags and water containers for the last time. John Boyd says he wanted to check on her but respected her need for alone time with God. On March 5, John was returning home from an overnight fishing trip in the early hours of the morning when he saw that her bedroom window was open despite the bitter chill in the air. That's when he entered and discovered Evelyn's lifeless body.
Though the official autopsy reports won't be ready for nearly 30 days, Associate Medical Examiner Dr. Vera Volnikh believes Evelyn died from severe dehydration. A small amount of liquid was found in her stomach but there was no evidence of any food. The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the the death but doesn't anticipate that any charges will be filed.
Evelyn Boyd was obeying what God told her to do, John Boyd said. "God called her home."
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one of the hazards of belief appears to be obesity.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/faith-fat-religious-youths-obese-mid-life/story?id=13204624
what does it mean if i'm a fat atheist?
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I've just had a read through this thread :eek:
You couldn't make this stuff up. It makes Monty Python look like quite dull and uninventive. The truth of religion is much more comical than the Life of Brian.ye a community of smart asses who get to together to pat each other on the back about how intelligent they are in comparison to theists and laugh at the misfortune of the mentally ill.
Can I join, where do I sign up ?
Though I only like to laugh at people who's mental illness is religion.
Feel sorry for the woman in Mehfesto's post. Her country turning against her, and for what. They should be grateful they never had Jade Goody in her reality tv days. She would've been stoned to death.0 -
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Remember that islamic fundamentalist BA employee who wanted to blow up planes by using his position to smuggle bombs on board?
Turns out that he encrypted of his sensitive, incriminating documents using an excel spreadsheet which implemented the Caesar substitution cipher -- about as secure as writing back to front -- in place of something like AES because "because 'kaffirs', or non-believers, know about it [AES] so it must be less secure".
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/22/ba_jihadist_trial_sentencing/
Crafty kaffirs indeed. Mr Karim was jailed for 30 years.
"The case just dealt with shows where we have got to in the real world. The level of cryptography they used was not even up to the standards of cryptology and cryptography in the Middle Ages, although they made it look pretty using Excel." 0 -
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He sure is hamming it up quite a bit isn't he?! Overdoing it *just a tad* on the forced emotive whispershout vocal technique that preachers use. His voice says one thing, his face says another
1:44 to 1:48 is the best bit of it, almost worthy of Keanu Reeves himself 0 -
Rabbi erects barrier to the carrying on of normal life. Spends six months discussing topic with other Rabbi. Finds a way around it.
http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20110412-34339.html
Some Rabbi wrote:Rabbi Dror Fixler, an electro-optics expert from Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, told The Local that the distinction between thought and action could mean that driving on the traditional Jewish day of rest was mutar, or permitted.
In October, scientists at Berlin’s Free University announced they had tested a “proof of concept” car that could be driven by thought. An electroencephalography headset with sixteen sensors measures the brain’s signals and sends them to a computer that operates the car. Last week, Rabbi Fixler gave a lecture at the “Torah and Science Conference” at the Jerusalem College of Technology, during which he showed a video of the car being test driven at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin.
That lecture, he said, has sparked a debate in Israel about whether such devices that integrate the mind with machinery would be permitted on the Sabbath, when driving is typically forbidden. “When you are making only thoughts, it is no action at all. There is a difference – if you are thinking, it is not the same thing, so you can’t say it’s forbidden,” he said. “That was what I asked the audience to think about.
“At first the instinctive reaction was, ‘How can you say it’s mutar?’ But after thinking about it, they started to think about the big difference between regular action and thought.” Fixler stressed he personally did not think driving thought-controlled cars should be permitted on the Sabbath, as it would destroy the whole purpose of having a rest day. Rather, he wanted to spark a debate, he said. Jewish theologians and intellectuals needed to start thinking about the impact of technology.
“It’s still in the future … it’s not going to happen tomorrow, but we need to discuss it today so we’ll have an answer tomorrow,” he said. The distinction between thought and action could affect one of the chief reasons driving is forbidden on the Sabbath - the fact that operating a vehicle constitutes work. However the creation of a spark and the combustion of fuel could be said to also violate the prohibition of fire on the rest day. There are also rules about how far one may travel by any means of transport.
But Fixler said his own Rabbi, with whom he had discussed the complexities of the issue for six months, believed that remote controls rendered electrical devices such as televisions and air-conditioners permissible. “If I’m pushing a button, I cannot say it is my action turning on the air-conditioner. So he says it’s okay.”0 -
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Cool, yes. Insanely dangerous, also yes. Can you imagine, you get distracted by 2 for 1 doughnuts and next thing you've ploughed through the window of the Spar.Am I the only one thinking that's cool? driving a car with your mind!? awesome!
of course, it could be hazardous on the road... so I guess it is a hazard of belief?
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