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Re:A Fetus Can Turn to Stone in Its Mother’s Body and Go Und... by onetimemanytime on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:13PM (#18377202)
still much, much luckier than other generations. You could've been the King of England or Persia and you would have died from a simple infection that today is cured with pennies.
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Re:A Fetus Can Turn to Stone in Its Mother’s Body and Go Und... by na85 on Sunday November 04, 2018 @07:43PM (#18378951)
Sure, but thanking God for modern medicine is insulting to hard-working researchers and clinicians everywhere.
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Re:A Fetus Can Turn to Stone in Its Mother’s Body and Go Und... by onetimemanytime on Sunday November 04, 2018 @08:28PM (#18379131)
Ummm...if you believe in God, the idea is that he is to be thanked because thanks to him the scientists etc...

But in reality, the phrase has lost a lot of its original meaning. Still we need to be thankful, while we may nt get the Saudi Prince medical care, we still get a lot better care than Kings got 100 or so years ago. If I had a time machine and a few neosporins I'd be the richest man in the world. Plots of land in the middle of London and Paris for saving the King's life.

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Re:A Fetus Can Turn to Stone in Its Mother’s Body and Go Und... by na85 on Sunday November 04, 2018 @10:22PM (#18379649)
>Ummm...if you believe in God, the idea is that he is to be thanked because thanks to him the scientists etc...

I understand the reasoning, and it's still insulting. The people don't work any less hard if God exists.

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