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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:29 PM
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*Germ Theory of Disease* -- Science of Political Hype?
There are a lot of opinions on both sides of the issue. Do you think Germ Theory is valid?
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:32 PM
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1. Teach the controversy!!!
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:37 PM
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2. Precisely.
Liberal elitists in their ivory tower of academia force their germ theory on us.

Maybe it's true. Maybe it's not.

We still need to remember that it's just a theory.

All I'm asking is that our national dialogue allows for a reasonable debate which hears opinions from both sides.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:37 PM
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3. What makes you think it is not a valid theory?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:39 PM
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6. Leading Alternative Sciencists...
Have shown that an imbalance of humors and demon posession is what actually causes disease.

And if you don't like that, you're oppressing my religion.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:39 PM
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7. I need a reason to doubt it?
Question everything!

After all we have another thread in this forum which launches the same questions at Global Warming. If we're going to question the consensus of the scientific community on that issue in GD Politics, why not question germ theory also?
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Ninja Jordan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:48 PM
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9. Didn't catch the sarcasm of the OP?
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:38 PM
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4. It's not germs that cause disease — it's EVIL MOJO!
That's what they thought in the dark ages...
:crazy:
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Hosnon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:39 PM
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5. Germs are natural, they can't be stopped. nt.
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 10:44 PM
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8. Fuzzy math
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nealmhughes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 11:00 PM
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10. I don't know, but a good bleeding for the Republicans might be in order, just in case the humours
being overwhelmed with black bile, which by their actions and observations of the moon phases and the present alignment of the constellations, after consulting Galen, does lead me to believe a good, liberal overall bleeding is long overdue, as well as a strong purge of the bowels and stomach.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 11:09 PM
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11. I just hope I won't be forced to violate my religious faith by selling soap or Listerine!
I think I smell a lawsuit . . .

:hi:
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 11:36 PM
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12. Who cares about germ theory? I saw a drawing once
that showed how a whole little baby could be curled up in the head of a single sperm, and just escape into the womb and start growing when it gets there. So, it could be that the egg is unnecessary and sperm is all you need to make a baby. The female is merely a carrying vessel for the male seed, which already encloses the whole form of the future child.

At least that's what the drawing said. And if Eve was made from Adam's rib, why not? Who really needs women for this reproduction thing anyway? :shrug:
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