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2. Yes, including the sick belief

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 12:30 PM

Oct 2014

that people should have no dignified alternative to dying a long, slow, agonizing death, because, well, God's Plan blahblahblah.

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The terrible toll of mixing religion and medicine in Ireland [View all] theHandpuppet Oct 2014 OP

"as a Catholic, you need to go through the pains of childbirth" trotsky Oct 2014 #1

Yes, including the sick belief skepticscott Oct 2014 #2

Relevant: trotsky Oct 2014 #4

This truly makes me wonder... madmom Oct 2014 #3

Symphysiotomy. I never heard of it before. rug Oct 2014 #5

I hadn't either theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #6