[Vision2020] Moscow Medical VIsion Statement

[Art Deco]

Rose,

Thank you for posting this revealing bit of superstition and ignorance.  It brings to mind the times when medical assistance was provided by barbers and butchers.

That the practitioners at Moscow Medical are unable to distinguish epistemologically between science and superstition does not bode well for their patients!!!!!  Believing what happens is allegedly "God's will" because an alleged Adam had either the temerity or the mental insufficiency to understand the consequences and thus allegedly disobeyed some alleged god has two problems:

[1]    It is delusional, unevidenced superstitious nonsense.
[2]    Worst yet from a practical view, it allows doctors, etc to blame some alleged god for their failures and/or lack of diligence.

I repost the following in order to remind patient readers of the problem of postulating/fantasizing causes outside the natural order  and in the realm of speculative superstition:
   
    
     
Just because words can be strung together in an apparently syntactically correct sentence doesn't mean the sentence has a comprehensible, literal, testable meaning.

In your quest for "the truth" you might watch out for these kind of assertions.  Religion, philosophy, politics, etc. are rife with such statements.  These assertions are generally recognizable by the practical impossibility of being neither unequivocally confirmable nor falsifiable or for the establishment of any significant probability of their truth.  The latter two cases is often especially the case.

A parable derived from an example written by an apostate Catholic disciple of Wittgenstein intended to illustrate the point of Occam's Razor may be helpful as an illustration to you.  


Neighbors A & B were having an over-the-back-fence discussion:

A:    I heard you have a new kind of powerful watchdog or something.

B:    Yes, it is called the Odg.

A:    What does it do?

B:    It watches over us continually and protects us and our property from harm.

A:    I haven't seen anything.  Where is it?

B:    The Odg is invisible.

A:    I have heard any barking or anything.

B:    The Odg makes no sound.

A:    You don't have a fence.  How do you keep the Odg in?

B:    The Odg stays with us always.  It is the loving nature of the Odg to do so.

A:    Your lawn is immaculate.  I don't see any Odg droppings at all.

B:    The Odg never eats.  Consequently, it makes no droppings.  It doesn't slobber or have bad breath either.

A:    Tell me again what it does.

B:    It watches over us and protects us from all harms.  It requires only unquestioning belief and adulation on our part in return.

A:    But wasn't your home robbed of everything of value, weren't you badly beaten up, and wasn't your wife taken for and enjoyed a month-long sexual romp by a motorcycle gang a few months ago?

B:    Yes, but it must of been good for us, else the Odg would not have let it happen. 
   
    
[Also, consider the Tsunami, the recent hurricane in this context.]


Can you do anagrams?


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DonaldH675 at aol.com 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:42 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Moscow Medical VIsion Statement


  Visionaries:

  For those of you who believed that disease was caused organically, Drs. Grauke, Rice, and Brown would like to revisit and re-instruct you on that issue.  (I added the bolding).

  "We recognize that medical care involves more than treating illness and that man is made in the image of God, having aspects including body, emotions, spirit, and soul. We endeavor to use the highest standards of scientific medicine, treating our patients as we ourselves want to be treated.

  We do not believe that sickness and death are natural processes, but are rather an enemy of God introduced into the world through the sin of mankind in Adam. Because of the redemption purchased by Christ, we seek to extend his kingdom through the ministry of healing.

  We believe all illness has meaning under the providence of God and seek healing of the whole person through a right relationship with Christ.

  Because of the sanctity of God's law, we affirm the dignity of human life. We oppose abortion and euthanasia, and all other attempts to usurp the prerogatives of God.

  We affirm the responsibility toward the poor and needy. We endeavor to give our time and resources in serving the poor and medically underserved peoples in our community and around the world. At the same time, we oppose the idea of medical care as a basic human right."
  http://www.moscowmedical.com/newsite/OurMission.htm

  Frankly, words fail me.  I'm wondering if the use of antibiotics or anti-viral agents usurp the prerogatives of God?  If nothing else about Christ Church chills the blood of Moscow residents this mission statement should.  

  I need hardly add that Dr. John Grauke is a Christ Church member, sits on the NSA board and has been a regular contributor to Credenda Agenda over the years.  Dr. Rice (and presumably his family) also attend Christ Church.

  Rose Huskey




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