Is AIDS a disease?

[Tyson]

Poe's Law - http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Poe's_Law

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing.

I'm not really being sarcastic. The Bible says pretty clearly, that if you get AIDS, it means that you are not right with god. If you believe in The Bible, then you have to accept that diseases are the result of not being right with god.

 

[elcarc]

obviously you did something wrong if you got aids, (unless your married, and your partner didnt tell you about the aids, in that case, i dont know what to say)

 

[Mike Hughey]

obviously you did something wrong if you got aids, (unless your married, and your partner didnt tell you about the aids, in that case, i dont know what to say)

Yes, those babies born with AIDS obviously have done something terribly wrong to deserve such a fate.

 

[Tyson]

Well obviously if you got married and you got AIDS from your spouse, then you sinned in some other manner. Or it could be simply as sinning by marrying someone who was not right with god.

Two quick glances at that porn magazine when you were 12? AIDS for the REST OF YOUR LIFE UR GONNA ROT IN HELL!

As for babies, they obviously committed sins while inside the womb. By accepting Jesus Christ as their lord and savior, god will cure them of AIDS. No one has been cured of AIDS because no one with AIDS truly believes.

 

[elcarc]

Well obviously if you got married and you got AIDS from your spouse, then you sinned in some other manner. Or it could be simply as sinning by marrying someone who was not right with god.

Two quick glances at that porn magazine when you were 12? AIDS for the REST OF YOUR LIFE UR GONNA ROT IN HELL!

As for babies, they obviously committed sins while inside the womb. By accepting Jesus Christ as their lord and savior, god will cure them of AIDS. No one has been cured of AIDS because no one with AIDS truly believes.

why do i get a sense of sarcasm from that post

 

[Tyson]

If you read The Bible accurately, can you come to any other interpretation?

 

[LNZ]

AIDS/HIV is a condition that with drugs should never kill someone. To prevent AIDS, pratice safe sex by using condoms and thinking before actually having sex.

I live in Australia and I'm lucky. In my country, we've never had the absistance/no sex before marriage vs safe sex with condoms debate that cripples the USA right now.

But in the mid 1980's, people panicked about AIDS. In year 10 at high school (1985), the school offered sex education that included advice about AIDS.

Then my parents were very homophobic and any mention of AIDS would off seen them sign a consent form to preclude me from this sex education class.

But I burnt the constent form that my parents could of signed to get me out of these classes before theyeven saw it. The school assumed that no returned signed consent form with objection equated to 100% approval for the classes for me.

I attended all 5 sex ed classes with mention of safe sex and AIDS. I told my parents in my mid 30's (about 2005) that I did this and they totally approved of my actions.

 

[Tyson]

AIDS won't kill you if you live in a germ free bubble too. Australia has its own set of problems though...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6830145.ece

 

[Novriil]

Wikipedia says that AIDs is a disease, therefore AIDs is not a disease.

Disagree, Wikipedia is the best.

On the more serious topic, no AIDS is not a disease, it is the condition that results from the virus HIV.

On Wikipedia, anyone can just make an account and change whatever information they want. Don't rely on it too much. But if you already knew that, then ok.

That's why there are administrators who check that and alot of other stuff...

I know.. I know...

 

[PEZenfuego]

Wow, this is a difficult question to which I assume there is no correct answer.

 

[Innocence]

Wow, this is a difficult question to which I assume there is no correct answer.

I agree. Sometimes I think the sole purpose of all these threads is to create arguments.

To everybody involved in the whole christian debate: The "pro" side are making impressionable people (the vast majority) believe that we are all a bunch of bible-bashers. The "con" side are making what the pro side are doing worse. So if we want to make a conversation about religion, let's make it private or in another thread, maybe?

I don't know, this is kind of a pointless debate. Not really sure where I stand, it really seems quite trivial.

 

[Kian]

If you read The Bible accurately, can you come to any other interpretation?

Well, if you choose to only read the Old Testament, sure. But quoting Deuteronomy and Exodus without the context of the talk of repentance and forgiveness that Jesus Christ floods the New Testament with is not compatible with the Christian faith.

 

[Tyson]

That's your interpretation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

 

[Ton]

If you read The Bible accurately, can you come to any other interpretation?

Well, this is the point, you try to use text in the bible to prove/make an argument, in my view using the bible without context and understanding the difference of the old an new testament is useless. You could also use a dictionary

 

[Kian]

That's your interpretation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

Yes, it is my interpretation. So obviously one can come to another interpretation, which you seemed to dismiss. And many, many would agree. Casually dismissing what amounts to the majority of the Christian faith (the teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament) for most Christians in order to make a point does not make a valid argument.

 

[Innocence]

That's right, ignore me, I don't care.

 

[elcarc]

to me the bible sends out the same message, but you recieve it in different ways