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songbolt25 karma

I find it believable, because the level of intensity is the same: Someone who goes out of his way to mock Jesus is more likely to worship Him than someone who doesn't care.

15 "'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! -- Revelation 3, RSVCE

The opposite of love is not hate: It is indifference.

songbolt10 karma

There weren't actually many people in my life who had a problem with my becoming Catholic. [...] There are however, plenty of people who don't like my being Catholic,

Well said! This speaks a lot about our current culture. "Your religion is fine, as long as I don't ever have to see it." There's a certain nonsensical hypocrisy from secularists (i.e. everyone who's "just going with the flow") that's been growing strong due to lack of deliberate thought about it.

songbolt7 karma

There are anti-vaccine people, too. The pertinent question is whether the debate is a good one.

songbolt1 karma

I read Rex Warner's translation of his Confessions, and later other stuff on the Faith Database (or newadvent.org) and I'm always amazed by how excellent his rhetoric is.

... 'cause, you know, he composed his prose in English. >_>

... I get the feeling he frames his ideas so well that even with average English the way he expresses his ideas is brilliant. He's a pretty solid thinker.

songbolt1 karma

Are you developing radiosensitizers when speaking of this DNA repair inhibition? Or are you counting on "natural" damage to cells from free radicals accumulating from diet etc?

How do you see the future of cancer therapy regarding chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, gene therapy, etc: Is there a "best approach" that is likely in the future to eliminate certain fields, like how carbon ion radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery has achieved results better than surgery in some cases (eg head and neck cancer)?

Will the fruit of your labor be expensive? How are we to balance therapy advancement with care for the world's poor, ie avoid neglecting the dissemination of technology while working to improve it? (Many "poor countries" lack cancer therapy available decades ago in "developed countries", so that whether you survive various cancers like prostate or breast strongly depends on where you live.)