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My Journey with Prostate Cancer and what I believe to be God incidents.

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Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 19:13

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Hi Roy

Thank you for responding. It would be easy to continue with this discussion but we would never agree because not only I am not a Christian but also I don't share your belief in God. This is really the wrong forum to discuss such a subject anyway.

Regards

Pratap

Surely a big part of this forum is the prospect of dying early due to prostate cancer

consequently how can dying, God, the afterlife and eternity be seperate from that?

User

Posted 30 Aug 2024 at 00:05

This forum is for anyone interested in improving outcomes for prostate cancer patients.

Purveying snake oil is expressly forbidden.

Religion is snake oil it should be banned from this forum IMHO.

User

Posted 30 Aug 2024 at 19:06

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

This forum is for anyone interested in improving outcomes for prostate cancer patients.

Purveying snake oil is expressly forbidden.

Religion is snake oil it should be banned from this forum IMHO.

Yes but UK is officially and legally a Christian country who are you to slag off our religious heritage ?

Would you preach your snake oil theory to the guys in the "End of life " catorgory here on prostate cancer uk ?

Edited by member 30 Aug 2024 at 19:08 | Reason: Add more info

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 00:24

An ex Christian who saw the real light

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 10:23

According to the 2021 Census less than half, 46.3%, of the UK population identify themselves as Christians, a decrease of 13% from ten years earlier.

37% of the population had no religious beliefs. Christianity is obviously a faith that's losing steam here.

My old Mum, who was a hundred years old, was on end of life care when she recently passed away. She was a believer and got great comfort thinking that she'd would go to a better place and meet up with Dad. She'd nursed him through prostate cancer until he died from it seven years earlier. I'm glad her faith helped prepare her for death, but it won't help me when my time comes.

Edited by member 31 Aug 2024 at 11:34 | Reason: Typo

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 13:27

Christianity is being phased out in UK schools anti Christian entities are actively trying to get rid of nativity plays now

Interestingly many immigrants coming to UK are Christian certainly many African countries are strong Christians even Muslims love and acknowledge Jesus albeit as a prophet as they dont believe Jesus was the son of God

Anyway they can never get rid of Christianity

ever

we have a special part of our brain that is solely for religion just as we have a part of the brain that is for languages or comedy

A big reason they want rid of Christianity is bc Christianity forbids usury

UK taxpayers pay approx 33 billion pounds a year to owners of the national debt - thats why you have potholes in your roads - priority goes to paying interest on national debt

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 13:40

I am not sure this thread is helping people who are here for specific reasons connected with their diagnosis, treatment and recovery after prostate cancer. The administrators may like to consider whether to allow this thread to develop any further. People's view in religion and God is a personal matter and shouldn't have any place in this forum.

'Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.' Richard Feynman (1918-1988) Nobel Prize laureate

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 13:54

I agree Pratap

While it's great to see that Roy is still with us 18 after years. Discussion about religion is not relevant to the support of members who have to make informed decisions based on facts.

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 14:34

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

UK taxpayers pay approx 33 billion pounds a year to owners of the national debt - thats why you have potholes in your roads - priority goes to paying interest on national debt

It's also the reason you have roads in the first place. You can't build roads without money. People won't lend the money to the government unless they are compensated with interest, so national debt is necessary for infrastructure and interest is necessary to get that money. Taxes can only be raised once infrastructure is in place, how can the taxman commit highway robbery (vehicle excise duty) if you you haven't built a highway.

My apologies for diverting this thread from religion to economic theory. Oh and BTW if you came to this thread looking for advice on prostate cancer that ship has long sailed.

Dave

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 16:25

I love the science but it seems not much cancer research is being done

Please correct me if Im wrong ?

Instead there are coffee mornings and walks with lots of hugs and a sense of solidarity against cancer

Whilst people seem to find comfort in these events I would prefer more research

User

Posted 31 Aug 2024 at 17:01

Lizz, our local support group meeting is held at a local university hospital in their cancer research centre. Their staff host the meetings and they are certainly always looking at new ideas and potential cures.

I would agree that the progress in cancer research is probably not proportional to the amount of money spent.

Nearly 11 years ago ,when diagnosed a local news item said there would be a cancer vaccine in five years time. Ironically I went on a cancer vaccine trial a few years ago, it failed to produce any positive results.

Thanks Chris

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