Jesus Jesus Jesus-....-....-.... Please stop...

[FM Arouet666]

Sorry for the rant, but I have been working 18 hour days for the last two weeks and, frankly, I am sick of the religious folks attributing my work to the lord.

Does the lord work through all professions or does god only work in matters of life and death? When the plummer fixes your pipes do you thank the lord? How about the pool man, he fixes a bum pump, do you thank jesus? No?!?!? So why is the heart surgeon any different?

I here, ad nauseum, "thank god I survived the operation." Lets see, a circulating nurse, an anesthesiologist, a scrub tech, nope don't see an imaginary deity on the roll call. So why the thanks? God didn't fix your toilet so why did he fix your aneurysm?

So why the rant? Lack of sleep, way too much work, and just plain sick of the cosmic disciple taking credit for my work? All of the above.

Comment if you like, I probably wont see it. My next day off is two weeks from now. Bash away....

A surgeon told me today, why should I worship god, I spend the week fixing his fuck ups, so why worship him on sunday?

See ya DU, working my balls off.......:evilgrin:

[amitten]

1. Good. Stay sober. n/t

[beam me up scottie]

2. ROFLMAO!

:spray:
:rofl:

[beam me up scottie]

3. Go with god.

:evilgrin:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

4. No flames here

Assuming you're part of the team that did/does the work, the patients are lucky to have you. A fundie doc may as easily dismiss his failures with "God's will."

When the day comes, I want a cross between a genius Porsche mechanic and a seamstress better than Betsy Ross doing the slice, dice and sew work in my chest cavity.

Good for your mind. Good for your patients. And much good on the people with whom you work.

[shockingelk]

6. You say "lucky"

There's no such thing as luck - the word just signals a fortunate outcome.

People who believe God actively works in the world refer to what you call "luck" as "blessings". Some who don't believe even speak as though things are the will of God:

An excerpt from the movie "Storytelling" (paraphrased).

Consuelo: (scrubbing floor) It was God's will.

Mickey: Do you believe in all that, Consuelo? I mean God and Heaven and angels and all that.

Consuelo: No. (continues scrubbing floor)

[GrpCaptMandrake]

8. My bad

Shame on me. There's no "luck" either. Things either happen, or they don't happen. The "god" or the "luck" that would let a gunshot gangbanger live while taking my loved one, one gurney over, from me is worthy neither of respect, nor worship nor acknowledgement.

Kinda shows how religion/superstition can creep into the lingo of rational people, too.

I've tried really hard to purge the word "believe" from my vocabulary.

From Kurt Vonnegut's "Sirens of Titan:"

"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."

[shockingelk]

10. Must be my philosophy degree speaking

And continuing here -

I readily admit I have scientific faith. I can't "prove" a pen I drop will fall down - it may fall "up". But I have seen so many objects fall "down" when dropped, I feel safe to assume it will fall "down".,

Science can't "prove" anything, but in many areas such as gravity, electricity, evolution, it has provided so much supporting evidence that it is ...

irrational to believe otherwise.

[NAO]

5. Jesus - The God Who Wasn't There (DVD)

Jesus - The God Who Wasn't There. A very entertaining and informative documentary on the historical case against Christianity.

Includes interviews with:

- Robert M. Price (fundamentalist Christian turned ultra-liberal Christian, noted Bible scholar, and H.P. Lovecraft scholar)

- Sam Harris (author of The End of Faith, winner of 2005 PEN award for nonfiction)

- Richard Carrier (Bible scholar and historian)

- Alan Dundes (folklore scholar)

- and the weaselly cheesy fundie principal of the Christian indoctrination center/school that was attended by the director before his de-conversion from Christianity.

The God Who Wasn't There
http://thegodmovie.com/index.php

[NoQuarter]

7. ...a rouét

stop that damned spinning wheel now!

Sleep when you can and continue to apply your skills as only you can.

Having had two potentially career ending surgeries which weren't (I'm a cellist,) I have always offered my thanks to the person whose hands knew what to do.

[DanCa]

9. Thank god that mcdonalds drive thru didn't mess up my order.

It's a miracle miracle i tell ya. :)

[trotsky]

11. Well, Jesus still loves you.

:evilgrin: