American Atheists plans for prayer day on may 6 if it hapens?

[OldeVampyr]

You can laugh because you don't have to live in the middle of it.

[truevoiceofsanity]

@OldeVampyr yes. ;).

[OldeVampyr]

@truevoiceofsanity lol, With the rising cost of health care down here, laughter is about the only medicine we can afford anymore. But the Rethuglicans and the Creatards even make THAT difficult.

[truevoiceofsanity]

@OldeVampyr I find creationists quite humorous. Sometimes, when I need a good laugh, I'll listen to some of their videos here on youtube. It opens one's mind to a new point of view but in reality, its just listening to silly "logic". What makes them frustrating is only our need to be "right" and to convince others of our rightness.

Here in canada health care isn't as ideal as I thought too. We have problems as well. Wiating times are really bad here and an under supply of doctors.

[OldeVampyr]

@truevoiceofsanity How much are the waiting times due to US citizens sneaking in and using the system?

I would find the creationists more humorous if they were not swaying politics and impeding medical advancements. Hell, they are even against a chlamydia vaccine. How many otherwise intelligent people might have become doctors and scientists but were raised to believe science to be evil?

But I do enjoy FSTDT for a laugh. 

[truevoiceofsanity]

@OldeVampyr I don't think said US citizens would have a measurable impact. ;). Said fraud may be a problem but ... Our main problem is a shortage of doctors and that is caused by a) Canadian doctors going across the border for higher salaries b) the doctor's guild aka Canadian Medical Association keeping the quotas on medical students and foreign doctors low.

[OldeVampyr]

@truevoiceofsanity Why would they want to keep the quotas on medical students low and foreign doctors low?

[truevoiceofsanity]

@OldeVampyr Self interest and job security. Naturally, they argue "quality control". I've not followed the matter more recently; we may in fact have increased the number of foreign doctors we admit. In terms of medical school, our government pays some of it and some rule changes have altered the way that works. Again, I don't know the details there. ;). Our system definitely isn't perfect. Quality of care is said to be comparable to US tho and we don't go broke for getting sick. ;).

[OldeVampyr]

@truevoiceofsanity Removing the fear of losing everything because the cost of healthcare means everything!

[truevoiceofsanity]

@OldeVampyr I agree but my agreement isn't totally objective; i.e., I'd really have to understand both systems better. My family members certainly have their share of doctor complaints. ;)

[inquiry10]

Praying to all the gods would take longer then one day even if we only said please help amen to each one.

[truevoiceofsanity]

@inquiry10 Not really. It could be rather fast. "Oh mighty Gods, masters of the universe, pantheons of humanity, past, present and future, existent and non-existent, hear my prayers and bless my beloved country, that it may follow the way of truth and justice. Amen".

[inquiry10]

@truevoiceofsanity

Holy shit that actually works

Admittedly it does remove the personal touch to it but still it works.

that even covers the flying spaghetti monster (the non-existent)

Kudos

[truevoiceofsanity]

@inquiry10 hehehe