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Rezum was one of the options I discussed with my urologist. I prefer the advice of someone with the qualifications of FRCS, FRACS over your statistical sample of one.

"When you die, you'll see the truth." I won't see the truth, I will be dead. My brain will have ceased functioning, as will yours when you die. Quite pathetic how people cling to the belief of an afterlife, like a rescue buoy.

I understand quite easily why you don't understand. I could explain it for you, if I could draw pictures.

I look forward to the time you post something witty. Pro tip - Blah is not it.

Item: The US minimum wage is $7,50 an hour. It was last raised in 2009. Meantime, the average US inflation rate year on year is 2.36%. That minimum wage buys 35% less than it did 15 years ago. The tariffs Trump wants will cause inflation to rise even further. Not a single economist would say otherwise. It's comical how MAGA's lack the nous to realize Trump is selling them out to his biggest campaign donors. Tragic too.

I do have to wonder why rich MAGA's waste their time posting here, when they could be cruising Monaco's boulevard with their trophy wives.

It's more likely to cause hospitals in rural areas to close.

Christianity has been declining in North America and Europe. It is on the rise in the global south, particularly in Africa. The number of religious adherents seems to be inversely related to their level of education. 11% of the population of the USA identify as atheist and agnostic. That figure doubles to 24% for American medical professionals.

Circular argument. How do you know their brain functions have ceased? Noted you choose not to justify the concept of original sin.

How do you know people saw heaven, when a more rational explanation is the hallucinations of a person in extremis? It really comes back to what you want to believe about such phenomena. Do you believe in the doctrine of original sin? That has to be one of the most offensive and irrational concepts Christianity ever invented for its own purposes. Apart from celibacy, that is.

I think I'll buy you a waffle iron for your birthday.

IIRC they did not have test tubes in Roman times.

"Studies and data from correctional facilities in the US (such as those from the Federal Bureau of Prisons) consistently show that atheists and agnostics are significantly underrepresented in prison populations compared to their proportion in the general population. Some sources even suggest they are represented at a rate many times lower than expected". What part of "compared to their proportion in the general population" don't you understand?

I remember a guy trying to sell card tokens that could be used for discounts at restaurants printed on the cards. Apparently the restaurants knew nothing about the cards.

My opinions are fact-based. Your opinions are based on a being that exists in your imagination.

Reading and understanding are two different things.

Judging by the posts you have made thus far, infinitesimal. Your argument re prisoner populations was ample proof of your ignorance on the subject. Being a minority does not change probabilities.

Reading the Bible to the exclusion of any other thought doesn't work, period.

You obviously understand statistics as well as a Middle Ages peasant understands an internal combustion engine.

Thinking there is a God is not logical either, in fact it is the opposite of logical.

"People don't become pedophiles from abstinence. It's from childhood trauma". Rubbish. Post your credentials as a psychiatrist.

If you are going to pretend Christians are more virtuous, I guess you are lining up for a Trump bible. Studies have shown atheists and agnostics are very much underrepresented in general prison populations. So how does that jibe with your assertion faith is necessary to prevent crime?

Sexual abuse by priests is a problem created by the Catholic Church itself. It steadfastly refuses to acknowledge that fact. The second Lateran Council of 1139 AD made celibacy mandatory for all priests. Officially to promote piety, in reality to protect church property from matrimonial and inheritance claims. Any psychiatrist will tell you when celibacy is enforced on mature males, it is statistically inevitable a certain percentage of those males will have their normal sex drives diverted to something else, and not in a good way. The Catholic Church is a very wealthy organization. In the state of Victoria, Australia alone, its assets are estimated to be $9 billion. Celibacy for priests arises from the basest of motives - money.

It's a conceit of religions of all stripes, that they all have the high ground when it comes to morality. It's BS, most of our value systems come from our parents as role models. Would you like me to start listing the crimes committed in the name of religion and faith?

Name something you regard as a miracle.