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The Doctors: Daytime Talk Show Disaster

Daytime television talk shows have never been known for giving the most reliable information to the public. A show called “The Doctors” is no exception. I’m going to go over a segment of the show that aired on the 12th of January 2011. The segment is about the proposed circumcision ban in San Francisco California. This bill would ban non-consensual genital cutting of minors when there is no immediate medical necessity. This bill is intended to protect minors, and does not ban medically necessary or adult consensual surgeries. The clip begins with Doctor Drew Ordon making a horrible case for his position. Dr. Drew, you will henceforth be known as Doctor Fallacy. Let’s begin. ———————— Special thanks to Sam of Gallifrey for help gathering sources and arguments. Subscribe here: www.youtube.com ———————— 1. HC Bazett et al, “Depth, Distribution and Probable Identification in the Prepuce of Sensory End-Organs Concerned in Sensations of Temperature and Touch, Thermometric Conductivity,” Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry 27 (1932): 489-517 2. Sorrells et al. (2007). Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis. British Journal of Urology, 99(4), 864–869. tinyurl.com 3. Van Howe RS, Cold CJ. Advantages and disadvantages of neonatal circumcision. JAMA 1997:278:203. 4. Klein, A. (1989). The healing power of humor. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam. 5. Cornell, DH. (2003). Frequently Asked Questions. Circumcision Center. www.circumcisioncenter.com 6 … http://www.youtube.com/v/e-Lm396q8KA?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata See the original post: The Doctors: Daytime Talk Show Disaster

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An interesting but ostentatious article that bashes "New Atheism", and promotes Agnosticism.

Let's get one thing straight: Agnosticism is not some kind of weak-tea atheism. Agnosticism is not atheism or theism. It is radical skepticism, doubt in the possibility of certainty, opposition to the unwarranted certainties that atheism and theism offer. Agnostics have mostly been depicted as doubters of religious belief, but recently, with the rise of the “New Atheism”—the high-profile denunciations of religion in best-sellers from scientists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, and polemicists, such as my colleague Christopher Hitchens—I believe it's important to define a distinct identity for agnosticism, to hold it apart from the certitudes of both theism and atheism. http://www.slate.com/id/2258484/ added by: atomiclegion