How do you know that the person "calling for the US Army to pour phosphorous on Afghanistan" was one of 'us'? Many come here and make damaging comments such as the example you have given,,,for the purpose you now espouse...to denounce this site. You have added zero value or clarity with your comment...only decisiveness and are therefore as much of the problem as any of the worst who wander in. Tough love my ass. We come here to discuss and debate all the issues - with a hive mind, and there is no fault to be found in that. Also, a straightforward person would have included the actual 'phosphorous' quote and not lazily just alluded to it.
In closing, there are biblical precedents for using medicinals..." Examples of biblical medical application are the use of ‘balm’ to treat sores (Jeremiah), Fig as a cure for a boil (Isaiah), and Mandrake as a fertility remedy enabling Jacob and Leah to have a fifth son (Genesis). Mandrake had around 88 different medicinal uses in the ancient world; some of which continue to this day.https://researchoutreach.org/articles/revisiting-medicinal-plants-bible-holy-land/ .
It was not very straightforward of you to gloss over these examples to strengthen your argument against pharmaceuticals, a word derived from pharmacy and defined as, The art or practice of preparing, preserving, and compounding medicines, and of dispensing them according to the formulæ or prescriptions of medical practitioners."
How do you know that the person "calling for the US Army to pour phosphorous on Afghanistan" was one of 'us'? Many come here and make damaging comments such as the example you have given,,,for the purpose you now espouse...to denounce this site. You have added zero value or clarity with your comment...only decisiveness and are therefore as much of the problem as any of the worst who wander in. Tough love my ass. We come here to discuss and debate all the issues - with a hive mind, and there is no fault to be found in that. Also, a straightforward person would have included the actual 'phosphorous' quote and not lazily just alluded to it.
In closing, there are biblical precedents for using medicinals..." Examples of biblical medical application are the use of ‘balm’ to treat sores (Jeremiah), Fig as a cure for a boil (Isaiah), and Mandrake as a fertility remedy enabling Jacob and Leah to have a fifth son (Genesis). Mandrake had around 88 different medicinal uses in the ancient world; some of which continue to this day.https://researchoutreach.org/articles/revisiting-medicinal-plants-bible-holy-land/ .
It was not very straightforward of you to gloss over these examples to strengthen your argument against pharmaceuticals, a word derived from pharmacy and defined as, The art or practice of preparing, preserving, and compounding medicines, and of dispensing them according to the formulæ or prescriptions of medical practitioners."