OK, I’m just yanking your chain.  But seriously, I have treated many a gallon of water – actually tens of thousands of gallons of water – with bleach, and nobody’s ever complained before.  So you might want to use a different turn of phrase, that’s what I’m pointing out.

And this is harming people, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement not to mention the people in the Dominican Republic & Haiti this creep is pushing this stuff on. He’s selling it as a cure for everything from AIDS to athletes foot.

As a Mancunian, I know the part of town this Church is based in quite well. It’s a very poor area (if you’ve ever seen the UK version of “Shameless”, it was based just around the corner from this Church), with a substantial 1st-generation immigrant population mostly from Africa who might not have benefitted from the more scientific approach to medicine taught in UK schools, and in fact in many cases might be missing any formal education in their lives to date. There is ample opportunity for the foolish – or faithful – to exploit ignorance, and plenty who are grateful for the exploitation. It’s sad, but true.

The UK law on this stuff is very firm. This guy is going to prison. Off the top of my head I can think of 2-3 laws he’s clearly broken if the story is found true in court (if nothing else, Trading Standards will want a word with him), and the argument of “religious freedom” won’t stand up to scrutiny because the original sales pitch was not “I believe this will work” but “I have evidence this has been working”, which is baseless.

That’s why we have doctors! You go to them and say “I am sick” and lo, treatment.  But some people are bound to be so dim as to confuse one expert with another, especially if they start out frightened, because frightened people gravitate towards vendors of comfort, which is exactly where religion is at.

Which is why there are laws against this sort of thing, and ample free healthcare to stop the seething biomass getting all dead ‘n’ stuff.

Honest question.

As for Bob Marley, he was under the impression that if they lopped off his big toe, they would be taking a part of his soul.  He wasn’t operating under the full set of information either.  This resulted in a minor melanoma spreading from his big toe to his brain the long way.

These people are voters… and they can’t discern BS with basic knowledge…

Does consumption of any oil (with cholesterol or not) cause blood cholesterol to rise? Sincere question, as I don’t keep myself as well-informed on this health matter as I should.