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[–]PerfectFaro 11 points12 points ago

Doctors take an oath not to cause harm, regardless of how retarded the patient is.

[–]imkish -1 points0 points ago

It's not always given anymore and it's rarely required. That being said, we obviously have laws against being such an ass. However, this comic always comes back up, and everyone always misses the point of the humor. It's unlikely that the kid would have an immediate reaction to the removal of the medication either, but nobody bitches about that. Hyperbole is designed to make a point, not be over-analyzed.

[–]aflarge 5 points6 points ago

He'd probably lose his medical license.

[–]JimmyGBA 1 point2 points ago

There's no probably, they would lose it if it was brought to attention.

[–]DropkickMorgan 4 points5 points ago

title comnts points age /r/
Comic on Prayers 0coms -1pt 1mo atheism
Oh. I guess you don't need this medicine, then. 6coms 42pts 1mo atheism
all you need is prayer. 18coms 121pts 1mo atheism
I guess you don't need this medicine then... 52coms 95pts 1mo atheism
By that logic 2coms 0pts 6dys atheism
literally the best doctor 2coms 1pt 20dys atheism
I Want This Doctor 476coms 744pts 21dys atheism

source: karmadecay

[–]thisbaseball17 0 points1 point ago

They would probably definitely lose their medical license and be jailed for manslaughter/murder.

[–]ucofresh 1 point2 points ago

I never understood that mentality.. Or the whole "thank god he made it out of surgery" or whatever. If you're thanking god and believe he did the curing, why even waste your time and money seeing a doctor? Oh yeah.. Because it was the doctors and nurses and medicine and SCIENCE that fucking saved you

[–]lilchazzer 2 points3 points ago

Hippocratic oath says no! Besides, people say that without meaning that literally.

[–]greybro 1 point2 points ago

Then he would be sued for malpractice and forced out of his profession.

[–]MKSLAYER97 1 point2 points ago

This has been posted too many times. This is at least the fifth time that I've seen it.

[–]moons21 0 points1 point ago

If a doctor did this Christians would call it a war on religion

[–]4alex6 0 points1 point ago

lawsuit, fired, jailed, etc.

[–]thatwasinpoortaste -2 points-1 points ago

repost. also, why would you kill someone over something like that?

[–]ucofresh 0 points1 point ago

He didn't kill anyone. The prayers were keeping him alive, not the science

[–]ihopeirememberthisun 0 points1 point ago

Lawsuit

[–]Imnotevenangry 2 points3 points ago

Lawlsuit

[–]ussr577 0 points1 point ago

what if a doctor did this? ... He would get sued...

[–]DeltaX13 -3 points-2 points ago

If doctors did this, atheism would become the vast majority.