Posted on 03/07/2006 5:26:51 AM PST by JRochelle
She died of lung cancer. Haven't found any links yet. Heard it on WLSAM Chicago.
I was raised a Roman Catholic. The reason that, as an adult, I have not adhered to any organized religion is perfectly illustrated by your point of view.
If you find out let me know also
There are a lot of things that cause lung cancer. Many lung cancers start as cancers in other parts of the body and move to the lung. Second hand smoke is not the boogey man that the MSM has painted it to be.
I suspect she may have had skin cancer which ended up in her lungs. Or she may have gotten mesothelioma from some asbestos product, like an old hair dryer.
Suffice it to say that there are many paths to lung cancer.
Public or private virtue certainly gives an indication of the fact that a person has some measure of good in their heart. However, there is no one who is truly good, as God defines good. His definition of goodness is His own character - holy, sinless, complete perfection. There is no human being who has ever met that standard, except the God-man, Jesus Christ.
Belief in Christ as savior is the issue. There are many virtuous people who lead good, moral lives, but who do not consider the issue of receiving Christ to be relevant. Indeed, for some, it is their "virtuous works" themselves that cause them to think this way! Pride in themselves, and their own self-approval, keeps them from ever seeing their need for a savior. But the problem is, they still need Him. All of their virtue and good works cannot erase the fact that their sinful human hearts need redemption. Christ said that the Day of Judgement (Rev 20:11-15, called the "Great White Throne Judgement" passage) will be full of people claiming that they don't deserve to be in hell because of their supposed virtue and good works, even religious deeds which were done for the cause of Christ, even "in His Name". Many will say to Me in that Day, "But...but...and...etc." -- and Christ will say, "I never knew you. Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the Lake of Fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."
Thank you, and Amen to that!
You have a point there...given enough time, the mortality rate approaches 100%. A drop in one statistic will cause a rise in others somewhere along the line.
I was thinking a similar thing about the rate of autism the other day. Since infant mortality has dropped and we are saving more preemies than ever, maybe those that would have been lost ended up with autism or other complications instead.
Heard this on the radio at work. Sad deal.
Namely on the news, and a couple of folks here said her efforts were heroic.
Yes. You're right, no moaning, but he was quit egotistical, in my book. I feel his condition was a tool for him to draw more attention to himself. Just my take. Was his attitude about his condition good? Yeah, I guess so.
Must you drag your Smoke Gnatzi opinion into EVERY conversation?
I appreciate your feelings, and do not mean to stomp on them. I simply do not see this as largely as the media does, or even some of the folks here. There are more important things going on right now.
"Heck, I can't get a permit to sell pot, and it never killed anybody."
oh good grief....go away....
You know, I think that would be best.
Yes, but Chris's other children live in England.
I think their probably in there late 20s early 30s.
>>>She wasn't a smoker. But she was exposed to concentrated second-hand smoke for years. (She sang in bars.)>>>
Of course, because it HAD to be SOMETHING to do with smoking. Lung Cancer didn't exist until smoking you know.
Linda McCartney was a notorious pot smoker and she did smoke tobacco too. She did not live a "healthy lifestyle."
Giving us the fast food version upon the death of someone puts an ugly face on Christianity. You do come off as condemning someone, regardless of your protestations. It's cruel, especially to the loved ones left behind.
The truth of salvation is plain, and can be expressed in a straightforward manner using a few select verses (such as the "Roman Road" - Romans 3:10-23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9-10).
Naturally, reading and studying the entire Bible will yield tremendous benefits and greatly increase one's understanding of God and man. Still, it does not change the basic message of the Scriptures, which is summed up for us in John 3:16. There are many people who claim that the Bible is too mysterious to be understood, or who, like yourself, want to make it out to be something so lofty that only dry scholars can understand it, and the common man is left in the dark. But the Bible speaks to all of us, whether we be rich or poor, famous or obscure, wise or simple.
What I object to (and in the light of Scripture, I am compelled to object to this) is the attitude held by so many that entrance into heaven is some sort of automatic birthright that naturally occurs after we die, especially if one has been "good". As if heaven was the default destination for everyone, except maybe the most evil among us, such as Hitler or Mao or Stalin. That is a deadly mindset that has sent many people to hell.
I'd just like to publicly thank you,along with Mia t, (who is notoriously famous for 50-foot ranting incoherent responses in threads), and the other rabid haters & morons here, for utterly destroying a thread originally devoted to a beautiful woman who died at an early age regardless of her politics. Thank you all.
Radical anti-smoker I presume? Why don't you visit Ireland's smoke free bars and smell the sweat and farts that fill the smoke-free vacuum!!
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