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Discipline is an important factor of raising a child that many modern couples have failed to incorporate into their roles as parents. The parent is supposed to guide the child into effectively knowing what is right and wrong, and how to develop the child's intellect and moral values to the point where the child can eventually determine these independently of parental aid. As a result of this failure, many children do not cultivate moral values and fail to recognize the heavy weight beheld by consequences and the impacts of their decision in everyday life on other individuals.

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It wholly depends on the religion; otherwise, yes, there is a HUGE difference between a cult and [specific] religions

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What are you basing your claim on? Because I know for a fact Christianity has not resulted in the "kill[ings of] more people in the name of religion than all of the other wars in history combined". Please, show me a legitimate piece of evidence that proves that; because I can guarantee such an article does not exist. Also, I believe you are "deriving" this fact from the killings of the Crusades? So, in essence, what were the crusades? The entire purpose of the First Crusade was to reclaim Jerusalem, a holy city of the Catholic/Christian religion, from the Muslims who had captured the city and were slaughtering the Christian/Catholic community living there. The Pope called this Crusade in order to reclaim Jerusalem and put a stop to these merciless killings of the Christians by the Muslims. I can see a reason the Pope would call these holy wars in order to protect present and future Catholics/Christians, as the Muslims refused to negotiate any terms of peace. Am I justifying their violent actions? No, but the killings conducted as a result of the Crusades were conducted for a reason (not for the joy of massacring Muslims).

Tackling another point, there actually is physical evidence proving the validity of the Bible. For instance, evidence surfaced in 2012 in regards to the "story" of Noah's Ark in which researchers concluded there was a massive flood in the Black Sea area. Ironically, this happens to be area in which Noah is believed to have lived with his family.

But no, apparently there is not a single iota of proof.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/evidence-suggests-biblical-great-flood-noahs-time-happened/story?id=17884533

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While the votes between the electoral college and the population may differ, the electoral college is made up of individuals nominated by state officials, which in turn are voted into office by no other than the people. Therefore, if the people have a problem with who their president is, they should pay more attention to the state government candidates at the next election to prevent similar events from happening in the future.

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The US is a democracy, which means we vote our presidents into office. The vote proved the majority of Americans wished Trump to become the next president. They even RECOUNTED the votes because so many liberals were claiming that he had somehow manipulated the results in favor of himself. Liberals need to calm down and just accept that Trump was correctly voted into office. No bribes, no manipulation, no tricks. (Besides, we had to endure double the amount with Obama. Trust me, you'll live)

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I think you misunderstood the point and the source. The source does NOT state that aspirin is used for birth control, STD testing, etc.. The article states that Planned Parenthood is not considering each individual service as it's own (STD testing as one service, while birth control as another), they are considering them to be parts to a whole (therefore, STD testing as 50% and birth control as the other 50% of one service total). In reality, Planned Parenthood is using this strategy to dilute their statistics and therefore mislead the public with the wrong information.

According to the official Planned Parenthood website, they are not funded directly by the government, but by the Federal-State health insurance program which works towards providing health insurance for "low-income and needy people", commonly known as Medicaid. They are two separate corporations with two separate objectives. While Planned Parenthood may be one of out multiple corporations to offer Medicaid services, they are not the only ones. Therefore, defunding of Planned Parenthood will not strip away Medicaid from public usage.

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I do not understand your claim on how the defunding of Planned Parenthood will lead to an increase in infant and maternal morality. According to sources provided by the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Center for Disease Control, maternal morality rates have increased over the past few years. Defunding of Planned Parenthood, therefore, will have no effect on rising maternal and infantile morality rates as Planned Parenthood has been around since its start-up in 1916.

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The primary outlook of Planned Parenthood is not to support the availability of healthcare for women, regardless of their income. Planned Parenthood's central objective is often preying on less-fortunate and less-economically stable environments in order to make a profit through an increased availability of abortions. According to the Planned Parenthood official website, "80 percent of [their] patients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancy". The website also states that Planned Parenthood receives an approximation of five million individuals on a yearly basis. This would mean Planned Parenthood treated four million individuals, or 80% of their annual patients, with services related to the prevention of unintended pregnancy. That is a large amount for a company devoted to "funding poor women to get healthcare".

Switching to a business related perspective, one can easily see the more profitable a company is, the more powerful they become; and the more powerful a company becomes, the more influence they can exert over the general public. Most companies, once they reach the pinnacle of their field, often become greedy, in the sense of desiring to weed out any competition they deem viable and dangerous. Currently, the competition of Planned Parenthood is not necessarily a company, but a community: the pro-life community. One method Planned Parenthood has come to adopt is the publication of misleading information in order to give supporters what they want to hear and reduce backfire from the pro-life community. For instance, according to statistics publicly published in 2013, Planned Parenthood claimed that abortions made up merely 3% of services conducted at clinics. The National Review states that "by Planned Parenthood’s math, a woman who gets an abortion but also a pregnancy test, an STD test, and some contraceptives has received four services, and only 25 percent of them are abortion. This is a little like performing an abortion and giving a woman an aspirin, and saying only half of what you do is abortion.

In essence, the objective of Planned Parenthood is twisted in order to make a profit and confuse the public. They're objective is not the guarantee of ailing poor health in individuals in economically stable and unstable environments, but to remain at the top of their field. They may provide basic healthcare to individuals in need, but they're focused more on material wealth rather than one's health.

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The consumption of meat is vital for the survival and function of human beings. While adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet may convince you that you're living a healthier lifestyle; in reality, you're not. In order to create muscle, the human body uses the animo acids which we receive from the consumption of meat to build protein, which in turn creates muscle. While individuals who adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet can supplement protein in various alternatives, such as by eating tofu or beans; they are depleting their bodies of essential animo acids which can only be found in meats. By starving themselves of these essential animo acids, the body's response is to find an alternative source: the bodies muscles. The body's response to the lack of essential animo acids, found only in meats such as beef or poultry, is to deconstruct the muscles which have already been formed!! The same situation comes to action when an individual is starving themselves; in which the body's only path to survival is to, quite literally, begin digesting itself.

Animo acids such as lysine, methionine, and tryptophan, are only three out of ten essential amino acids which are found solely in sources of animal-based protein. Lysine is an essential animo acid whose purpose relates to proper growth and the regulation of converting fatty acids into energy and lowering cholesterol. Lysine also allows for the body to be able to store calcium, rather than excessively waste it, which in turn is used in bone structure. Methionine, along with Lysine, aids in converting fat into energy. Methionine is also one of the only animo acids which supplies the body with sulfur: an agent which allows the cartilage around the joints to stay intact (rather than degenerate, as seen in arthritis). Sulfur is also one of the few agents which can not be taken through supplements and therefore must be taken first hand through the consumption of meat in which Methionine is found. The purpose behind Tryptophan relates to the control and regulation of emotions such as increased aggression, irritability, and stress. Tryptophan also plays a major role in the aid of allowing the body to achieve a quality amount of sleep. Both of these can result in a greater awareness of one's surroundings and a better mental state.

Lack of the consumption of meat can also result in iron deficiency anemia. Iron allows the body to avoid fatigue and increase brain function, and thus a lack of iron can reciprocate the desired intentions. If left untreated, iron deficiency anemia could lead to an irregular heartbeat, which can result in heart failure; problems during pregnancy such as premature births; and lack of proper growth development and decreased function of the immune system.

In conclusion, the consumption of meat is important to the health of the body, not only physically but mentally as well. It supplies the body with proper essential animo acids which the body cannot create itself, as well as enrich the body with minerals and nutrients unique to meat. If one does not regulate the nutrients with which the body demands, the body will find alternative routes to settle its own needs which can often result in fatalities if not cared for.

(http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/amino-acids-can-not-produced-human-body- 1972.html)

(http://www.aminoacid-studies.com/amino-acids/methionine.html)

(http://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2013/5/better-brain-chemistry-with-tryptophan/page-01)

(http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/iron-deficiency-anemia/symptoms-causes/dxc-20266514)


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