I am currently super-busy and can’t find a lot of sites for you, but a search of “heal cancer raw food” 446,000 results.

I have personally talked to several people who have overcome cancer, arthritis, and other dis-eases by replenishing their body with nutrients.

I don’t see cancer being fixed any time with medicine – I won’t get too into detail on it here, but let’s just say that the pharmaceutical industry is making way too much for that to happen.

I don’t want to sound insensitive or glib to it… but like I said, I know a lot of people, including doctors… and I would just say that accepting things at face value isn’t always the best idea.

I don’t know what the case was with your schoolfriend, but I’m sorry for your loss… and I respect your passion.

Yes really – people lose their parents, lovers, brothers, sisters to Cancer all across the world.

And yes I do think it is cruel, and utterly insensitive for millions of people who have lost loved ones. The glib suggestion that eating better can stop you getting cancer is utter, utter rubbish.

And of course it hasn’t been proven – I’d like to see your proof – so that billions currently being spent could be saved across the world in research, wish all our scientists were as clever as you.

Perhaps I should also go and see the parents of my schoolfriend who died when he was 15 of leukemia and check what his diet was, perhaps too many MacDs!

I have passion in life thanks, some people don’t get that chance.

Neil

A few things -

1. I don’t think a few people would make a big difference either, but it has to start somewhere, no?

2. As far as this –

Also, I highly doubt that a large # of people who have dreamt about marriage their whole lives would want to give up that dream because gay people are not allowed to. Wouldn’t that almost be like someone in America saying that they will stop working on financial freedom because someone in Africa does not have the same opportunity as they do? Should that person put the brakes on that dream because the same opportunity is not available to another human being? Should they be called on to do that? -

I wouldn’t say that’s the same thing… I don’t think marriage is that important. Financial freedom, on the other hand, might be. Of course this is very subjective though.

At the end of the day thouigh, my opinion is subject to change too… that’s just where I was in the moment. When it’s time to get married, who knows where I’ll be.

Thanks for making me think as always

I can see other parts where you might be offended… but THAT? Really?

Eh, to each his own. At least I ignited your passion today. *hugs*

I think this is the most cruel, stupid, idiotic, and truly crass comment I have read on the internet this year. I am truly shocked. I won’t rant on, because if you can’t see it is so utterly profoundly wrong and insensitive, then it’s pointless.

I indeed have young children and I think I have learnt something more to tell them today.

(rest of rant deleted.)

Neil

The short answer is Yes..I would still get married. I think marriage is a very complicated thing as far as it’s roots in the psyche of people. There are so many different reasons that people do it. It’s a very subjective thing based mostly in emotion.

I realize that my reference to Martin Luther King may have inferred that I would be pro boycott–ala the Montgomery Bus boycott-but that was something completely different–and not as many emotions were tied to it on both ends as with the marriage issue IMO.

I don’t think that a few people here and there saying they aren’t getting married would make a ding in the fact that plenty of people are still going to get married. If ever that movement had a chance it would only be if A VERY LARGE movement of couples on the cusp of marriage would come together and say “OK, we’re not getting married until gay people are allowed to as well.” —and that’s only if that’s the direction that is taken.

— There are many opportunities (grassroots marketing campaigns maybe?) that the gays can take advantage of to help promote the legalization of gay marriage other than having couples abstain from marriage until gay marriage is legalized.

Also, I highly doubt that a large # of people who have dreamt about marriage their whole lives would want to give up that dream because gay people are not allowed to. Wouldn’t that almost be like someone in America saying that they will stop working on financial freedom because someone in Africa does not have the same opportunity as they do? Should that person put the brakes on that dream because the same opportunity is not available to another human being? Should they be called on to do that?

So in short, no. IMO I don’t think it is necessary to put off your dream of marriage because gay people are not allowed to. If one was very passionate about legalizing gay marriage and at the same time passionate about getting married to someone– they could still be married and still campaign to get gay marriages legalized.

I mean, there are just so many directions with this thing. This answer is based on the surface of marriage and how we understand it today. If I start delving into the history of marriage, and each and every of the 100′s possibly 1000′s of emotional reasons people get married, and the societal structures that married people and their children get to enjoy (and if it’s fair that they even get to enjoy those benefits) the answer could be twisted and turned into so many different directions–maybe even completely opposite from what I have written above… but in the name of keeping it simple— I say yes, if you do want to get married–you should—and if you want to promote legalization of gay marriage–you should do it too.

Ultimately—-Whatever gives you happiness:)

But again, that’s just my opinion. Like everything in the Universe…it’s subject to change;)

Interesting (and awesome) point – but I’m not surprised

So if you’re focusing on the solution… even with that said… how would you feel about the marriage deal? Would you or would you not still get married?

Thanks for your thoughts, you never fail to make me see something in a different light!

It’s good to hear from you!

I’ve gotta say I disagree on one major point: my time is coming SOON!!!

Other than that, I agree I’ll be in a different place and probably WILL just “know”.

I’m pretty awesome at changing my mind a million times, according to how I feel on the day.

I like it that way.

Have an awesome day!

With love,
Rachel

On the focusing on gay marriage/cancer issue – yea, if it was me, I would focus on the fact that gays should be able to get married and along with that – have all of the same freedoms everyone else enjoys.

Hell, I may start out with the fact that it’s dumb that they can’t get married. We have to realize we don’t like something in order to change it – but after I’ve established that, I would focus on the fact that they SHOULD be able to have the same freedoms as everyone else. I would begin to paint the picture of what I would want to see in my mind and then broadcast it out for others to receive — Think the Martin Luther King “I have a dream” speech. He does talk about racists, he does talk about injustice — but the focus of the conversation is THE DREAM, the main thing we leave with is the DREAM– the solution– what it would be like once the problem is solved– “Little white boys and little white girls can hold hands with little black boys and little black girls…. Free at last, free at last, thank God, free at last.”

So if it was me – I would talk and focus more on what I would want to see happen– the solution.

But to each their own — just because that’s the direction I would take doesn’t mean it is what you should take:)

So, don’t worry about the whole marriage thing for yourself.

Remember what I taught and showed you after we got back from Cancun.

Your day will come when it’s actually your time and at that time you will know, definitively, what’s right for you, without question.
It’s just going to be a while. Without question, by then you will be in a very different space than you are today.

…and I’ll just leave it at that.

You’re beautiful!

- Mike L.