Those Without a License Should Be Not Practicing Medicine

© 2006 Mark Robert Gates

Throughout history, paradigm shifting events in scientific and medical advances, have almost always, been met, with theological superstition. A round earth not at the center of a universe revolving around it was too much for most theologians to consider. As well, modern scientific medical knowledge made possible by research into human anatomy required stealing bodies from graveyards. Today, there are theologically minded people who claim modern medicine and surgery and all of its information learned, as a gift from, a god, and all of which, now should belong only to the very people who once opposed its research and discoveries. Why? So these people can, now stand in our way, and oppose our much needed stem cell research, of which, will lead to a new age of medical advances.

Myself, I like to live in the white spaces in the bible, there is much of which we know today unmentioned in any theological texts. Unfortunately, some would have us ban everything not mentioned as heresy, and have us go on only knowing knowledge as what is written in these ancient texts. Knowing what is written in these texts is only one source of true knowledge. One of these texts says, blind leading the blind, will fall into a ditch, and also says, the truth will set one free, however, if the truth has truly set one free, these blind folk will insist on, trying to lead one, back to their ditch.

A problem in today’s medical and scientific society, is one of people without advanced learning, believing they know enough, to school those who are learned through instruction and research. Our present, politically delineated, scientific and medical institutions, need to be set free to look after themselves. There are simply too many people practicing medicine without a license. Legislators, politicians, and an uneducated public, need to allow physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists and counselors to decide what treatments work best, and how to best administer these treatments. - Mark Robert Gates