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For the first time in my life, I've picked up some strange illness overseas. During my travels in Palestine, I visited a lot of small villages and was in constant contact with children, including the ones here from Shuafat Refugee Camp. I frequently hugged, kissed and picked them up. When I returned home last week, strange red bumps started appearing on my breasts and then quickly spread to cover my entire stomach, arms and now moving downward on my legs. The bumps have the appearance of measles or chicken pox. I've already had the former, and been vaccinated against the latter. My doctor can't provide any thorough diagnosis until she receives the results of my blood work (hopefully tonight!). Are any of my readers doctors? Here's an iPhone pic of some of the bumps:Read more... )
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I'm not a believer, but have been surrounded by religion my entire life. As a young child, I was christened Catholic and routinely attended mass. The whole ritual intrigued me. Listen to the man in the robe sing, stand in line, put a wafer in my mouth during communion, and then kneel on a hard bench and pray to some mysterious figure called "God." I never felt any connection to the process, or any solace from prayer. At age 10, my parents sent me to a conservative Baptist school and I remained there until graduation. I don't have much to say about the experience except that it completely turned me away from religion. To this day, many of my friends are deeply religious and I respect their faith. But what happens when religious beliefs become so extreme that they endanger the life of a child? This saga currently is playing out in America.
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