timesonline.co.uk— THE genetic trigger for “stone man syndrome”, a rare but devastating condition that turns muscle into bone to imprison its victims in a second skeleton, has been identified.
Apr 24, 2006View in Crawl 4
Hearing of such a disease really makes me wonder where this fits into the plan of whatever deity you care to believe in. To me, this kind of thing just proves there is no god. What could possibly be gained by seeing one's creation remain in a frozen state all its life? And if anybody still thinks that this somehow fits into their god's plan, then their god isn't the nice being portrayed to them in their preferred religious text. Any such god would most likely be the most vindictive, uncaring, and cruel being ever imaginable (for you Trekkies, consider "Q" but only a million times worse). No, there is definitely NO god!
Just trying to clear things up, sorry for the double post, but there is no choice to make. You can't choose how FOP will effect you. Here is a link to the FAQ from the IFOPA site. IFOPA FAQ
I think people fail to realize that these people will eventually die from this. A man in Texas suffers this disease and his chest muscles have been fused as bone. He now breathes from his diaphragm, but his time is running out. Eventually, that will turn to bone and he will suffocate because he will have no muscles to help him breathe. Not too mention that your HEART is actually muscle tissue :(
mfearbyApr 24, 2006
Hearing of such a disease really makes me wonder where this fits into the plan of whatever deity you care to believe in. To me, this kind of thing just proves there is no god. What could possibly be gained by seeing one's creation remain in a frozen state all its life? And if anybody still thinks that this somehow fits into their god's plan, then their god isn't the nice being portrayed to them in their preferred religious text. Any such god would most likely be the most vindictive, uncaring, and cruel being ever imaginable (for you Trekkies, consider "Q" but only a million times worse). No, there is definitely NO god!
ficoApr 24, 2006
Just trying to clear things up, sorry for the double post, but there is no choice to make. You can't choose how FOP will effect you. Here is a link to the FAQ from the IFOPA site. IFOPA FAQ
vegangApr 24, 2006
My only regret is that I have Bone-itis!
tompApr 24, 2006
He would be good at playing that statues game what we played when we was little kids- Tom | <a class="user" href="http://www.tomwrote.info">http://www.tomwrote.info</a>
flyingllamaApr 25, 2006
no pics?
burtonownzApr 26, 2006
Check out this skeleton:<a class="user" href="http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/restricted/02bone/bonefig1.GIF">http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/restricted/02bone/bonefig1.GIF</a>
uniskidApr 27, 2006
Damn!!! This is really freaky...share my sympathy for those who have that disease...
pantharyAug 16, 2008
Horrible.
anarchy2008Mar 10, 2009
I think people fail to realize that these people will eventually die from this. A man in Texas suffers this disease and his chest muscles have been fused as bone. He now breathes from his diaphragm, but his time is running out. Eventually, that will turn to bone and he will suffocate because he will have no muscles to help him breathe. Not too mention that your HEART is actually muscle tissue :(