Xenophobia, or some such phobia

"hotmoon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Any ism that fancies that it is the only way thinks that ALL those who
see the value of many ways or other ways as being against them. For
example, Muslim extremist think that if you are not with them that you
are against them. If someone comes along and believes that Islam and
Hinduism and Christianity, for example, all come from God, the Muslim
extremists will want to kill that person. In the same way, Christian
fundamentalists think that if you do not accept Jesus as the One and
Only way, then you are with Satan and are going to go to hell for all
eternity, even if you adore Jesus and accept his divinity.

Well, guess what?!?! The debunkers are exactly the same. If you do
not do the scientific way ***exclusively***, then you are anti-science
and worthy of all manner of attacks.

Then there are those who choose not to understand science, and thus do not
understand how it differs from religion. The conflict here is between
those who think that the questions alt.med testimonial and anecdote raise
can be answered by the right kind of observation and testing, and those who
think (religion-like) that they already have sure answers without going to
all the bother.

It is not clear why the latter should find contrary opinion so upsetting.
Certainly this kind of complaint never proved any alternative valid, as most
people do see the need to rule out all the possible mistaken impressions
that give false impressions about the usefulness of medical treatments.
Medical history is full of it.

Peter Moran.

"hotmoon" <[email hidden]>

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Well, guess what?!?! The debunkers are exactly the same. If you do
not do the scientific way ***exclusively***, then you are anti-science
and worthy of all manner of attacks. So, I guess we could call these
debunkers "science extremists". I suppose next we can expect them to
bomb the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, or perhaps the Vatican,
or how about the building that holds the Holistic Health Association.

Roger, there's just no evidence that "debunkers" do this sort of stuff.

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There is no standard, no morality other than pushing their sciencism.

There shouldn't be any standard for evidence save the evidence. Speaking of
which, do you have any recent evidence to support your claim that drinking
cold water can kill you (or, at least, your wife). Do you have any evidence
that your children have been poisioned by vaccines?

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Is this the secular religion that conservative Christians are always
complaining about?

No.

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Whole brainers use their left brain ***and*** their right brains.
Science extremists use only their left brain and attack those who may
also use their right brains. I guess this makes left-brainers
half-wits, just as right-brainers are half-wits.

Cite some examples.

le moo