Boy flees Mexico to avoid chemo due in part to religious beliefs.

[Tiberius]

You didn't have to call me stupid, that's rude. As an admin you should lead by example.

I didn't call you stupid, I responded to your assertion that my point was "the stupidest thing I've ever heard" by saying it was "only stupid to people like you". Both times the word "stupid" was in reference to my point.

Besides, if you don't challenge the conlusions of a scientist, such as Ms. Ennis, it goes against everything science stands for (you know the part about peer review). Maybe that's just me; a stupid, irrational, unwashed barbarian.

Indeed, but then again one scientist (or even a few of them) doesn't constitute the majority opinion. When most scientists agree on something, it is elevated to the status of theory; otherwise, there is still research needed. However you used the example of one scientist to back up your point about homeopathy actually working, even though the scientist's work had been discredited. That isn't how science should work.

I brought it up because it's relevant. That's what you do in discussions, bring relative information to the table to be discussed.

Well it came across to me as if you thought I doubted the placebo effect. My apologies if that was not intended.

And I never said that study proved homeopathy, find a single word in my post which could lead you to believe so.

I don't even believe in homeopathy. I copied and pasted most of my post, but you're so paranoid you read too much into my intentions, as if I was secretly conspiring to unravel the fabric of you're rational universe by copying and pasting a third party article.

Erm...WTF? So you try to rebut my point about trusting the opinions of scientists (plural) by pointing to a failed study of homeopathy (without mentioning it failed) where a scientist claimed to have given evidence for a mechanism by which homeopathy might work? How on earth was I not meant to get from that that you think that most scientists get it wrong, and how this lone scientist is seemingly more trustworthy.

It's not a lousy example, it's the first major study into the effects of homeopathy and certainly deserves a mention in any discussion concerning homeopathy. Stop trying to kill discussion, it's you're job as administrator to make this forum a welcoming, friendly place for people to discuss on-topic issues.

It is a lousy example...since it's been discredited by science. You are the one trying to kill discussion, but telling me to stop having an opinion on things. I've never once told you to stop talking about this; I may have asked for your reasons, but I've never told you explicitly to stop. You are the one who apparently thinks that people aren't allowed to disagree with you in a discussion.

You embarrased yourself by calling me, and "people like me" stupid. (what people does that refer to by the way?)

Again, "stupid" wasn't in reference to you, but to the point. If you are going to interpret it another way, then I'll just interpret your original point "That's got to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard" as if you were calling me stupid.

Grow up, wise up, there's no reason to get so wound up in an online forum.

Says the guy who has just ranted about the word "stupid" without even thinking to go back and make sure he had it in context?

And please stop tarring me with a prepackaged theist brush. I honestly don't have an agenda, I don't take things anywhere near seriously enough to have one. So when I post an article, I'm just posting an article, with no subtext or hidden intent whatsoever. (and if I did, you're hardly going to be able to be aware of it, unless you've got some sort of ESP that no one else knows about.)

I still don't get why you posted an article about a discredited scientist's work when trying to show that trusting scientists was a "stupid" statement. It only backed up my original assertion. Only through science and peer-review did we expose this one scientist's work as false. We should trust scientists; when they work as a team, they get to the correct answer.