(October 19, 2014 at 6:03 pm)Lek Wrote:(October 19, 2014 at 5:55 pm)Beccs Wrote: And cancer going into remission for unknown reasons has been recorded and the reason for it is not known in all cases. This doesn't mean (see paragraph one, above).
It might open one up to considering a supernatural explanation.
The lack of a natural explanation should never (if you are doing science right) lead to considering a supernatural explanation. It has never been the correct explanation for unknowns in the past, not likely to be the correct one now.
An unknown is an unknown. It is not an opening to insert 'cancer remission fairies' as an explanation.
But here's the thing.
When medical scientists are researching cancer with rats, they will cause cancer in them. It is a well known phenomena that a certain small percentage of rats will have remissions, also for unknown reasons.
It does not happen as often as it does in humans, but that probably has to do with the virulence of the cancers that they give to rats.
So here's the question. Who is supernaturally causing lab rats to go into remission, and why?
Is it the rat god?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
