RE: Do you know that homeopathy doesn't work, or do you just lack belief that it does?
August 21, 2018 at 8:36 am
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2018 at 8:37 am by Aroura.)
(August 21, 2018 at 8:33 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:It does work though. It provides a measurable benefit over no treatment at all.(August 21, 2018 at 8:19 am)Mathilda Wrote: And if you say that you know that it doesn't work because it violates everything we know about the laws of physics and chemistry and relies upon ambiguous definitions (e.g. water memory), then why can't we same thing about the existence of a god?
"Homeopathy works" is a falsifiable hypothesis. "God exists" is not.
You can demonstrate that homeopathy does not work. There is a mountain of evidence that allows us to be certain of this.
Not so with God. So we atheists are going to have to be content with "pretty damn sure" because no amount of evidence will provide complete certainty in the matter.
Of course you and I know it's because of the placebo effect, not because of magic memory water, but many believers would just say the placebo effect is BS, and clearly homeopathy works.
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