Science and religion

[Jackalope]

That sounds suspiciously like what someone might say when challenged to "prove it" when they in fact, could not do so.

That is true, it does sound like that, but it doesn't change the fact that it is true. Commonly, peoples beliefs coincide with motivations that would help them. The existence of this, however, is not sufficient to disprove the merits of a certain belief based on the motivation.

Say, dude, are you sure you didn't relapse?