RE: Help: jumped on for seeking scientific proof of spiritual healing
February 19, 2015 at 5:15 am
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2015 at 5:22 am by bennyboy.)
(February 19, 2015 at 1:36 am)psychoslice Wrote: But why wait until something is proven right, of course there is good and bad in this, but there is also good and bad in medical treatment, after all how many people die because of medical treatment ?.
Using cures which are not proven to be cures is dangerous for two reasons:
1) The "cures" may have harmful side effects, including (possibly) an acceleration of the onset of the disease.
2) Time and money wasted on "cures" could be better spent in research (if not terminal) or in just living a full life (if terminal)
3) If people are stupid enough to believe anecdotes about "cures," then they may see the "cures" as a substitute to chemotherapy, psychotropic drugs, or other actual cures, causing themselves injury or reducing their lifespan. That a non-zero number of people have died of curable diseases while holding magic crystals or Bibles in their hands is a good example of this.
As for death by medicine-- this is innumeracy rearing its ugly head. Yes, many people die in hospitals or under care. Usually, it's because they have an incurable disease. Sometimes, it's because their doctor made a mistake, and mistakes in the medical field can result in death pretty quickly. But overall, there's no comparison between actual medicine and "spiritual healing" or "alternative medicine" or "traditional medicine." With all its ills and pains, Western medicine is about a million times better than anything else.
Think of Poker. If you start with a pair of Aces, you can still lose. In a high stakes game, you might lose everything. But you'd be a fool to throw away those Aces for a pair of sevens. And that's what people who give up on Western medicine are doing. NO system guarantees a win-- but the smart money's on the Aces, even though we've all heard heart-breaking stories of bad beats.
