(May 5, 2014 at 4:02 am)Godslayer Wrote: My mother went to school as an Autism specialist, and has stuck by her guns that vaccines cause Autism. My brother has Autism and she completely blames the medical system for my brothers Autism, despite evidence to the contrary.
I wish I had a magic bullet for this one. The autism/vaccine theory is really a conspiracy theory, and people with conspiracy theories don't let go of them easily, if ever. Like believers in God, conspiracy theorists accept minimal and even contradictory evidence for the theory and negate all other evidence as fabricated.
Interestingly, people who believe in one conspiracy theory are much more likely to believe in other conspiracy theories. And people who are highly religious in a fundamentalist sort of way are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories.
My sympathies, but don't ruin your relationship with your Mom. You won't win this one.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
