Alastair Hay BSc (Hons) LCH RSHom | M: 07940 525495 | E: al@homeopathical.com
HomeopathicAl
  • About
  • Consultations
  • Workshops
  • News

the skeptics agenda - part 5

1/10/2013

1 Comment

 
Picture
Homeopathy is witchcraft
Witches are bad
Witchcraft is dangerous



....Ban homeopathy

Picture
To claim that homeopathy is witchcraft makes at least a couple of leaps of faith. Yes, faith.
  • The existence of witchcraft, and Satan(ism)
  • ...and the acceptance that there’s something in homeopathy... yet no idea what it is. 
Paradoxically, every skeptic I know is atheist or at least agnostic, which deems them ‘faithless’ or perhaps ‘faith-free’ depending on which side of the fence you sit.

I’m prepared to accept that favourable responses that people experience from a homeopathic treatment can indeed appear like witchcraft.

‘Witches’ weren’t so impressed when a skeptic turned the statement on its head and claimed ‘witchcraft is homeopathy’

Banning something since some perceive it as witchcraft is somewhat antiquated don’t you think? What year is this? “It’s the witches work... Burn the witch!” I mused over this and it got me thinking...

The majority of my homeopathic contemporaries are women, yet most of the sceptics I’ve engaged with, all bar one in fact, have been men. Is there some kind of disdain for ‘women who heal’ going on here? I don’t know, but it’s food for thought.

Does it sound so offensive to call homeopathy ‘magic’, or ‘wizardry’ instead?

But, does it really matter?


Here’s a testimonial from a former client of mine, a carpenter:

“I approached Alastair with an open mind and in desperation! By chance, I met a former client of Alastair who highly recommended him.
Some say it's witchcraft!
I don't care...
It works!”


Essentially, no, it doesn’t matter. People are getting well again.


References and further reading:

Homeopathy is witchcraft, say doctors
British Medical Association: homeopathy is witchcraft
UK gov’t condemns Prince’s homeopathy is witchcraft
Homeopathy is witchcraft, say doctors- The noose tightens

1 Comment
sebastian armstrong
1/10/2013 06:24:11 am

I run a church, I am also a sceptic, I think that you are missing a point. Witchcraft is fake, but it exists. People claim to be witches, to have rituals that do one thing or another etc, but they actually have no effect beyond placebo. Same for homeopathy.

The plural of anecdote is anecdotes, not proof. No one has ever demonstrated any mechanism by which homeopathy can work, that goes beyond placebo or luck. It contradicts physics, and chemistry and was simply made up by Hahnemann in the first place. If someone makes something up, and 200 years later no one can find any evidence of a causal effect it is pretty safe to say that the "medicine" does nothing itself. You won't like it, but it is where things currently stand.

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    News and Blog, directly from Al to you.
    WARNING: I CAN BE CONTROVERSIAL ON HERE

    RSS Feed

    The most current news articles I uncover can be found on my Twitter page

    Tweets by @homeopathical

    Archives

    April 2021
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    March 2018
    July 2015
    June 2014
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013

    Categories

    All
    Agenda
    Alastair Hay
    Allergy
    Antibiotics
    Antihistamines
    Bachelor Of Science Homeopathy
    Ban Homeopathy
    Chinese Water-snake
    Con
    Deluded
    Deluded Fool
    Evidence
    GP
    Grass Pollen
    Hay Fever
    Homeopathical
    Homeopathic Medicine
    Homeopathy
    Homeopathy Bsc
    Homeopathy Is Dangerous
    Homeopathy Is Placebo
    Homeopathy Is Witchcraft
    Immunity
    Medicine
    NHS
    NHS Homeopathy
    Pharmacology
    Piriton
    Placebo
    Placebo Effect
    Pollen
    Pollen Calender
    Proving
    Pseudosceptic
    Pseudoskeptic
    Pseudo Skeptic
    Rct
    Rcts
    Rhinitis
    Sceptic
    Scepticism
    Sceptics Agenda
    Science
    Scientific
    Sham
    Skeptic
    Skepticism
    Skeptics Agenda
    Snake Oil
    Snake-oil
    Snake Oil Salespeople
    Snake Oil Sales People
    Tonsillitis
    Witchcraft


    www.homeopathical.com copyright © Alastair Hay
    BSc (Hons) LCH RSHom Homoeopath

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.