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Killing your sacred cows
Jun. 16th, 2005 04:17 pmIf you subscribe to some religious or spiritual belief, I'm generally not going to try to argue you out of them. I might post about my own non-spiritual beliefs and why I hold them, or why certain kinds of religious people bug me. But unless I think you're getting caught up in a destructive religious or self-help cult (Landmark Forum comes to mind), I'm not going to say anything to you about it.
But when it comes to certain kinds of "alternative therapies" and "natural medicine" (not all, I do believe some work for some conditions), if I think the person's life is in danger or if I think they're throwing money away, I have trouble keeping my mouth shut, as with two previous posts about chiropractic.
How do you feel about that? If you believe in and/or use some kind of alternative medical therapy, how would you feel about someone debating you about it, pointing out sources that contradict what you believe about it, etc.? Am I just being a pain in the ass? Would you be grateful for new information or a different point of view? Does it depend on how I approach it, and if so, how would you like to be approached? What do you think?
But when it comes to certain kinds of "alternative therapies" and "natural medicine" (not all, I do believe some work for some conditions), if I think the person's life is in danger or if I think they're throwing money away, I have trouble keeping my mouth shut, as with two previous posts about chiropractic.
How do you feel about that? If you believe in and/or use some kind of alternative medical therapy, how would you feel about someone debating you about it, pointing out sources that contradict what you believe about it, etc.? Am I just being a pain in the ass? Would you be grateful for new information or a different point of view? Does it depend on how I approach it, and if so, how would you like to be approached? What do you think?
