Faith Healing with Homeopathy
sduford on Jan 28 2007 at 10:47 am | Filed under: Rant, Scams, Science, Skepticality
Molecular “memory” of water! People will really believe anything. Homeopathy is another example of “faith” being used to exploit people. While on the surface homeopathy can appear harmless, it can be very dangerous when people use its “remedies” instead of a proper treatement for serious diseases.Â
By Terry J. AllenÂ
For the half billion people worldwide who use homeopathic remedies, the potions can be as healing as a hug, as benignly nutty as knocking wood for luck or as dangerous as believing a dashboard Jesus will protect you from an onrushing train. What homeopathy is not, however, is medicine that is scientifically proven to work better than a placebo. Independent researchers have debunked almost every favorable study they have examined and a $1 million prize for proving homeopathy’s efficacy remains unclaimed.
Some homeopaths counter that their cures are not amenable to scientific proof. That’s fine, if you want to call the multimillion dollar industry what it is: faith healing.
