Actually, Deripsni, that's not what she said. Here is her exact quote: On Aug 4, 12:07 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: In order for non medical healing to occur, you need to believe in it. She made a statement of an idea, and Ian attacked the idea. Simple. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:55 AM, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I realize that is was you who posted this statement and don't think I > specifically attributed the comment to Chris. I was talking to the > totality of the comments against her experience, and think of them as > a bit harsh. > > In regards to the "ad hominem" slant, if one catagorizes someones > "experience" (not belief) as outrageous, they are in fact calling the > person making the statement outrageous are they not? Molly was > speaking of her experience, one that she had to have belief in before > it would work. If one does not believe they can do something, the > likelihood of it happening is remote. If one does believes they can do > something, it doesn't guarantee success, but certainly increases the > potential. Do you agree with this? > > On Aug 5, 9:41 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Deripsni, it was me, not Chris, that said the following statement from > Molly > > was outrageous: > > > > "In order for non medical healing to occur, you need to believe in it." > > > > I also used the phrases "quackery" and "juju" to describe new-age > medicine. > > > > Would you like to point the ad hominem here? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ian > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
