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[brynndragon]

I suspect this is going to happen every time I post something even vaguely related to chinese philosophy or medicine, so I want to nip it in the bud right here. If you can't admit to yourself that maybe, just maybe, you don't have the cultural background to have a freakin' clue what the hell you're talking about when you say that traditional chinese medicine and/or philosophy is Bad(tm) because it's "unscientific", then please don't say a damn thing. There have been a lot of dinkum thinkums all over the world in all time periods and deciding that they were wrong just because they didn't/don't work with your favorite methodology is far more narrow-minded than I want to deal with in my journal. I'm sick and tired of normally intelligent people acting like "holier than thou" skeptics who worship at the altar of Science! without any more thought to their dogma than any other fundie in my LiveJournal, and I'm not going to tolerate any more of it. If you couldn't be arsed to say anything when I was trying to determine if I could reconcile TCM with my scientific background and can't get the fuck over yourself enough to say "Hey, maybe if this person who I like and is my friend thinks this thing has merit, maybe it actually does have some merit and I shouldn't just shoot it down out of hand" then you should rethink whether or not you ought to be here.

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[white-and-nrdy.livejournal.com]

Even if someone does worship at the altar of Science! if they're a friend of yours, they should have the decency to respect your beliefs even if there're different from theirs. I once had a long term relationship with a girl who was devoutly Protestant, but the vast difference in our spirituality was never an issue with us. We respected our differences, didn't try to convert each other, and got on with life. That's how I think it should be.

I'm all for respectful discussion and debate on differing views on Life, the Universe, and Everything. I was a Science! worshipper myself for quite some time, until the results of such discussions made me change my mind. At this point, my view is "Use *all* the tools in the toolbox." If Science! has the answer, then go with it. If TCM has it, then go with that. If it's Reiki, then go with that. Or any combination of the above.

Because you just never know when you're going to need that 18mm deep socket to change the spark plugs on a Suzuki GS. >:)