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jollyreaper2112

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9. it's the terminology

Reply to tinrobot (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:57 PM

Feb 2013

I'm automatically suspicious of anyone talking about working with undetectable forms of energy that we nevertheless divine to be there. If they'd just left it at emotions I'd not have my woo hackles raised. I come from a background that includes belief in prayer and faith healing so I'm overly sensitive to that.

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Voicing the Unvoiceable: Why energy healing is so Un-PC [View all] BridgeTheGap Feb 2013 OP

Emotion is "un-PC" get the red out Feb 2013 #1

Feeling feelings: Squinch Feb 2013 #3

peer review jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #2

Not everything has to be peer reviewed. tinrobot Feb 2013 #4

religion and faith can be a comfort jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #5

EVERY human endeavor, including science, is open to being abused. BridgeTheGap Feb 2013 #6

Exactly jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #7

The article had nothing in it about religion. tinrobot Feb 2013 #8

it's the terminology jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #9

I'm not real sure about how well science and psychology BridgeTheGap Mar 2013 #10

Now that you've admitted Dorian Gray Mar 2013 #11

my feels jollyreaper2112 Mar 2013 #12