MadWorld74

Mark...stop it you naughty thing.

you haven't offended me....xx

that's f*cking horrible..............

Reiki and all other forms of althernative/holistic treatments exist to help those who choose to try them. You will never come to the likes of me or hyounan for a treatment. You have made it clear that you are not able to understand the Spirituality of life and therefore you have made your decission to never understand anything but scientific apects of medicine. Science is nature and nature is a science. Some sit back and see the bigger picture. Others choose to sit tight in their box and do as they are told. Spirituality is not a medical science so it can never be submitted to 'proper' scientific trials. It is what it is. Unfortuantly you will never feel it's power.

Buisness at the front, party at the back.....mullets.

Don't be feel sad for the critics hyounan they'll alwyas find something else to critic. I'm glad you're hear.

Fine. I won't discuss it anymore. Thanks. Goodbye.

F*ck a duck......

Mark, what are you getting at? I simply posted on here some of the comments the reviewer made in the paper, as others who did watch it may be interested in reading it. After some of the postings on here I though the 'shooting fish in barrel' analogy may have amused some. That's all.

I was simply picking out the comments used to describe last nights show. From what I have gathered from the article, it was Dawkins heavy handed way of rubbishing those that featured on the show the reviewer picked up on. Yes the reviewer thought his slant on astrology; by calling it a 'mutli-million pound industry', was fair, however on the other hand his description of priests, mullahs and rabbis as "New Age Mystics.." he deemed to be a little harsh. I think Brian Viner just weighed up the pro's and con's of the show.

I have just read a review of last night's show, in the Independent. Words used to discribe Hawkins' strategies: Shooting fish in a barrel Destroying microbes in a petri dish Sledgehammers and nuts Dawkins argues like a juggernault flattening everyhting in it's path...

No problem with Christianity or any other religion. I just don't want it thrust down my neck by some woman in the Sainsbury's car park who takes it upon herself whilst I'm waiting for the bus to come up to me and tell me Jesus is my friend and then tries to get me to come to church with her.....THAT I have a problem with. Oh and see the post on the Main Page of the Forum. We have another Reiki practitioner is our midst. She must read these threads, I think she'll be very interested.

There's place somewhere on this isle called Felching...I kid you not.....getting back to topic... I like to use...'Listen Lady (followed by spurious comments)'...annoys the hell outta do-Goders in the street who come up to me to tell me Jesus is my friend.

I could not have put it better Keef.

Sorry I wasn't there. Trying to lay off the booze and I knew if I popped in for a 'cola' I'd be hammered and waking up on the floor of my lounge the next day; as I pretty much was the last time I went to EDF drinks. The pics are fab Mockers. There's always another forum drinks, I'll make it up next time with Mr MW74 in toe (after cunningly tricking him first, of course) B)

Tried them, got bored. Hence the Reiki. Joke.

Snodgrass

"Gutted from Ilford".....!!!!!!!!!LOL!

Yes that's right!! hurrah hurrah a voice of positivity. Too many threads on here quick to dismiss alternative therapies and too many people being bombastic and negative. You need to do what you can in this bloody screwed up world of ours, to make it life a little better.

Christ on a bike... calling everybody 'Ghastly Beasts'...

peer-reviewed??? The Western pharmacuetical munching, peer reviewed world, is caught in a spiral of finding cures rather than prevention of the cause. It's all about money and sales figures. Those who are responsible for the stringent tests are the same who are responsible for not being able to knock MRSI on the head. Don't get me started on the NHS. If I knew then what I knew now, I'd have stayed well clear of all doctors and surgeons. I won't go into it, but alternative medicine saved me, as a direct result of our 'peer tested medicine' completely buggering me up. I have never said I could cure the world of all ills. What I can do is make it a bit of a happier place for some.

Snorky, Karter, Ko, and yes the 'beloved' Keef. I have met a few of you and you're all decent enough. ;-) Sean for his Bournemouth stints. Gotta like that.

david_carnell wrote: Charlatans proclaiming to cure the world's ills through homeopathy/reiki/crystals/hot stones etc etc. Try telling that to the third world whilst they wait for innoculations against TB, malaria, polio, typhoid and river blindness. None of the above therapists claim to cure the world of ills, they cater for individuals who come to them for a wide range of issues. Many people use these therapsists in the UK, and as far as I know we are free from River Blindness. And be careful when you go about calling people who have specific qualifications/training, 'charlatans'. You have just labelled me a charlatan david_carnell, and I am not impressed. You can't tar us all with the same brush.

still, it's assocaition in many ways. So what was the outcome of last nights show? Did he some up?

Anything to do with the church and scaring people into belief is vile in my eyes. Is that all he focused on? I mean he taked to people who talked crap all night? I thought he was going to talk to actual medical practitioners, Reiki, Homepaths, Alexander Technique, Bowen, NLP, EFT....etc....great he talks to some religious nut and we're all lumped into the same pot.