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gerbilly | 2 years ago

> scientific endeavors revise themselves when they learn that they are wrong

Exactly. And scripture is notably not revised when it is found to be wrong. I ask, which worldview should you trust more based on this observation?

I felt that the article is written is a style typical of conspiratorial literature, i.e.: presenting lots and lots of evidence for a false or straw-man claim.

The true message of the article seems to be buried in the subtext. they mention the cost of therapy (to the individual and to society) and they mention churches too.

To me it reads like this: I don't want to pay for your expensive psychotherapy through my insurance. Go to church instead (where, depending on the church, we might also get a chance to fill your mind with our regressive version of christian values.)

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haswell|2 years ago

> Exactly. And scripture is notably not revised when it is found to be wrong. I ask, which worldview should you trust more based on this observation?

Clearly the scientific one. I think we're in complete agreement here, and that's why I highlighted that part of the article. My point was that it seems laughable to raise issues with therapy while presenting church as an alternative.

The sentence you quoted was directed at the other commenter's seeming implication that homosexuality's removal from the DSM is somehow an indictment of the psychiatric discipline (maybe I'm misreading them, hoping I am).

gerbilly|2 years ago

> The sentence you quoted was directed at the other commenter's seeming implication that homosexuality's removal from the DSM is somehow an indictment of the psychiatric discipline

There must be some logical fallacy named for this. I've often seen this critique in terms of pandemic policy. ("Why should you believe what you're saying, when you've changed your mind before...")