Hello, my fellow free thinkers,
I recently faced a very huge dilemma with respect to Homeopathy. My girlfriend whom I truly love, has almost completed a 5 year course in medicine - yes, Homeopathy. While the decision for taking up Homeo was something less than choice, I don't understand how to deal with the truth.
I recently had a discussion with a fellow atheist about Homeopathy and started researching about it. I also found out about the James Randi challenge and how nobody has yet won it even after many tried and failed.
This post is not about discussing whether Homeopathy works or not. I am facing a very complex situation in my relationship. Since my girlfriend dedicated 5 years of her life to learn medicine, it becomes infinitely difficult for me to discuss the validity of Homeopathy with her. Even though we maintain complete transparency on all issues, I am squeamish about this particular one.
Once when I told her about the James Randi challenge, she was devastated and said that I am the only person she trusts most and that she didn't think I would be arguing about her career choice. I somehow convinced her that I don't really understand how Homeopathy works and I didn't mean to say that I doubted whether it worked at all. This seemed to solve the issue.
However, I have been plagued with a sense of guilt for not telling her what I actually thought about this. I have convinced myself not to approach this topic in a harsh manner as I do not want to lose her. She respects my views about god even though she doesn't agree with me. But I don't think THIS is a topic that will be open for discussion between us.
Coming to the point of this post, do you guys think that I shouldn't approach this topic for the good of our relationship or that I should try to make her see her "flaw"? Do I maintain this "Placebo" for the sake of our relationship, or not?
I recently faced a very huge dilemma with respect to Homeopathy. My girlfriend whom I truly love, has almost completed a 5 year course in medicine - yes, Homeopathy. While the decision for taking up Homeo was something less than choice, I don't understand how to deal with the truth.
I recently had a discussion with a fellow atheist about Homeopathy and started researching about it. I also found out about the James Randi challenge and how nobody has yet won it even after many tried and failed.
This post is not about discussing whether Homeopathy works or not. I am facing a very complex situation in my relationship. Since my girlfriend dedicated 5 years of her life to learn medicine, it becomes infinitely difficult for me to discuss the validity of Homeopathy with her. Even though we maintain complete transparency on all issues, I am squeamish about this particular one.
Once when I told her about the James Randi challenge, she was devastated and said that I am the only person she trusts most and that she didn't think I would be arguing about her career choice. I somehow convinced her that I don't really understand how Homeopathy works and I didn't mean to say that I doubted whether it worked at all. This seemed to solve the issue.
However, I have been plagued with a sense of guilt for not telling her what I actually thought about this. I have convinced myself not to approach this topic in a harsh manner as I do not want to lose her. She respects my views about god even though she doesn't agree with me. But I don't think THIS is a topic that will be open for discussion between us.
Coming to the point of this post, do you guys think that I shouldn't approach this topic for the good of our relationship or that I should try to make her see her "flaw"? Do I maintain this "Placebo" for the sake of our relationship, or not?
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