Skeptics and Quackhunters: Quite the Quandry

Originally Not for Public Access -- by Invitation Only

Skeptics and Quackhunters: "Christian Black Ops"?

[See below: Note of April 2006 re "Quack Baiting"]

[Update July 9, 2004] This page is a work in progress, dealing with an intensely personal concern over censorship and repression of valuable healing information such as presented in this teaching website. It stems from the core concern expressed on my page on Flat Earth Medicine and my writings in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients. I want to share this with some "science-savvy" physicists and religious leaders, as well as practitioners of health care approaches that include Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Integrative Medicine.

[See also: Jurassic Planet | and Excerpts -- This is some information I clipped from the internet a month ago while searching for connections revealing religious (Christian) motivations discernible within the "skeptics" movement. I have already satisfied myself that the Quackbusters (see www.QuackpotWatch.org) are a mainly Christian endeavor (started by 7th Day Adventists from Loma Linda) of devout individuals fighting the devil in holistic medicine. I think I see the same phenomenon thinly disguised within the Skeptics movement.]

Introductory E-mail to Christian Leaders:

Dear Science-lovers,

I found your names during my search for Internet connections dealing with the "Skeptics" movement, "Quackhunters" and Christian crusaders against the devil in holistic health...

From an Exchange on an Invisible Battlefield: My encounter with Mr. N., a life-changing dialogue that never was...

Excerpts from Internet Sites on the Skeptics Movement: My discovery of religious grounding of many members of skeptics groups.

Skeptics Meetup attacks homeopathy: "Had enough of astrologers, UFO buffs, psychics, homeopaths, and spirit channelers? Yearning to talk with someone rational for awhile? Meetup with other local skeptics for some refreshing and sane conversation." [Link] See also: National Capital Area Skeptics [Link]

My intense dedication to scientific honesty in examining health care approaches from around the world has led me to be very suspicious when religious people attack/denounce/"debunk" approaches held by people who happen to not share their religion or have no religious stance at all. My article on The Health Fraud Conference: Of Quacks, Missionaries and Flat Earth Medicine came from this concern of mine. Christians subverted the sharing of scientific information by Jacques Benveniste, M.D., about his objective investigation of the effect of homeopathically prepared (vibrated and diluted) solutions of antigens on white cells (they "degranulated" and attacked although there were theoretically no molecules for them to detect): the tape recording company that recorded his talk (at a seminar I planned and hosted) refused to send it to conference attendees because Dr. Benveniste had stated that he was a scientist and did not need the "crutch" of religion to explain phenomena and that he reported what he saw, which the company said was an anti-Christian attack.

I appreciate the scientific method. I have known Christians who were scientists and usually they would not mention their faith when making statements. Here is a link to an online article by a physicist who may have a faith position, but does not mention it: "Personal ruminations on the nature of change". This kind of writing is exemplary. However, I am deeply concerned about the way that graduate students, high school students, and professionals in health sciences are being denied a healthy curiosity and the incentive to research the phenomena of homeopathy (diluted and vibrated solutions) and acumeridian energy flow because religious skeptics hiding within Skeptics groups denounce these as "pseudoscience". [See my Acumeridian Science page.]

My biggest concern is that many people have died and suffered because these well-meaning believers have helped to shut down interest in, and therefore progress in understanding, acupuncture and homeopathy, and the way these sciences dovetail well with quantum physics and the way that all things are connected to everything else. Sadly, I have known many Christians who are experts at homeopathy and acupuncture and other "holistic" medicine approaches.

I am not sure where my anecdote is posted, about how Christian ministers in the early 1900s shut down and ran out of town (in the New York area as I recall) a clinic that was healing diseases by special diets that restricted certain foods: "The Bible says that all food is now declared clean, therefore they are committing blasphemy," so they shut down the clinic that could have inspired graduate students and others to do scientific research and more importantly could have saved multitudes from diet-caused deaths, deaths now being avoided in people who are given now-scientifically-proven limited diets.

[See my pages on Detoxification and Homo toxicanus: a new species of human.]

Skeptics groups: I am convinced I have detected the subtle Christian infiltration of these groups and that their "investigation" of homeopathy is an exercise in ridicule rather than honest inquiry.

I say to them: "Can't you see you are killing yourself and us by thwarting inquiry into homeopathy and acumeridian therapies?"

It is late at night when I write this so I will stop for now. I hope to improve the layout and wording of this page and related pages. I believe that when Christians come to realize that God is greater than all belief systems, and they cease their denunciation of systems of health care that help people to feel better without requiring them to join their religion, then there will be much more hope for the future of humanity.

God bless us every one! -- Ralph Wilson, N.D. Washington DC

Feedback from a health educator, July 7 2004:

Nice letter ... - I hope you get a serious response. Those people tend to have minds sealed shut like vaults. And everything you have said is right - they DO need to take this seriously, or die. It is that simple. But you also have to remember - your karma is not their karma, and they have to walk THEIR path. They may not choose one that coincides with your path.

From an Exchange on an Invisible Battlefield:

My encounter with Mr. N, a powerful dialogue that never was...

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From :	[Mr. N]
Sent :	Sunday, June 27, 2004
To :	[my email]
Subject :	question

Dear Dr Wilson,

I read in your website that a side-effect of acupuncture can be a "sense of well-being that may last for days".
I've had a severe and chronic ….. I stopped the pills 2.5 months ago and started scalp acupuncture 3 times a week.
The results, though slow to come at first, are astounding. Not only is …., but I'm working much better, I'm more sensitive, instictive, perceptive, positive, very confident, feel sexier and physically stronger, my thinking is clearer,etc, changes that have little to do with …..! This feeling is not stronger right after the treatment but is constant for 2-3 days.
My therapist, who is Chinese and unfortunately speaks poor English, believes I'm just getting to my normal healthy state and that I'm not used to being healthy, and this is why I'm shocked. She sees no euphoria in me...

I'm just wondering if this is true or if I could be experiencing a mild euphoric side-effect of the treatment. If this is the case, that would mean that, as the treatments become less frequent and I eventually stop, I won't feel this well anymore, and it worries me.
I'm wondering what you honestly think based on your knowledge and experience.
Thank your for your help.
Regards,
[Name]

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[My response; given in the middle of the night, knowing he had investigated my web site to some depth. Likely I would have worded it differently if I were more guarded about my sensitivity to quackhunter "baiting", and less concerned about legal implications of giving free medical advice over the internet to someone who is not a patient. He gave several clues to major important recommendations and treatments that could radically change the course of his life, and I am sorry that he did not accept my invitation for a free phone conversation.:]

SUBJECT: Internet Health Advice Re: question

"What a fascinating modern age we live in..." spoke the Captain in the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. [Name], we are living in a "Flat Earth Medicine" society/nation here. I am sorry you have not been able to find physicians such as myself and the others like me in every city across the country. I like the way you write your observations. I hope you continue your clear observations about yourself, and that you learn how to find the care you need.

This fascinating modern age also brings with it some tenacious raptor-like denizens who love the feeding frenzy of attacking "alternative medicine" practitioners like myself. Your case is one that has been complicated by a number of factors: First, you live in the USA and have been subjected to large amounts of toxic exposures of many kinds; Second, you have taken …. drugs by prescription and that puts you in a category that needs a great amount of support and management. I can't treat you via email or phone, even if you are not likely a "plant" by our beloved FDA/mega-pharma cartel.

If you can tell me where you are located I will tell you the closest practitioner I think may be able to help with at least the major aspects of your situation.

If you are on the level, I wish you the best. Your observations are all important and show a keen interest in knowing the truth and can be explained within the context of the integrative medicine approach such as practiced by our clinic, Dietrich Klinghardt, Joe Mercola, biological dentists and others. (The acupuncturist you speak of is giving you hints at the reality you may eventually experience; the modern American society may not be able to handle people who are fully energized, healthy, powerful sexually, keenly discerning about Truths of health and healthy living, etc.)

On the other hand, if you are not on the level and do work for the FDA, etc. -- please read everything on my website and look at all the links and you will get glimpses of the fascinating truths that will help you make sense of the allopathic paradigm's narrow vision and give you a chance to see the many wonderful things that could flourish on the planet if it were not for the drug-sellers and the environment-destroyers that dominate our political and economic landscape. If humanity goes extinct it will be because of dinosaurs such as they and the well-meaning sheep such as yourself and the unwitting public who trust you.

It is late, [Name], I wish you the best no matter who you are. Call me at the office.

Regards from the Center of the World (they think),

Ralph Wilson, ND Washington DC www.cnri.edu/IntegrativeMedicine

From :	[Mr. N.]
Sent :	Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:41 PM
To :	[my email]
Subject :	RE: Internet Health Advice... RE: question

Are we just a little bit paranoid, Dr Wilson? I think my Chinese lady could really help you, if you just give her a chance.

Thanks for taking the time to reply, but, if you could do me a favour, don't reply to me again.

Note (April 2006): Life has moved on. I still wonder if this man was trying to "bait' me and get me to respond to his needy situation even after he said "don't reply", because then he could point to me as a pushy quack seeking contact after being told not to. This is a very sick individual in many levels and his case illustrates the deep sadness and frustration I have for the citizens of our world. It also encourages me to keep working to make the science of energy medicine more well known and eventually proven to the satisfaction of honest scientists and practitioners. -- R. Wilson, N.D.