What's interesting about acupuncture is that it seems to work for somethings (pain management, addiction treatment for example). What isn't known is how it works. Placebo effect would explain a lot but not everything. Interference with nerve signals or release of neurotransmitters could explain how it works in pain control. Here's a link to an NIH abstract of an article about it.
Posts by JeffT
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20A Handy Guide to Woo and Assorted Superstitions
by cofty init's interesting how superstitious people point the finger and laugh at other people's superstitions.. the only honest thing is to reject all of them.
here is a handy checklist to see if you have missed any.
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A Handy Guide to Woo and Assorted Superstitions
by cofty init's interesting how superstitious people point the finger and laugh at other people's superstitions.. the only honest thing is to reject all of them.
here is a handy checklist to see if you have missed any.
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JeffT
I see you did not include hexagonal water. Does this mean I should join my in laws in the MLM they keep trying to recruit me into?
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It's been a bad week.
by JeffT inmy mother fell halloween night.
spent the next five days in the hospital, we've got her back at home now and i think things are settling down.
i'm way behind on my sleep and a couple of writing projects, hopefully i will get back to normal life soon..
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JeffT
My mother fell Halloween night. Spent the next five days in the hospital, we've got her back at home now and I think things are settling down. I'm way behind on my sleep and a couple of writing projects, hopefully I will get back to normal life soon.
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Are YOU Paying More or Less or the Same $$$ For Insurance Since Obamacare?
by minimus injust curious.
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JeffT
Just got new rate sheet from my insurer. My current policy willl no longer exist after 1/1/14 because its not ACA compliant. Replacement will be about three hundred a month more for one that is not as good, or about six hundred more for one roughly equal.
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Do You Still Wear "Meeting" Clothes?
by minimus ini have dozens of suits.
i still buy them .
i wear ties sometimes too.
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JeffT
Like everybody else in my AA group I wear whatever to the meeting, jeans T-shirt. Sweatshirt if its cold.
Oh, you meant the KH Hall didn't you? No.
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New church looks like...
by JeffT in...well, from god's perspective its a bit interesting.. .
http://gawker.com/christian-science-church-looks-like-a-giant-dick-from-s-1454084292.
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JeffT
...well, from God's perspective its a bit interesting.
http://gawker.com/christian-science-church-looks-like-a-giant-dick-from-s-1454084292
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JeffT
I keep forgetting I don't have a signature block on this forum.
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Are JW's using different terminology for "congregation discipline"?
by booker-t ini have been out for over 20 years now and sometimes i run into a young jws on the street and the language seems to be "greek" to me.
i have a hard time understanding what they are talking about.
when i was in(90s) they had 4 catergories for congregation discipline.
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JeffT
I think the legal department has been rewriting the rules about this. Our letter included a line to the effect that we'd call a lawyer if they said anything to malign our character our Christian beliefs. I imagine this is a fairly common occurance, so they had to start watching what they said.
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Are Faith-based assertions falsifiable?
by braincleaned ini say yes.. common statement from faith: creation proves that god is love.. false.. the circle of life proves the contrary.
love is not the basis for the carnage needed for survival.
any loving creator would have adapted vegetation to fit the needs of all species.. no blood.
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JeffT
The life cycle of the ichneumon wasp is the basis of the movie "Alien." That would be interesting to see discussed in the Awake!