Sarx

UST SO We’re clear, the USCCB says Reiki therapy is ‘superstition’.

“For a Catholic to believe in Reiki therapy presents insoluble problems” the guidelines continue, saying that employing a technique that has no scientific support or plausibility is “generally not prudent.”

What is ironic about that is that A) there’s no scientific evidence for exorcisms, baptisms, eucharists, ordinations, rosaries, or God – or that the foetus is a human being, for that matter; and B) the Catholic church will continue to employ those techniques and doctrines without plausibility AND further, to insist that she has the right to enforce her teachings on the rest of us, politically. Science, psychology and democracy can all be damned if they disagree.

The hypocrisy kinda makes the self-righteous feel all warm and fuzzy, no?

Just to be clear: I’ve go no problem w/ the Bishops saying that a different religion’s doctrines or philosophy is incompatible with their own. It’s the science part that makes me think they are taking themselves just a little too seriously.

And, last I checked, anecdotal evidence (and some science) backs up all the prayer stuff at least a little bit – doesn’t matter what deity (or not) is involved. Prayer works… even the wrong kind.

And I love that line “insoluble problems”… I almost want to imagine it means “can’t be fixed with baptism”.