You can login if you already have an account or register by clicking the button below.
Registering is free and all you need is a username and password. We never ask you for your e-mail.
[–]GropeForLuna0 points
1 point
1 point
(+1|-0)
ago
(edited ago)
To be honest, Zoloft (and other antidepressants) weren't the best example you could have given because they are less than honest about the effects of their drug, to put it mildly.
But to answer your question, I guess it's purely for historical reasons. Certain religions have been accepted for so long, and to many people, that in itself gives it credibility. Crazy, I know. This is one of the reasons that the books of Scientology and the like need to be totally debunked, so that in hundreds of years they are not in a similar position to more traditional religions, who have this "historical credibility".
view the rest of the comments →
[–] GropeForLuna 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
To be honest, Zoloft (and other antidepressants) weren't the best example you could have given because they are less than honest about the effects of their drug, to put it mildly.
But to answer your question, I guess it's purely for historical reasons. Certain religions have been accepted for so long, and to many people, that in itself gives it credibility. Crazy, I know. This is one of the reasons that the books of Scientology and the like need to be totally debunked, so that in hundreds of years they are not in a similar position to more traditional religions, who have this "historical credibility".
[–] SilentMaster [S] 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Yeah, I've all but given up on our generation. Hopefully in a few hundred years society will have figured this shit out. We'll see.