Gee...they coulda given me that $660,000 to tell them that prayer doesn't cure cancer. What the fuck are these people smoking? What kind of moron would even entertain the idea that prayer could do anything?
Okay, I prayed for a large portion of my life without even thinking of the following. Whatever happens is god's will, right? A lot of people who pray include the phrase "if it be thy will." I ask, then, why pray? God's going to do what god's going to do.
oh and one more thing, don't forget that many times you defend countries and cultures that are very deeply rooted in religions and God's that USA is constantly invading for whatever selfish interest they have in those lands. You may not agree with these very complicated Christians, or Muslims, or whatever it is people believe in but that's the point. Its complicated, and you aren't going to make anymore sense outside of the choir, or your tribe by mocking those who are in bondage of some idea.
I'm a fan of TYT, but often they upset me because they seem just as disconnected and out of touch as the people they address. I think TYT is progressive, and interested in our evolution but I do think they need to be more conscience of how they address issues they don't agree on. You aren't making any good points when you mock or make fun of people, it actually shows a great lack in patience and understanding. It makes you look like them. Practice empathy and do research on Max, and Kris Carr.
Sadly, pragmatic people are often disrespectful, and sometimes even under studied. This is why a two party system is useless. They advocate a better society, however they address other beliefs without sensitivity and patience. I agree wholeheartedly, tax money should not be wasted on prayer, or aromatherapy. However, it seems obvious that Cenk and gang haven’t done enough research on Dr. Max Gerson. Furthermore, they seem closed on the idea of natural alternatives to medicine.
... When religious folk can show the proof of them curing as many people as penicillin, chemo, & vaccines, then they may talk to us about funding for prayer. Until that day, science has a monopoly on the whole "finding cures"-thing, simply because it fucking works & it's a matter of life & death.
@dkamouflage In reality, it wasn't the scientific community that didn't accept his diet explanation. He received his first Nobel Prize nomination in 1916. The majority of his skeptics were convinced by his attempts to "infect" himself and so-called "filth parties" that pellagra was not infectious - these experiments occurred in April 1916. The reason why it wasn't accepted widely outside of the scientific community was because of the social and political implications, not the science.
Spending our taxpayer money on illogical stupidity is INSANE, I honestly can't believe that Cenk isn't the least bit pissed by this! The nccam is DISGUSTING!
@malinko493 That sounds like confirmation bias and argument from ignorance. Correlation =/= Causation. First of all, you admit that she underwent hospice care. I bet if she hadn't she probably wouldn't have recovered. Secondly, I bet you wouldn't rely solely on prayer for a serious illness/injury. I bet if one of your loved ones was injured in a car accident that the first thing you'd do is take 'em to a hospital and not a church lol
I knew the government was wasting our money but DAMN! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for attempts to advance our scientific knowledge. And usually I try to keep an open mind. But honestly who comes up with this shit?
@NormacHC I think it's million. But still a waste there is about .00000000...1% (I'm being generous) chance it was going to work. It's better to use the money on things that at least have a fighting chance. I disagree with Cenk. We shouldn't be open minded to waste money on "anything that could work." I have a better chance finding the cure for aids by flipping the right combination of light switches near them than by praying for them. Why don't we spend $1 million on that?
@RealityGrapple So what if it's 1998? Nothing has changed about it since then. No new findings or research has come around that has demonstrated that acupuncture is at all effective beyond placebo. Acupuncture is a sham woo practice that is good for only one thing; separating a fool from their money by manipulating their beliefs and preying on their naivete.
@RealityGrapple Haha, I laugh at you woo proponents who think you have something but either are lying, or are so delusional you think science is on your side, when it's not. You think science has found evidence of the "lines of chi" that acupuncturists supposedly manipulate? What the actual peer-reviewed, double-blind studies have ALL indicated is that acupuncture is no more effective than poking patients with toothpicks, or sticking needles in random spots on the body. Acupuncture is a joke!
@RealityGrapple Oh brother. Those journals did NOT come up with positive studies confirming acupuncture. Show me one peer-reviewed, double-blind study showing positive effects of acupuncture that's more than just placebo effect or simple statistical chance, I challenge you. One study that shows physiological improvements beyond patient testimonial (placebo effect).
I can help you with that. There are none in the actual legitimate journals. If there were, you would have cited them already
@TehHangover I agree, i've met some religious people that were complete fucking nutcases. This one girl i knew, we were good friends and then she just opened up on me about her religion (christianity), and i have nothing against religion, but she tried to fucking convert me and told me how i was going to rot in hell and blah blah blah... complete fucking psycho she was.
This is why the world thinks Americans are CRAZY!!!!!! Its not helping your already fucked up image these stories, and the incest one didn't help either :/
Cenk, no body has every thing figured out yet! Maybe raping small children will cure cancer, you don't know... Time to investigate critical thinking, switch to the winning side and become a sceptic already.
1. 1998 Brooksley Born ( white woman ) wanted to regulate the subprime mortages. She was Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in America.
2. 5 Jews defeated her : Alan Greenspan. Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Arthur Levitt & Timothy Geithner ( appointed Obama's Treasury Secretary )
3. In 2008 these subprime mortgages exploded & thousand of Americans were homeless.
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Aromatherapy could calm people down, which might reduce their pain. People in pain do take longer to heal, but there is no way you could argue that it is responsible for healing a wound, but it might aid in recovery.
Yeah, right, there's a life force. It's made up of vibrational energies from the four elements, and if we can just find the Fountain of Youth and re-align the chi pathways of our midichlorians we can recapture the perfect energetical vitality of our Atlantean ancestors! Everybody say woooo!
@RealityGrapple Have you looked at the studies? Looks like you are failing to grapple with reality. I'm not just talking about this study that Cenk n co are talking about. There's been hundreds of studies. Not to mention the whole basis is moon speak. Meridians etc. Do some physiology then come tell me about where these meridians are. And why they are different in different forms of acupuncture.
@mysticblue1212 supposedly???? There's nothing alleged or unknown about it the US is 14 trillion in debt, owed entirely to China. We are in a recession made worse by foreign investment in the Euro, there are plenty of reasons why another country should those studies as opposed to the US
"We are in a recession made worse by foreign investment in the Euro" -Wrong
"there are plenty of reasons why another country should those studies as opposed to the US" - Perhaps, but the US is the only 1st world one that contains crackpots that think prayer might work. In the context of proving religion bull, it may be money well spent in the US.
I believe these things do need to be studied. After all, some of the cures and vaccinations we have today came from things I would think to be completely rediculace. However, we have our citizens suffering because we supposedly don't have enough money to take care of our own citizens. There is no reason why another country that doesn't have nearly the financial hardship we do to handle these studies for now.
@RealityGrapple I reject these things because they've been demonstrated to be a bunch of hokey nonsense. People have been making these kinds of claims for years and they've been so thoroughly debunked, that when they're made again, yes, there is a level of certainty about it.
When you show the actual peer-reviewed, legitimate scientific study that actually demonstrates what you claim, I'll take a look, absolutely.
@Kalevala87 "It turns out patients being prayed for can actually fare worse than controls."
Really? First off, I never said prayer should be used as a substitute for medical attention but for those who have faith or believe in positive energy, I don't see how it could hurt? And as a matter of fact I was one of those patients. I was fortunate enough to have some of the best doctors in the world but I was also very fortunate to have my friends&family sending such positive energy my way.
@RealityGrapple Acupuncture is just another woo practice that has no scientific legitimacy. If it had actual legitimacy or indeed was demonstrably effective, it'd be a regular part of medical practice.
@RealityGrapple In every legitimate, peer-reviewed, double-blind study performed (even single-blind, though that's less than legitimate), acupuncture has been shown to be no more effective than sticking needles at random spots on the body, or just poking with toothpicks (Johnson, et al, Univ. of Mich., 1998).
Just because papers appear on pubmed, which is otherwise a great resource, doesn't make the studies legit. PM does NOT do the fact checking or peer-review.
Thats' why they try "distant prayer". Near prayer has failed for centuries, now they try to rescue their faiths by thinking they got the distance wrong.
if aperson prayed and they were cured of aids then they just warped reality, which means they used magic, which means they have to be burned at the stake by christians for witchcraft.
@cmonty72 I'm clearly joking and think it's ironic the all so feared 666 is paired with a prayer type study. What's gay? Are you calling something that isn't actually homosexual gay? How is that 'retarded?' I can't tell if you're being condescending or your just elaborating on what I commented with; there are enough idiots in the internet to where I really have to ask sometimes.
what a waste of tax payers, we are dealing with a f%&* virus that kills and we have no cure for it and they want to study whether prayer can take it away?
@victorybystrength this comment you left for this video came up in my feeds but if someone has that type of money hell i can pray for em' lol actually im not watching the video the title sounds dumb and there is a cure for aids but it aint prayer lol and believe it or not it wouldn't be nearly as expenisive either im guessing about 500 bucks don't quote me but im close... there is a cure for every dis-ease.
@LuvHealthNConception I've heard that South East Asia had the cure for aids back in the 90's and best believe if someone says they want to pay me to pray then I'm all over it.
@victorybystrength haa you like me get that money then.... but yea the cure is right in on your plate.. if you eat "Live" foods then your body will resurrect itself & "Live" foods include plant based foods & a variation of potent herbs with meditation, & affirmation the body has the ability to restore itself back to it's natural state their is no such thing as Dis-Ease any ailment can be reversed it has been proven even that Ninja (back home we refer to as HIV)
@victorybystrength everything your body needs to heal it self is already embedded in your DNA a dis-ease is just a trigger to let you know that somethings need to be alkalined restored detoxed & refreshed. I love learning about the human body lol & with so much knowledge i have it's a shame I should be rockin a six pack but it's okay b/c b4 summer of 2012 im bringing healthy back..... yep.
What the fuck? why isint weed in the list? they always claim weed has no medical benefits so why the fuck dont they put it in that list of shit that dont really work but we will pay for it anyways
@Danovio Big Pharma is getting ready to sell Weed to the nation. They are already shutting down the stores in Cali. They have cured brain cancer in rats with the THC from weed but you won't hear that making the news. Weed also helps cancer victims deal with the pain and to also eat because chemo kills your appetite. It has a ton of benefits. I support it and have never smoked in my life. It just works.
How many times do we have to show homeopathy, chiropractic, accupuncture etc are baloney? No matter how many times these studies are done, woo meisters are still going to deny the results.
@RealityGrapple Empirically speaking it's safe to assume that it does indeed contribute to these cancers or at least puts you at a higher risk -- mostly on long term usage however.
So we spend taxpayer money on this crap? But not on stem cell research. Fantastic. Good job America. You retards keep "Praying"... I'll take real science.
@RealityGrapple If you think reducing quality and length of life for people for financial gain isn't one of the worst things a human being can do to another, then I guess you are one of the people profiting.
@RealityGrapple No, I did not think you did retract your comment for lack of commitment. I am surprised you didn't call me a communist. Isn't that the normal recourse of someone who has no real argument. What do you believe and why?
@RealityGrapple If Alternative medicine worked, it would not be alternative medicine, it would just be medicine. Anyone that prays on the sick and desperate is evil, and calling someone who says so a Nazi is pretty desperate.
@RealityGrapple Dude, you seem to have called me a Nazi then deleted your comment. Let me clarify. If you believe in things without evidence. Good for you. If you sell these products to desperate people, you are a charlatan and the a rational country would have laws that punished you. If you steer people away from real medicine to use your expensive nonsense instead, you are pure evil and should be whipped through the streets, I would do the job for a small fee.
those studies should be done. they will prove those claims wrong. in science you shouldn't go after common sense. you should go after hypotheses and facts that will prove or disprove them. once again common sense have nothing to do with the science.
@zeinul There's no need to disprove unfounded claims. You shouldn't have to prove something that wasn't already proven, instead you need to try to disprove well established theories. Science is common sense continuously correcting itself. Thus, a huge amount of very small common sense steps can lead to conclusions that no longer seem to look like the original common sense standpoint, however common sense was still used in the process of obtaining these conclusions.
@zeinul Better yet, insist on regulating the medical field so that these people have to prove the efficacy of their alternative before they may market it. That way they either prove they work, or they do not sell. that way they have to foot the bills
Alternative medicine is a fucking scam. And I'm sorry to my religious friends, but prayer isn't helping anyone but yourself. You're just praying to make yourself feel better. It's a coping strategy, I get it. But for fuck's sake, don't pretend that it counts as medicine. I don't care what you believe, prayer is not a substitute for actual medical treatment.
At least 26 randomized controlled trials have been published showing no convincing effect of acupuncture on headaches.3
But three large studies have found statistically significant reductions in the amount of headaches suffered by acupuncture patients:
A study involving 400 patients in 2004, by the Royal London Homeopathic hospital, found that headaches reduced sharply after 12 sessions of acupuncture, with lasting effects lasting at least a year.3
Acupunctureis a form of traditionalChinese medicine that is used to try to cure disease, infections and pain as well as curing psychological problemsTraditional practitioners say this is done by rebalancing the YinandYang,unblocking Chi,along with various other mystical explanations.mainstream medicine,acupuncture is known to work as a form of pain relief. Headaches and migrainesare the main reason that a GP might refer a patient for acupuncture1.6 million people in Britain suffer from migraines
@barkevvv I know I thought about that after I posted. I assumed everyone on here would know that one and the reference. My bad. He's probably screaming up at me. :p -GC
@RealityGrapple Medicine is what it is today because it's demonstrably effective. I'm all for testing, but most of CAM HAS been tested and shows absolutely no evidence of effectiveness beyond placebo.
"roughly 75 to 80 % of all medical treatments, have not been so tested."
That is one of the biggest lies being told by CAM advocates. That statement is likely true of CAM, but not science-based medicine. The untested bit is more like 15-20%.
@RealityGrapple First of all, what are you referring to with "it" in the statement,"We know it acts on the immune system...".
Secondly, give me some peer-reviewed scientific publications showing the efficacy of CAM modalities, for what is currently considered CAM, beyond the simple placebo effect or obvious treatments like good nutrition and exercise.
CAM absolutely does NOT get lumped in. Where are you getting that? It would be CAM if it were part of science-based medicine...
@RuneFinity44 "Studies HAVE shown that listening to music from a harp can heal a wound"
Really? What studies? I can go with it as far as maybe listening to quiet music can relax you, speeding the healing process a little. Beyond that, nah.
I forget exatly before, but it was in te newspapper from a univerty or something a while ago. And yes the relaxation speeds the healing which has been proven by many many many srtudies. sory bad typn im drunjk sry
@RuneFinity44 Sorry dude, I'll grant you the bit about music relaxing someone, but that's as far as it goes. It's highly unlikely there are any peer-reviewed scientific studies showing evidence music actually heals wounds more quickly.
Experimentation= good. Wasting thousands of US tax dollars on something that you could spend one thousand dollars on= we have one thousand dollars to spend?
@BlackMambakins Well, he is, but you see, you and Cenk have the same ignorance here, which is understandable, its common.
Atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. (A)gnosticism deals with knowledge and (a)theism deals with belief. You are necessarily either from both categories.
There is a claim "God exists". If Cenk excepts the claim, he is a theist, if he doesn't, he is an atheist, regardless whether he actually believes there is no god.
For one, science doesn't claim to "know for certain" everything. It's simply a tool used to verify evidence that's observed in nature.
And that's the problem with CAM, and any number of religious and woo beliefs, is that assumptions and conclusions are made, then confirmation bias is utilized to try and find evidence for them. On the other hand, science observes evidence first, then attempts to come up with conclusions after that.
If CAM worked, it'd just be called medicine, not CAM.
CAM is little different than creationism, UFO conspiracies, and anti-vax, a lot of imagination and little science to back them up, just junk pseudoscience.
How CAM ended up being associated with actual science-based medicine is a wonder.
There is NO evidence acupuncture works beyond the placebo effect. There is no physiological effect beyond that.
@LobsterPotsticker It does "work" depending on what you mean by work, but it certainly cannot heal a food allergy. There is no logical connection. Coincedence or placebo.
@Jussimania don't say crap unless you've actually studied/been through it
i'm talking allergies that can kill you.
Although when people have "multiple personalities" they can have completely different eyesight strengths and allergies, showing that the amount of untapped control our brains have over our bodies. If acupuncture just "tricks" our unconscious body into not having those negative reactions, then I'd say that's a form of working.
"they can have completely different eyesight strengths and allergies"?
I find that difficult to believe...
Regardless, acupuncture is all about the Qi. Until we can demonstrate a mysterous energy in the body, I will continue to treat acupuncture as a placebo.
@Jussimania maybe multiple personalities having different eyesight strengths and allergies may be "difficult to believe", but its a fact. i know i've certainly heard enough lectures about it in college.
can i make birth from my ass?
JiiHate 5 days ago
Gee...they coulda given me that $660,000 to tell them that prayer doesn't cure cancer. What the fuck are these people smoking? What kind of moron would even entertain the idea that prayer could do anything?
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Religion is the most dangereously desease we have on this planet.
streetpoet62 3 weeks ago
@streetpoet62 Illiteracy is a close second.
omfgacceptmyname 2 weeks ago
Okay, I prayed for a large portion of my life without even thinking of the following. Whatever happens is god's will, right? A lot of people who pray include the phrase "if it be thy will." I ask, then, why pray? God's going to do what god's going to do.
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Other than that, keep up the good work. Stay alive.
FinalOutlawTV 1 month ago
oh and one more thing, don't forget that many times you defend countries and cultures that are very deeply rooted in religions and God's that USA is constantly invading for whatever selfish interest they have in those lands. You may not agree with these very complicated Christians, or Muslims, or whatever it is people believe in but that's the point. Its complicated, and you aren't going to make anymore sense outside of the choir, or your tribe by mocking those who are in bondage of some idea.
FinalOutlawTV 1 month ago
I'm a fan of TYT, but often they upset me because they seem just as disconnected and out of touch as the people they address. I think TYT is progressive, and interested in our evolution but I do think they need to be more conscience of how they address issues they don't agree on. You aren't making any good points when you mock or make fun of people, it actually shows a great lack in patience and understanding. It makes you look like them. Practice empathy and do research on Max, and Kris Carr.
FinalOutlawTV 1 month ago
Sadly, pragmatic people are often disrespectful, and sometimes even under studied. This is why a two party system is useless. They advocate a better society, however they address other beliefs without sensitivity and patience. I agree wholeheartedly, tax money should not be wasted on prayer, or aromatherapy. However, it seems obvious that Cenk and gang haven’t done enough research on Dr. Max Gerson. Furthermore, they seem closed on the idea of natural alternatives to medicine.
FinalOutlawTV 1 month ago
... When religious folk can show the proof of them curing as many people as penicillin, chemo, & vaccines, then they may talk to us about funding for prayer. Until that day, science has a monopoly on the whole "finding cures"-thing, simply because it fucking works & it's a matter of life & death.
MyTemporaryAccount88 1 month ago
@dkamouflage In reality, it wasn't the scientific community that didn't accept his diet explanation. He received his first Nobel Prize nomination in 1916. The majority of his skeptics were convinced by his attempts to "infect" himself and so-called "filth parties" that pellagra was not infectious - these experiments occurred in April 1916. The reason why it wasn't accepted widely outside of the scientific community was because of the social and political implications, not the science.
dramlee01 2 months ago
Can prayer do anything?
ws363139videomakerZ 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I prayed for god to go away from us humans forever, and he did, you can't find god anywhere now. So my prayer worked big-time lol.
SirGrowalott 2 months ago 3
Spending our taxpayer money on illogical stupidity is INSANE, I honestly can't believe that Cenk isn't the least bit pissed by this! The nccam is DISGUSTING!
NormacHC 2 months ago
Please tell me Cenk didn't call the Higgs Boson "Higgins Bottom".
Saaduk92 2 months ago
Funny thing is they already have AND patented the cure for AIDS. Look up patent #5,676,977 and see.
alexis2kool 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Was I the only one who noticed they spent $666,000 for a prayer cure? THEY'RE THE ANTI-CHRIST!!!!!!
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@malinko493 That sounds like confirmation bias and argument from ignorance. Correlation =/= Causation. First of all, you admit that she underwent hospice care. I bet if she hadn't she probably wouldn't have recovered. Secondly, I bet you wouldn't rely solely on prayer for a serious illness/injury. I bet if one of your loved ones was injured in a car accident that the first thing you'd do is take 'em to a hospital and not a church lol
nmryda 2 months ago
I thought NASA invented the microwave!
sholmesful 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
so we paid taxpayer money for bullshit... thats the U.S. for you
bigboi813tb 2 months ago
$666 thousand dollars to see if prayers cure cancer.... ironic much?
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IT CAN NOT CURE AIDS, YOU WILL DIE
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Stevie68000 2 months ago
hey Cenk I think Tim Minchin has a song for that. It's called Keep your mind to open and your brain will fall out.
overlordcacius 2 months ago
so taxpayers can't fund abortion, but they'll fund prayer studies.
coulda saved the money and asked me about it. you woulda got the right answer.
fukkensully 2 months ago 29
NASA is spending funds on astrology aswell?
tanekki 2 months ago
I know of an herb that helps you when your sick. ;)
304desmond 2 months ago
~the best part of waking up...is Folgers in your butt...~
SaucerheadTharp 2 months ago
I died when he said life force and to never question someones faith.
34jake34 2 months ago
I knew the government was wasting our money but DAMN! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for attempts to advance our scientific knowledge. And usually I try to keep an open mind. But honestly who comes up with this shit?
TheCreeperhunter 2 months ago
Prayer doesn't cure cancer? You mean we'll have to rely on medical science for a medical problem?
DarkEmergence 2 months ago 42
@DarkEmergence
cancer is all about your health and what you eat. check out the documentary Cancer is Curable Now.
Ghostpocalypse 2 months ago
Life force? You've been watching too much sci-fi Cenk!
leyubar 2 months ago
1.4 BILLION dollars for STUPIDITY? What a waste of money. Sickening
NormacHC 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@NormacHC I think it's million. But still a waste there is about .00000000...1% (I'm being generous) chance it was going to work. It's better to use the money on things that at least have a fighting chance. I disagree with Cenk. We shouldn't be open minded to waste money on "anything that could work." I have a better chance finding the cure for aids by flipping the right combination of light switches near them than by praying for them. Why don't we spend $1 million on that?
RuinSonic 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Why can't prayer fix amputees?
NormacHC 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Praying is more effective than medical treatment
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Stevie68000 2 months ago
One such study showed that if the patient knew he was being prayed for he did worse than if he was not prayed for.
TheKilgoretrout 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple So what if it's 1998? Nothing has changed about it since then. No new findings or research has come around that has demonstrated that acupuncture is at all effective beyond placebo. Acupuncture is a sham woo practice that is good for only one thing; separating a fool from their money by manipulating their beliefs and preying on their naivete.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple Haha, I laugh at you woo proponents who think you have something but either are lying, or are so delusional you think science is on your side, when it's not. You think science has found evidence of the "lines of chi" that acupuncturists supposedly manipulate? What the actual peer-reviewed, double-blind studies have ALL indicated is that acupuncture is no more effective than poking patients with toothpicks, or sticking needles in random spots on the body. Acupuncture is a joke!
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple Oh brother. Those journals did NOT come up with positive studies confirming acupuncture. Show me one peer-reviewed, double-blind study showing positive effects of acupuncture that's more than just placebo effect or simple statistical chance, I challenge you. One study that shows physiological improvements beyond patient testimonial (placebo effect).
I can help you with that. There are none in the actual legitimate journals. If there were, you would have cited them already
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
Actually, using scientific methods to disprove bunk is a good idea and it's done all the time.
sharondymond 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
i borke up with my girl friend when i relised she was crazy religus
she belived all the things in this video worked even after i should her all the studies that proved otherwise.
she also belived this guy who had no medical dagree
was able to tell what was wrong with her from her eyes alone
and from a devise that skand her hand
he said alot of bad things and she belevd them.
i cant stand that level of stupidity
theendofit 2 months ago
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What a crazy bitch, don't even look back, those people will brain wash you into believing that shit too if you stay around too long
TehHangover 2 months ago
@TehHangover I agree, i've met some religious people that were complete fucking nutcases. This one girl i knew, we were good friends and then she just opened up on me about her religion (christianity), and i have nothing against religion, but she tried to fucking convert me and told me how i was going to rot in hell and blah blah blah... complete fucking psycho she was.
explosionguy23 2 months ago
This is why the world thinks Americans are CRAZY!!!!!! Its not helping your already fucked up image these stories, and the incest one didn't help either :/
SIC66SIC66 2 months ago 2
Distant prayer probably due the the study that found that when you know people are praying for you, the patient usually does worse.
mjshegog 2 months ago
What an expensive way to say 'No'. -_-'
Tigranis 2 months ago
Cenk, no body has every thing figured out yet! Maybe raping small children will cure cancer, you don't know... Time to investigate critical thinking, switch to the winning side and become a sceptic already.
rarrmonkey 2 months ago
Cenk is on a rant of total ignorance again.
rarrmonkey 2 months ago
Even negative results can be valid results. By all means complain about the amount of money spent on research like this but never knock research.
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THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTED CASES OF DISTANT PRAYER MIRACLES... =0) ANYONE INTERESTED CHECK OUT GREG BRADEN HE EXPLAINS SCIENTIFICALLY HOW THIS PHENOMENA WORKS
MsEnlightened1 2 months ago
Aromatherapy could calm people down, which might reduce their pain. People in pain do take longer to heal, but there is no way you could argue that it is responsible for healing a wound, but it might aid in recovery.
cheezbawl2003 2 months ago
I prayed my AIDS away......Wanna have sex? No really god cured me. ;) finger guns
cmonty72 2 months ago
@cmonty72 I'm just kidding....I don't have AIDS. (finger guns) Honest! (wink)
cmonty72 2 months ago
Yeah, right, there's a life force. It's made up of vibrational energies from the four elements, and if we can just find the Fountain of Youth and re-align the chi pathways of our midichlorians we can recapture the perfect energetical vitality of our Atlantean ancestors! Everybody say woooo!
tctheunbeliever 2 months ago
@tctheunbeliever Ahahaha, exactly! What you're saying isn't far off from what these hack woo proponents are suggesting...
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
alternative medicine is quacks
apex61 2 months ago in playlist not music vids
Thanks for the chuckle. Jokes on us of course for having to pay for this shit. But TYT at least gave me a chuckle about horrible stuff.
WildBuck007 2 months ago
alcohol enemas work to get you drunk the fastest
michaeljacksonator 2 months ago in playlist More videos from TheYoungTurks
@michaeljacksonator please dont spread that info
Chillyman010 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple Have you looked at the studies? Looks like you are failing to grapple with reality. I'm not just talking about this study that Cenk n co are talking about. There's been hundreds of studies. Not to mention the whole basis is moon speak. Meridians etc. Do some physiology then come tell me about where these meridians are. And why they are different in different forms of acupuncture.
bobtg 2 months ago
There ought to be more investigation into the power of prayer so it can finally put to rest as a complete waste of time ,another religious con trick.
TheTomtuffy 2 months ago
Why would anyone shove coffee up their ass?
AlexanderMccarthey87 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
Can Cenk let Ana speak for two sentences without interrupting her?
fredvs79 2 months ago
Higgs boson ffs :)
And it's got to do with mass, not life force...
BoyKissBoy 2 months ago
should handle*
grantmac18 2 months ago
@mysticblue1212 supposedly???? There's nothing alleged or unknown about it the US is 14 trillion in debt, owed entirely to China. We are in a recession made worse by foreign investment in the Euro, there are plenty of reasons why another country should those studies as opposed to the US
grantmac18 2 months ago
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@grantmac18 "US is 14 trillion in debt" -Wrong
"owed entirely to China" - Wrong.
"We are in a recession made worse by foreign investment in the Euro" -Wrong
"there are plenty of reasons why another country should those studies as opposed to the US" - Perhaps, but the US is the only 1st world one that contains crackpots that think prayer might work. In the context of proving religion bull, it may be money well spent in the US.
0.5 out 4. That's not a good score.
CmdrTobs 2 months ago
I believe these things do need to be studied. After all, some of the cures and vaccinations we have today came from things I would think to be completely rediculace. However, we have our citizens suffering because we supposedly don't have enough money to take care of our own citizens. There is no reason why another country that doesn't have nearly the financial hardship we do to handle these studies for now.
Mysticblue1212 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple I reject these things because they've been demonstrated to be a bunch of hokey nonsense. People have been making these kinds of claims for years and they've been so thoroughly debunked, that when they're made again, yes, there is a level of certainty about it.
When you show the actual peer-reviewed, legitimate scientific study that actually demonstrates what you claim, I'll take a look, absolutely.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
@Kalevala87 "It turns out patients being prayed for can actually fare worse than controls."
Really? First off, I never said prayer should be used as a substitute for medical attention but for those who have faith or believe in positive energy, I don't see how it could hurt? And as a matter of fact I was one of those patients. I was fortunate enough to have some of the best doctors in the world but I was also very fortunate to have my friends&family sending such positive energy my way.
stefers08 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple Acupuncture is just another woo practice that has no scientific legitimacy. If it had actual legitimacy or indeed was demonstrably effective, it'd be a regular part of medical practice.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple In every legitimate, peer-reviewed, double-blind study performed (even single-blind, though that's less than legitimate), acupuncture has been shown to be no more effective than sticking needles at random spots on the body, or just poking with toothpicks (Johnson, et al, Univ. of Mich., 1998).
Just because papers appear on pubmed, which is otherwise a great resource, doesn't make the studies legit. PM does NOT do the fact checking or peer-review.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
Shouldn't that be *Supplements*, Complementary and Alternative Medicine? Seems far more appropriate to me.
InvincibleIronyMan 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Thats' why they try "distant prayer". Near prayer has failed for centuries, now they try to rescue their faiths by thinking they got the distance wrong.
heseme2 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Coffee enema? A caffè latte with a sugar up the jacksy, please.
Solarfactor 2 months ago
if aperson prayed and they were cured of aids then they just warped reality, which means they used magic, which means they have to be burned at the stake by christians for witchcraft.
allshallbelosttoyou 2 months ago 21
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The only thing prayer will cure is a rational mind!
effinjim 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
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effinjim 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
666 thousand for a prayer study....that number was PLANNED!
Debordsbullet 2 months ago 23
@Debordsbullet Gay huh? People are so lame..believing some numbers are evil is the product of a retarded mind.
cmonty72 2 months ago
@cmonty72 I'm clearly joking and think it's ironic the all so feared 666 is paired with a prayer type study. What's gay? Are you calling something that isn't actually homosexual gay? How is that 'retarded?' I can't tell if you're being condescending or your just elaborating on what I commented with; there are enough idiots in the internet to where I really have to ask sometimes.
Debordsbullet 2 months ago
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kopellhinex 2 months ago
Okay...I'll pray for anything, now send me money to see if it did any good.
TheSchmuckLook 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
Juan Valdez shootin' his juice in your caboose.
PaulG85 2 months ago
Prayer cure aids!
kshhashim 2 months ago
what a waste of tax payers, we are dealing with a f%&* virus that kills and we have no cure for it and they want to study whether prayer can take it away?
KwenHuda2010 2 months ago in playlist More videos from TheYoungTurks
Life force?? wtf is Cenk talking about?
Qi?
daddyleon 2 months ago
Pinkie Sense.
That is all
Geminilion100 2 months ago in playlist More videos from TheYoungTurks
$666,000 dollars to pray the aids away. Does anyone see the joke here? Lol.
victorybystrength 2 months ago
@victorybystrength this comment you left for this video came up in my feeds but if someone has that type of money hell i can pray for em' lol actually im not watching the video the title sounds dumb and there is a cure for aids but it aint prayer lol and believe it or not it wouldn't be nearly as expenisive either im guessing about 500 bucks don't quote me but im close... there is a cure for every dis-ease.
LuvHealthNConception 2 months ago
@LuvHealthNConception I've heard that South East Asia had the cure for aids back in the 90's and best believe if someone says they want to pay me to pray then I'm all over it.
victorybystrength 2 months ago
@victorybystrength haa you like me get that money then.... but yea the cure is right in on your plate.. if you eat "Live" foods then your body will resurrect itself & "Live" foods include plant based foods & a variation of potent herbs with meditation, & affirmation the body has the ability to restore itself back to it's natural state their is no such thing as Dis-Ease any ailment can be reversed it has been proven even that Ninja (back home we refer to as HIV)
LuvHealthNConception 2 months ago
@victorybystrength everything your body needs to heal it self is already embedded in your DNA a dis-ease is just a trigger to let you know that somethings need to be alkalined restored detoxed & refreshed. I love learning about the human body lol & with so much knowledge i have it's a shame I should be rockin a six pack but it's okay b/c b4 summer of 2012 im bringing healthy back..... yep.
LuvHealthNConception 2 months ago
@victorybystrength oh shit haha i get it that's kinda fucked up but hahahaha it's fucking funny
explosionguy23 2 months ago
What the fuck? why isint weed in the list? they always claim weed has no medical benefits so why the fuck dont they put it in that list of shit that dont really work but we will pay for it anyways
Danovio 2 months ago
@Danovio YES
TheKatyLady1 2 months ago
@Danovio Big Pharma is getting ready to sell Weed to the nation. They are already shutting down the stores in Cali. They have cured brain cancer in rats with the THC from weed but you won't hear that making the news. Weed also helps cancer victims deal with the pain and to also eat because chemo kills your appetite. It has a ton of benefits. I support it and have never smoked in my life. It just works.
victorybystrength 2 months ago
@victorybystrength I know it works i smoke it every week =)
Danovio 2 months ago
coffee enema as in coffee shot up the ass?
Jehanzeb14 2 months ago 12
@Jehanzeb14 yes and whats worse is if any of it stays up there it'll make your farts smell for miles and miles
AlexanderMccarthey87 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
@Jehanzeb14 Yeah I was so confused until I googled it... and then I was even more confused.
Yamikaiba123 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
How many times do we have to show homeopathy, chiropractic, accupuncture etc are baloney? No matter how many times these studies are done, woo meisters are still going to deny the results.
bobtg 2 months ago
I could have answerd that in a second.
BraniusBalki 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple Empirically speaking it's safe to assume that it does indeed contribute to these cancers or at least puts you at a higher risk -- mostly on long term usage however.
SocialDissimulation 2 months ago
Studying things like herbs have already been done. Thats why they're not in modern medicine now.
SezSays 2 months ago
It didn't get better... it got worse...
daddyleon 2 months ago
Higgin's Bottom. I lol'd
Saphira4eva 2 months ago in playlist More videos from TheYoungTurks
So we spend taxpayer money on this crap? But not on stem cell research. Fantastic. Good job America. You retards keep "Praying"... I'll take real science.
treefireguy 2 months ago
You don't challenge anyone's faith, but you challenge their religion? But their faith is based on their religion. I don't understand...
sfrichy 2 months ago
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@RealityGrapple:
""Great claims demand great evidence." No they don't. People are free to 'testify', and they don't owe you shit."
Amen to that.
I have no idea where these people get their monstrous egos from. Sounds like a spoiled, obese kid yelling at his parents to bring MORE.
taxiuniversum 2 months ago
OF COURSE!
cbgkorn 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple If you think reducing quality and length of life for people for financial gain isn't one of the worst things a human being can do to another, then I guess you are one of the people profiting.
William00048 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple No, I did not think you did retract your comment for lack of commitment. I am surprised you didn't call me a communist. Isn't that the normal recourse of someone who has no real argument. What do you believe and why?
William00048 2 months ago
funding is important. why just yesterday, we spent $100,000 to find out eating dehydrated monkey turds doesn't heal herpes! money well spent!
now, i wouldn't be surprised if they spend another half million to find out if inhaling powdered cardboard boxes cures blindness or not.
dboy11368 2 months ago
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I vote for Michelle Bachmann & in return she sends me to fight and probably get killed for Israel.
No thanks
Stevie68000 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple If Alternative medicine worked, it would not be alternative medicine, it would just be medicine. Anyone that prays on the sick and desperate is evil, and calling someone who says so a Nazi is pretty desperate.
William00048 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple Dude, you seem to have called me a Nazi then deleted your comment. Let me clarify. If you believe in things without evidence. Good for you. If you sell these products to desperate people, you are a charlatan and the a rational country would have laws that punished you. If you steer people away from real medicine to use your expensive nonsense instead, you are pure evil and should be whipped through the streets, I would do the job for a small fee.
William00048 2 months ago
those studies should be done. they will prove those claims wrong. in science you shouldn't go after common sense. you should go after hypotheses and facts that will prove or disprove them. once again common sense have nothing to do with the science.
zeinul 2 months ago 7
@zeinul There's no need to disprove unfounded claims. You shouldn't have to prove something that wasn't already proven, instead you need to try to disprove well established theories. Science is common sense continuously correcting itself. Thus, a huge amount of very small common sense steps can lead to conclusions that no longer seem to look like the original common sense standpoint, however common sense was still used in the process of obtaining these conclusions.
TheR33l 2 months ago
@zeinul Better yet, insist on regulating the medical field so that these people have to prove the efficacy of their alternative before they may market it. That way they either prove they work, or they do not sell. that way they have to foot the bills
MegaLibertyPrime 2 months ago
Top left, "Click here for gay conversation:
*Tries to keep giggles inside*
CenkIsAdorable 2 months ago
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CenkIsAdorable 2 months ago
Alternative medicine is a fucking scam. And I'm sorry to my religious friends, but prayer isn't helping anyone but yourself. You're just praying to make yourself feel better. It's a coping strategy, I get it. But for fuck's sake, don't pretend that it counts as medicine. I don't care what you believe, prayer is not a substitute for actual medical treatment.
terminaldeity 2 months ago
@terminaldeity:
No one around here ever said it is a substitute. So you are opening up a argument that before you simply was not there.
taxiuniversum 2 months ago
At least 26 randomized controlled trials have been published showing no convincing effect of acupuncture on headaches.3
But three large studies have found statistically significant reductions in the amount of headaches suffered by acupuncture patients:
A study involving 400 patients in 2004, by the Royal London Homeopathic hospital, found that headaches reduced sharply after 12 sessions of acupuncture, with lasting effects lasting at least a year.3
wateryskipper 2 months ago
Acupunctureis a form of traditionalChinese medicine that is used to try to cure disease, infections and pain as well as curing psychological problemsTraditional practitioners say this is done by rebalancing the YinandYang,unblocking Chi,along with various other mystical explanations.mainstream medicine,acupuncture is known to work as a form of pain relief. Headaches and migrainesare the main reason that a GP might refer a patient for acupuncture1.6 million people in Britain suffer from migraines
wateryskipper 2 months ago
The real value in these tests is proving that they're bullshit.
magicguirarman 2 months ago
@barkevvv I know I thought about that after I posted. I assumed everyone on here would know that one and the reference. My bad. He's probably screaming up at me. :p -GC
burneden 2 months ago
Fuck that, cut their pseudoscience funding.
captainmjs 2 months ago
I can save the Government a lot of money. The answer is no.
barthburger 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
This Is How They Waste Money ?? ... Then They Always Tend To Blame 'Poor' People For The 'Collapse' Of Everything!
FranniePoohFrench 2 months ago
Coffee enema's increase movement speed by 20%
IceSlushi 2 months ago in playlist More videos from TheYoungTurks
SMH... @ our government.
rc100100110 2 months ago
OK right wingers- you're always complaining about wasteful government studies- have at it.
...
(Crickets)
That's what I thought.
$666,000. How appropriate.
BTW Cenk- the guy who was the study subject was probably either some poor guy with no insurance or a prisoner who was hoping to get parolled.
WhoIsNumberNone 2 months ago
They spent 666,000$ on this prayer study. Anyone else see the connection?
LoRukeEX 2 months ago
fucking stupid........
TQXPreturns 2 months ago
Cenk - the life force in us is a chemical called "ATP". It is the fundamental biological fuel for all activity that occurs inside living cells.
Crazygeneral 2 months ago 12
@Crazygeneral Exactly. Life force, such a non-descript nothing phrase that's absolutely useless and really has no meaning.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
@Crazygeneral ATP isn't really a "life force", it's just energy isn't it? O.o
Serpent0fEden 2 months ago
@Crazygeneral ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE!
Yeah, took my biology exam 2 days ago :)
DominatingNA 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple Medicine is what it is today because it's demonstrably effective. I'm all for testing, but most of CAM HAS been tested and shows absolutely no evidence of effectiveness beyond placebo.
"roughly 75 to 80 % of all medical treatments, have not been so tested."
That is one of the biggest lies being told by CAM advocates. That statement is likely true of CAM, but not science-based medicine. The untested bit is more like 15-20%.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
@RealityGrapple First of all, what are you referring to with "it" in the statement,"We know it acts on the immune system...".
Secondly, give me some peer-reviewed scientific publications showing the efficacy of CAM modalities, for what is currently considered CAM, beyond the simple placebo effect or obvious treatments like good nutrition and exercise.
CAM absolutely does NOT get lumped in. Where are you getting that? It would be CAM if it were part of science-based medicine...
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
Studies HAVE shown that listening to music from a harp can heal a wound....
Give them a break, they are trying HELP you. They aren't against us.
Jesus Crist....
RuneFinity44 2 months ago
@RuneFinity44 "Studies HAVE shown that listening to music from a harp can heal a wound"
Really? What studies? I can go with it as far as maybe listening to quiet music can relax you, speeding the healing process a little. Beyond that, nah.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
@resistnzisfutl
I forget exatly before, but it was in te newspapper from a univerty or something a while ago. And yes the relaxation speeds the healing which has been proven by many many many srtudies. sory bad typn im drunjk sry
RuneFinity44 2 months ago
@RuneFinity44 Sorry dude, I'll grant you the bit about music relaxing someone, but that's as far as it goes. It's highly unlikely there are any peer-reviewed scientific studies showing evidence music actually heals wounds more quickly.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago
99% don't work, 1% do? Conspiracy? No, just true...
tucsondog 2 months ago
Experimentation= good. Wasting thousands of US tax dollars on something that you could spend one thousand dollars on= we have one thousand dollars to spend?
HimesInu 2 months ago
Better Title : "Can Prayer Cure Aids? *Spoiler Alert*... No, it cannot."
xsilentxxnightx 2 months ago
everyone knows that fire is the cure for aids. stupid christians
subj3ctt0chang3 2 months ago in playlist More videos from TheYoungTurks 26
unconstitutional. get rid of it. NOW.
redryan20000 2 months ago
@BlackMambakins Well, he is, but you see, you and Cenk have the same ignorance here, which is understandable, its common.
Atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. (A)gnosticism deals with knowledge and (a)theism deals with belief. You are necessarily either from both categories.
There is a claim "God exists". If Cenk excepts the claim, he is a theist, if he doesn't, he is an atheist, regardless whether he actually believes there is no god.
Logic 101.
Jussimania 2 months ago
For one, science doesn't claim to "know for certain" everything. It's simply a tool used to verify evidence that's observed in nature.
And that's the problem with CAM, and any number of religious and woo beliefs, is that assumptions and conclusions are made, then confirmation bias is utilized to try and find evidence for them. On the other hand, science observes evidence first, then attempts to come up with conclusions after that.
If CAM worked, it'd just be called medicine, not CAM.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
CAM is little different than creationism, UFO conspiracies, and anti-vax, a lot of imagination and little science to back them up, just junk pseudoscience.
How CAM ended up being associated with actual science-based medicine is a wonder.
There is NO evidence acupuncture works beyond the placebo effect. There is no physiological effect beyond that.
resistnzisfutl 2 months ago in playlist Religious Hypocrisy
acupuncture DOES work
it cured me of my food allergies
LobsterPotsticker 2 months ago
@LobsterPotsticker It does "work" depending on what you mean by work, but it certainly cannot heal a food allergy. There is no logical connection. Coincedence or placebo.
Jussimania 2 months ago
@Jussimania don't say crap unless you've actually studied/been through it
i'm talking allergies that can kill you.
Although when people have "multiple personalities" they can have completely different eyesight strengths and allergies, showing that the amount of untapped control our brains have over our bodies. If acupuncture just "tricks" our unconscious body into not having those negative reactions, then I'd say that's a form of working.
LobsterPotsticker 2 months ago
@LobsterPotsticker
"they can have completely different eyesight strengths and allergies"?
I find that difficult to believe...
Regardless, acupuncture is all about the Qi. Until we can demonstrate a mysterous energy in the body, I will continue to treat acupuncture as a placebo.
Jussimania 2 months ago
@Jussimania maybe multiple personalities having different eyesight strengths and allergies may be "difficult to believe", but its a fact. i know i've certainly heard enough lectures about it in college.
LobsterPotsticker 2 months ago
@LobsterPotsticker Well, I apologize, but you insisting it is hardly enough to justify a change of mind.
:)
Jussimania 2 months ago