I can't understand why otherwise reasonable, educated people fall for homeopathic quackery

[Heddi]

78. Don't forget that on DU2, this poster frequently made the statement

that those with disease and illness and injury have such disease, illness, and injury because they didn't have enough positive thinking to overcome the disease, illness, or injury. That sickness comes from the mind and negative thoughts, and that illness is often there to teach us a lesson to be more thankful and to think more positively. He believes we create our own reality...if we have HIV, it's because we want to have HIV. If we have traumatic amputations from a car accident, it's because we DIDN'T think enough about NOT having traumatic amputations. If a 2 day old baby suffers 90% burns on their body, it's because the parents (or perhaps the child) needed that burn to happen in order to make their life complete.

proof:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=247&topic_id=16516&mesg_id=16988
"People get sick for their own purposes...'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=247&topic_id=16516&mesg_id=16996
"People choose ill health for their own reasons"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=247&topic_id=16516&mesg_id=17003
And yes you did decide to get that "painful, crippling...disease" for your own reasons. And now you're living through it...kicking and screaming....but living.

Of course, all I know or care to know about you is what you choose to put in your post. If you want me to know that you are in pain, disabled and uninsured then that is the life you want to project. Whether shit happens to me or not, it is not what my life is about so I won't mention it. Telling me about your pain and discomfort doesn't convince me of the reality of your disease, just your reaction to it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=247&topic_id=16516&mesg_id=17215
I'm saying WHATEVER you got you got for your own, obviously subconcious, intents and purposes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=247&topic_id=16516&mesg_id=17067
The question isn't "...where did this disease come from..." but rather "Why did this disease come to me...".

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=247&topic_id=16516&mesg_id=17056
To get where I'm at..."total mental control over health...." all you need to realize is that your thoughts and beliefs create your reality.