But it goes beyond even that as "skeptics" try to put down anything that seems to be connected to the religion they abhor (though they are fundamentalists themselves). People who think differently (non-rationalist-materialist), alternative medicine, paranormal, alternative science, immaterial explanations, origins of universe, existence of a god, etc. all seem to be denounced as bunk by the atheist skeptics who think only science can provide explanations. Below I try to give me answer to the skeptic community.
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Is reality actually real? Or does reality only appear to us in the limited sphere of our rational existence? Rationality is to mean having a reason for something that happens in nature, but is it only the world we can experience that is rational? To me reality and so-called rationality have always been subjective. Not just in definition and also in the way we experience world around us.
For example, as described by a fellow alt. health community member who said that even when one of her patients are cured by a natural remedy they sometimes still don't believe it. Truly skepticism is simply another form of dogma. It is a nonbelief that leads to denial that in turn leads to a worldviews that only believes in material. If you don't believe in something and refuse to only see what you want then how could you ever "see" anything else? You'd think this be obvious to so-called bright skeptic-atheists. But no.
I'll go further and say we're all religious, believers, conspiracy theorists, and deniers in some form or another. A secular god should be one defined by our comfort zones that guarantees conformity stemming from a particular worldview. Naturalistic or supernatural. If we subscribe to the naturalistic world as a way of life then you will always uphold the Doctrine of materialism. The scientific establishment is made into a religion of sorts. All demands for proof will only be filtered in the mind operating the method.
Honestly, skeptic deniers have their own secular fairytale in the form of Big Pharma, industrial agriculture, toxic chemicals, consumerism, materialism, and absolute belief in the establishment of the day.
Further resources:
Debunking Skeptics
Skeptical Investigations
Is modern medicine more science or religion? (great article)