[Karin Wells]

Permission to be "open and honest" is not a euphemism for an intentional and mean spirited attack.

Many people have passionately held beliefs and what is "proof" to one is frequently not "proof" to another (hence the different religions of the world). For example, it is generally thought that to attack another's religious belief is out of bounds. I think that your "demand" to Cynthia to justify her belief by providing nearly impossible "proof" to you crosses over into this area...and you seem to have missed the whole point of what she said.

But she did clearly say that this is a verrrry sensitve area to her and she did NOT want to be attacked. Obviously she is aware that not everyone shares her opinions about western medicine and she has no problem with that...she just doesn't want to be personally and pubicly attacked for it.

I have nothing else to say on this subject...