I understand what you are talking about. I understood your first post.

The reason there is a lot of in-fighting (which is by no means a new phenomenon) is because people cling to what they have learnt for a variety of reasons. No one wants to have their knowledge base undermined. It's not pleasant. At all.

I agree that people can take things out of context when quoting from the Organon (or other sources). That is why I liked the articles on the site I mentioned before - because everything is referenced and I was able to verify conclusions for myself. Tedious, but necessary for me personally when I began to see some cracks that didn't make sense. And none of those 'quoted sources' was out of context as far as I could fathom - and I did research quite a few sources.

I also agree that people lose objectivity easily - it's not easy to maintain.

If someone is affecting real cures with whatever method - then theoretically, yes - who cares, as long as it is within the principles of cure and really curing patients. But, I personally don't think it is that simple, Denise. Otherwise, Hahnemann wouldn't have gone to such pains to clearly lay out the guidelines (and revising). But, much like Dr Leela said earlier - the proof is in the results!

If someone quotes the Organon and another person thinks it is out of context - that is a GREAT opportunity to bring clarity to everyone's learning!!! Why should anyone be annoyed by it? Take the opportunity to discuss and clarify. That would seem more productive than calling someone an Organon-thumper .

If someone can't quote the Organon without being labelled now --- WOW, that is like boxing someone in and saying - if you disagree with me you are not allowed to quote sources to back up your understanding. Doesn't make sense. Careful or you might start a trend here .

And to clarify things on my part: nowhere in my my posts was there any personal remarks aimed at anyone! It was simply general discussion on my part. I haven't made any assumptions about you personally; how you prescribe or how you think! As I said above, I don't know your boundary of knowledge.

I think to be an objective observer we have to learn how to be dispassionate about the whole subject. Just my opinion.