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No. He made claims and there was no evidence presented either way in the programme. That doesn't make them bogus or deny the existence of any evidence.
From the Cancer Act of 1939...
4 Prohibition of certain advertisements
(1)No person shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement—
(a)containing an offer to treat any person for cancer, or to prescribe any remedy therefor, or to give any advice in connection with the treatment thereof;
I don't think he was advertising anything, and if he was it wasn't mentioned in the programme. The reputation of such healers are normally passed by word of mouth. It's a matter of personal choice whether people use alternative forms of treatment. I don't think it's for the BBC to make moral judgements by presenting such a biased point of view.
All religions also make unsubstatiated claims, but many people find comfort by believing them without the need for any evidence. I can't see Watchdog putting a picture of the Prophet Muhammad or Budda on their 'wall of shame', somehow.
Blanket statements, and misspellings like that, are representative of how useful your view is. Neither Muhammad, nor Gautama Buddha, told anyone to stop chemotherapy.
The man made bogus claims about his rate of healing cancer without evidential proof.
No. He made claims and there was no evidence presented either way in the programme. That doesn't make them bogus or deny the existence of any evidence.
From the Cancer Act of 1939...
4 Prohibition of certain advertisements
(1)No person shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement—
(a)containing an offer to treat any person for cancer, or to prescribe any remedy therefor, or to give any advice in connection with the treatment thereof;
I don't think he was advertising anything, and if he was it wasn't mentioned in the programme. The reputation of such healers are normally passed by word of mouth. It's a matter of personal choice whether people use alternative forms of treatment. I don't think it's for the BBC to make moral judgements by presenting such a biased point of view.
All religions also make unsubstatiated claims, but many people find comfort by believing them without the need for any evidence. I can't see Watchdog putting a picture of the Prophet Muhammad or Budda on their 'wall of shame', somehow.
Blanket statements, and misspellings like that, are representative of how useful your view is. Neither Muhammad, nor Gautama Buddha, told anyone to stop chemotherapy.