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Faith Healers
- Thread starter R34L1TY
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fallingblood
Agnostic Theist
Yes and no.
Super Universe
Defender of God
Yes and no.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
What if the faith healer needs a hospital?
Hmm. Another rhetorical question, I see.
Reptillian
Hamburgler Extraordinaire
"Doctor gave me this new-fangled miracle drug called 'placebo'...dun cured me right up!"
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
outhouse
Atheistically
Not sure i would agree, but in a different context then you think.
he was offering the best free health care he could give, because most of these oppresed poor poverty striken residents of Galilee could never afford a real physician
He probably never had to treat a rich person
Draka
Wonder Woman
Why would one necessarily mean the other anyway? For the most part alternative methods/faith healings are not meant to completely replace established medical practices anyway. Just give other avenues to try.
Vultar
Active Member
Faith Healing can work, and as mentioned previously this is due to the placebo effect.
The one thing nobody ever mentions is why the placebo effect works. The placebo effect is simply "tricking" the brain into using some of its advanced abilities to heal the body. There are many abilities that people have and don't knowingly ever use. Advanced healing is just one of those abilities often refered to as "miracles" by the religious community. Note: Although the placebo effect can work, there is the equal and opposite anti-placebo effect that can work as well.
Should hospitals be taken down, the answer is no as the placebo effect (or faith healing) is far from dependable and subject to the effects of the anti-placebo effect.
The one thing nobody ever mentions is why the placebo effect works. The placebo effect is simply "tricking" the brain into using some of its advanced abilities to heal the body. There are many abilities that people have and don't knowingly ever use. Advanced healing is just one of those abilities often refered to as "miracles" by the religious community. Note: Although the placebo effect can work, there is the equal and opposite anti-placebo effect that can work as well.
Should hospitals be taken down, the answer is no as the placebo effect (or faith healing) is far from dependable and subject to the effects of the anti-placebo effect.
I've seen similar questions asked with no real answer. It would seem that if faith is great enough, it can do anything. Which includes healing the sick. Yet, many christians are quick to visit the hospital when they're sick.
That shows a lack of faith in their deity.
R34L1TY
Neurology Nerd.
But that is just not true. Many people have died because they relied solely on their faith.
dgirl1986
Big Queer Chesticles!
Agree with the above.
Also, it would be fairly ridiculous to expect it to heal everything. There are some things that only modern medicine can assist with for the most part, as much as I detest modern medicine.
R34L1TY
Neurology Nerd.
What can Faith heal?? I don't understand this religious biology. Never atteneded one of those classes
Vultar
Active Member
What can Faith heal?? I don't understand this religious biology. Never atteneded one of those classes
Faith actually doesn't heal anything. It simply tricks the mind into healing the body. The same effect can be done using a placebo or even a witch doctor as long as the person administering such treatments is convincing to the person being treated. (and there are not too many nay sayers to undermine the effect)
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
What about it?