Faith Healing

The only science to Faith Healing … its not science … it’s belief !!

Faith healing is the ritualistic practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands)  that  are claimed to elicit divine intervention  in spiritual and physical healing, especially  the Christian practice.  Believers will assert  that the healing of  disease and disability can be brought about by religious  faith through prayer and/or other rituals that, according to adherents, stimulate a divine presence and power.  Belief  in divine intervention is derived from religious belief.

Claims that prayer,  divine intervention,  or the ministrations of an individual healer    can cure illness have been popular throughout history.  There  have  been  claims  that faith  can  cure blindness,  deafness,  cancer,  AIDS,  developmental disorders,  anemia, arthritis,  corns,  defective speech,  multiple sclerosis,  skin rashes, total body paralysis,  and various injuries.  Miraculous recoveries  have been attributed  to many techniques commonly classified as faith healing.  It can involve prayer, a visit to a religious shrine, or simply a strong belief in a supreme being.

Many people interpret the Bible,  especially  the New Testament,  as  teaching belief  in,   and the practice of, faith healing.  According to Newsweek poll, 72 percent of Americans say they believe  that praying to God can cure someone,  even if  science says  the person doesn’t  stand a chance.  Unlike  faith  healing,  advocates  of  spiritual healing  make  no attempt to seek divine intervention,  instead  believing  in  divine energy.  The  increased interest in alternative medicine at the end of the 20th century has given rise to a parallel interest among sociologists in the relationship of religion to health.

Faith healing can be classified as a spiritual, supernatural,[6] or paranormal event,    and, in some cases,  belief  in  faith healing can be classified as magical thinking. The American Cancer Society states, “available scientific evidence does not support claims that faith healing  can actually cure physical ailments.”… “Death, disability, and other unwanted outcomes have occurred when  faith healing was elected instead of medical care for serious injuries or illnesses.”  When  parents  use  faith healing  in the place of medical care, some children have died that otherwise would have been expected to live. Similar results are found in adults.      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_healing

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