Do you believe in Faith Healing?

I have faith in you Shell, but don't know if you can heal me.

Good question. I'll ask Jimmy Carter.

I've watched faith healing on TV.

I just can't decide whether to laugh or cry.

Telling people they have cured a serious illness, or disease
should be an arrestable offense.

A few years ago some couple was prosecuted for not allowing
a life saving blood transfusion for their child.

This is not the exact case but is similar and relevant.


On Easter Sunday of 2008, 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston, Wisconsin, suffered waves of nausea as she lay motionless on her deathbed, too weak to walk or speak.
Kara's parents — both followers of the Unleavened Bread Ministries, an online church that shuns medical intervention — knelt in prayer beside their dying daughter.

They did not call a doctor for help. A few hours later, Kara died of diabetes, a relatively common — and treatable — condition.

Jerry Falwell Jr. believes in it, but he also supports Trump. Perhaps if Adolf approached Falwell and asked to be healed he would be able to get rid of all the demons in his tiny brain.

us Filipinos are so into that. you know, being religious and all that. the beliefs of the ancestors, the herbalist, practitioners who uses smoke, herbs, oil, candles are very Filipino but then nowadays, illness like that that needs medical attention are still into science. what that couple did is very stupid. they did know that their daughter is ill for having diabetes yet they did not consult any doctors for her. for me you can have both, faith healing is good but most of the time seeking medical help is still the best way to literally heal someone's illness.

Homeopathy, is a completely faith based care. Chemically, it cannot possibly work, but people are treated with it regularly with levels of satisfaction that makes them want to continue with the treatment over 'medical' care.

Please don't let Shell know!

Bang Bang Mup!

Very interesting responses.

Just the fact that someone cares about you can be very healing.

Feeling alone and helpless does just the opposite.

Very few people incarcerated live full term.
Not many care, and they know it.

It is a known fact that after a stay at most hospitals,
you go home to heal.

Very well stated my friend.

Well, I don't believe in someone saying they can heal me with prayer. I'd have to believe in it myself for it to do me any good ;p

Yes. I read about it. I wish that I knew French!

For myself, no psychology/faith healing would work. Not unless I believed it was a genuine treatment. If it came with placebos for instance.

Wrong!
A trained psychologist assists the individual develop and improve coping skills involving
personal interactions with family, friends, associates, etc. 

How does that possibly compare with some self proclaimed Faith Healer that
pronounces somebody cured of a serious illness.