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Re: Faith and Health » Dinah

Posted by IsoM on October 18, 2002, at 16:11:00

In reply to Re: Agreement or Confutation » IsoM, posted by Dinah on October 18, 2002, at 8:43:15

Dinah, I won't go into length here about the views that faith & prayer should heal ills, but wish to say that if one's religion takes a firm view this way, that's fine by me. But if it's said that it's a Biblical teaching, I beg to differ.

It's NOT Biblical. If they wish to feel faith & prayer can cure ills - fine, but I dislike the idea presented that it's the Bible's view. It isn't. I could point out many instances in the Bible to show it.

The idea of creating further problems for someone already ill by having them think it's their fault & their faith is weak is a cruel idea to perpetuate on anyone. Yes, our minds can do much to influence our physical health, but only because a good attitude helps strengthen our immune system in ways not fully understood yet. But there's many ills that the best attitude could never influence at all.


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