That may be, but is no reason for not doing everything in our power to save her. The way to the doctor should have been the first.
On Aug 7, 4:27 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > maybe it was just her time to go, in which case, nothing could have > saved her. > > On Aug 7, 6:15 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I get your point and would agree that the mind is a very powerful > > tool. If I had to go with a faith healing it would only be on my own > > accord, internally within my own mind. I can't buy into a group of > > people standing around in hopes that someone is going to get healed. > > Perhaps the *girl who died, and if she had a powerful enough mind, > > which she most likely didn't at her age, could have had some affect on > > her health. But for the parents to think that "they" were going to > > heal her through prayer was a ridiculous notion. I think the parents > > received justice. It is one thing when medical treatment is not > > available to resort to whatever means possible but in this case the > > parents used the girl as an experiment, one which failed miserably. > > > *http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/02/us-daughter-pray-death > > > On Aug 6, 6:55 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > yeah..guess you are rite...i think faith healing has something to do > > > with the psychology of the person trying it......maybe they believe > > > that they are being cured.... and so the mind works acordingly...it > > > is from the brain that the feeling of pain originates..hope you get my > > > point > > > > On Aug 4, 9:57 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't totally doubt that some form of healing may take place when > > > > applying other non-scientific methods but "why" the healing is taking > > > > place is questionable especially when considering placebo studies. > > > > The question I have is this, if the other methods work, prayer, faith > > > > or hands on, then why aren't we all using them? When we have a fever > > > > or a headache, we take medicine and it works time and time again for > > > > millions of people, it is "Consistent". > > > > I had a bad sinus infection in the spring and didn't even think of > > > > going to my neighbor for some prayer session. I went to the doctor, > > > > he gave me a powerful antibiotic and within a few hours the > > > > excruciating pain subsided. > > > > People have been praying for thousands of years with a paltry success > > > > rate while medicine has been around for thousands of years with a > > > > proven and consistent success rate. Why waste time with non-science > > > > when science works? > > > > Isn't the answer clear?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
