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Prayer cannot cure HIV: churches’ deadly “miracle cures” must be stopped
Pastors prescribing prayer to “cure” people with HIV have been criticised as ‘irresponsible’ by a former Health Minister, and the British Humanist Association (BHA) today has said more needs to be done to protect people from dangerous and false claims by evangelical churches which encourage people with HIV/AIDS to stop taking their medication.
One of the leading arguments for the existence of supernatural power is sometimes called the “argument from miracles.” There are many reports of phenomena contrary to generally accepted scientific principles, that are taken as evidence for a power that can bend nature to its will – a deity.
Continue reading …Pay for prayer? Christian Scientists demand Oregonians fund “spiritual health care”
August 1, 2011 10 Comments
The Christian Science church demands that the State of Oregon’s healthcare exchange require insurance plans to pay for “spiritual health care” — that is, prayer — alongside real medicine.
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The US has a persistently high infant mortality rate when compared with other wealthy nations. The reasons for this are partly understood – poverty is a major risk factor for childhood death, and it’s believed that the high levels of income and racial stratification could be to blame. Problems with health are infrastructure are also thought to contribute.
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An Oregon couple were found guilty Tuesday on felony charges of criminal mistreatment of their infant daughter for relying on faith healing instead of medical treatment.
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The faith-healing parents of Alayna May Wyland are fighting to get custody of their daughter back, even as they face criminal charges for their neglect of her medical needs.
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Corporations don’t show much respect or concern for their customers’ well-being by sponsoring a Florida faith-healing crusade, the Freedom From Religion Foundation said in letters this week to several companies sponsoring the Heal Me Crusade being held May 6-8 in Plant City, about 25 miles east of Tampa.
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