what makes the scienc traditonal healers use not scientific? how do they collect there data or information? Do they use scientific methodology? And if they use science that scientific, what makes it scientific?
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For some really interesting answers to this question I really reccomend a book called 'The Field' by Lynne Mctaggart. It looks into a lot of things that are really now coming to be understood on a new level by modern science. It is a fascinating book and although I didn't agree with everything it said it really opened my mind to some new ideas. It covers a wide range of subjects, many relating to traditional healing. The section on homeopathy is very interesting.
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I don't get the way you have phrased your question.  Why does it have to be God OR Science - why not God AND Science?\n\nHere's the deal: It is just ignorant and intellectually dishonest to reject or ignore the work of thousands upon thousands of scientists who are trying to unlock the secrets of the universe.  But considering the origin of these secrets is a philosophical, not a scientific, matter.  So listen to the scientists, who have devoted their lives to study, and learn well what they have to say about our origins and destiny.  But listen also to philosophers, theologians, and others who also have something to say about our origins and destiny.  The "correct" answer - as our limited minds perceive it - is probably a combination of the best that all of these sources have to offer.
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If science didn't work, you wouldn't have your computer or this website to ask your questions.\n\nFew people understand a lot about every area of science.  There are too many fields and the work performed in each too specialized for anyone to be proficient in all.\n\nI know relatively little about physics, but have a PhD in pharmaceutics.  Many amazing geologists know little about biology.\n\nUntil you study it, you will not understand it.  but once you start understanding a little, ther rest makes more sense.\n\n------------\nFollow-up:  Why does everything have to be a God v Science throwdown?  Religious people aren't idiots and scientists aren't heathens.\n------------
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Science is based on finding physical evidence in the universe, not on idle speculation.\n\nSince the results of the Big Bang are strewn across the sky, it is possible for science to use what we see to deduce what the universe was like at the time of the Big Bang.  However, due to the violent forces involved at that time, finding physical evidence of what reality was like BEFORE then is extremely difficult.  No one has yet devised a way to do it.\n\nThat means any ideas about what it was like before the Big Bang (including whether "God did it" or not) are idle speculation and not science.  As such, they should be taken back to the religion forum.
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Hey Roxy, please don't freak out, and you are not a failure. \nI do understand you. \nI am a christian and I have the same gift too. And the answer is: yes and no.\n\nYes, if you are using the talent to do evil, or to help the devil to accomplish their goals.\nNo, if you are to use your talent to glorify the kingdom of God. In my denomination, people with such talent are accomodated - as long as it is coming from Holy Spirit.\n\nMany of today's scientific discovery were once considered sorcery centuries ago. Copernicus(16th century) was almost burned to death just because he said that earth is not the center of universe, until he took back his theory. \nWe tend to categorize what we dont understand(scientificaly), to be the sorcery. Many what considered sorcery is now scientific facts, because science has evolved so much to prove its truth.\n\nBut, there are still so many uncharted abilities that human capable of doing, and we call it psychic. And yet we still do the same mistake our ancestors did, aka the modern witch hunt. \nOne day men will invent the technology to prove psychic fenomena scientificaly. \n\nBut I also must warn you, not all psychic fenomena is coming from God. The devil can deceive you into believing it was from God. That's why we must be really really close to Holy Spirit to be able to tell the difference. Let no enemy deceive us.\n\nOnce again, if you use your gift to glorify the Lord, you will not go to hell because of this.
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I am not a pagan or wiccan but I have also read a bit about their religion. I have been very attracted to the naturalist observances they have and the use of ritual. I think even as a nonreligious person rituals and life marking ceremonies and observances fill a psychology need for most of us. I have incorporated some into my life in a naturalist, nonsupernatural way. One simple letting go of a relationship ritual I know is to take something that is a symbol of the relationship and think about releasing your emotions and then burn the item. I found this link below describing this and also suggesting writing a letter and another site about constructing your own personal rituals.
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I am sorry, but you have posted this question in the wrong section, and that is likly the reason you never recieved an answer.\n\nAstronomy is the scintific study of the stars and universe.  Astrology is the religious belief that the stars (giant balls of burning gas according to the science of astronomy) actually affect our lives.\n\nIt is not to say that Astrology is an invalid belief, though personnally I feel that is so.  Rather, that the scope of astronomy does not include such speculation and generally tends to distance itself from astrology.\n\nI would suggest reposting in the spirituality and religion section next time you need such advice.   Though I doubt such specific advice would be offered freely, since most astrologers aim to profit from thier efforts to read the stars.
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Well, from wich perspective do you look at it? In my opinion, physical reality incarnations are done for the purpouse of spiritual growth..."body is a car, soul is a driver, YOU". Aside from that, I believe all is devine, in other words, all is god, source, as some say it. I also believe that each seek's to reunite with source... :) Take Care, Love and Light
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I believe this methodological approach compares data from observation of natural phenomena, rather than controlled experiments, to make a credible claim. It may not be feasible, legal, or ethical to do certain experiments, so you basically have to look at what's happening in nature to infer conclusions. Maybe try looking up 'natural experiment' or 'comparative method?'
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I'd say that it depends on what the definition of a miracle is.  Does it have to be something that is completely unexplainable by modern science, or could it just be a great occurrence?  Far less miracles are reported because science can give an explanation for them.  This doesn't mean that they are any less important, just that people don't report them as much.
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Science is the study of the natural world.  A "god" or other supernatural being falls outside of science.\n\nIntelligent design contributes nothing to the fields of science.  It offers no testable theories... nothing can be predicted and tested from it.  All it says is, "something created it".  That offers absolutely  nothing from a scientific perspective.  It is an embarrassment to education that people actually think it represents scientific theory.\n\nSorry about the rant.... I totally agree that science should be kept free of supernatural beliefs (because science can't work on what it can't test or observe).
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=the Spiritualist Church does this as well as Christian Scientists.  Be grateful for the healers, but remember to thank God.  You are truly blessed.
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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. \nAlbert Einstein\n\nI have always used science to help understand religion and religion to help understand science.
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Why is it that so many Christians are so terribly uninformed about the nature of science?\n\nDo you honestly believe that radio carbon dating is the only dating method used by scientists? Do you know nothing about stratigraphic layering?\n\nVery well.... a basic science lesson...\n\nIf you know about the movement of the earth and the effect water and wind has on wearing away and moving soil to different areas, then you'll understand what such things as sediment are.\n\nThen please take into consideration such things as volcanic eruptions, and the movement of the techtonic plates (which I'm going to assume you understand since it's what causes earthquakes).\n\nWith all of these it's safe to say that older rock is farther down on a rock wall.\n\nNow, when you look at this rock, that means that the newer rock will be on top of the older rock. By looking at the rock, you can safely place the rock into different layers based on the prevaling earth conditions at that time.\n\nSo, animals that die at that time, will fall into that layer of rock. Such as, animals that die this year, will be found in the layer of rock that's laid down this year.\n\nAnimals that died 1000 years ago will be found in the layer of rock that was laid down during that time.\n\nAnd yes, the layering tends to be very noticable. For example... if you had a volcanic eruption at that time, the fallout from the eruption will fall on the earth in that area, creating a discoloration (and obsidian which is created only by volcanos) rock in that time period.\n\nWhat this is called is stratigraphic layering.\n\nSo, stratigraphic layering is one method of determining age.\n\nHowever, it only shows that one fossil is older than another, it doesn't show the exact age of the fossil.\n\nBut there are other methods.\n\nThe one that the Christians seem to fixate on is radio carbon dating (which btw, is reliable to samples in under 60 000 years of age, and within a time period of a few thousand years on either side of the possibile age). \n\nHowever, there are many other methods that are unknown or completely dismissed by Christians.\n\nUranium-thorium dating\nPotassium-argon dating\nargon-argon dating\nFission track dating\nCosmogenic isotope dating\nRubidium-strontium dating\nSamarium-neodymium dating\nRhenium-osmium dating\nLutetium-hafnium dating\nPaleomagnetic dating\nThermo-luminescence dating (quartz exposure to heat)\n\nBut then we add other methods of dating such as\n\nDendrochronology\nIce cores\nLichenometry\nVarves\n\nAnd that only begins to scratch the surface of dating methods used by scientists. All these methods are based on mathmatics and chemistry. Which methods are used depends on whats found in the area and where the sample is found. Such as, something found on the ocean floor will require different dating methods than something found in the mountains.\n\nSo.... we don't know the age and there's no possible way to find out because you're closed mind and uneducated guess says that the only dating method we use is radio carbon dating? I beg to differ.\n\nThere are many many ways to scientifically prove the age of a sample. But you have to be willing to use them instead of dismiss them because "the only thing accurate can be the bible".\n\nYou see, I intended on being a paleontologist for a living and, though I never did finish the degree, I have something of a clue about all this.\n\nThe long and short of it is, religion is wrong and education is the only way to solve that problem. But you have to be willing to become educated. Knowledge is power.\n\nThe fact that you also completely dismiss such things as DNA, x-rays, lasers, etc, shows just how uneducated you are.
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Traditional health care  uses treatments that are scrutinized using the scientific method, whereas alternative therapies rarely are.\n\nIf you are prescribed a drug by a doctor, that drug has undergone a lot of testing to show that (1) it works and (2) it isn't too dangerous (although all drugs have side effects)  In addition, pharmaceutical companies are monitored so that you can be sure what is supposed to be in the drug is actually there, and in the amount specified.\n\nHerbal therapies rarely undergo any testing, and the purported benefits are anecdotal.  Ever heard of the placebo effect?  Granted, a lot of herbs DO have medicinal properties, but when used as "supplements", they are not subjected to the same tight standards that pharmaceutical products are.  Studies have shown that some herbal preparations contain less than half of what they are supposed to have, while others had many times the alleged amount.\n\nWith regard to the more bizarre alternative therapies, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that ear candling or cupping isn't going to cure anything.  It might make you "feel better" (again, refer to placebo effect), but there is no science behind it.\n\nScience is why traditional medicine keeps changing.  We are constantly learning new things, and adjusting our practice accordingly.
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Again, good questions!  These are precisely 4 out of the Big 5 questions of "origins."  \n\nThe Fifth Question is:\n\n 5) [Intelligence/Consciousness] How do we define 'intelligence' w.r.t. information, entropy, thermodynamics, emergence, etc.?  How do we define 'consciousness', and is it an emergent property of intelligence, or something distinct?  (I.e., can something be intelligent but not conscious? Can something be conscious but not intelligent?)  Can we duplicate intelligence/consciousness in an artificial being?\n\nOf course, in this ordering, this would come before #1, as it requires the others as a prerequisite. ... But it's also possible that a Big Bang can be caused or influenced by an Intelligence/Consciousness that determines the properties of the resulting universe that best continues the cycle ... producing a cyclical cosmology that puts them all in a long eternal cycle: \n... -> Intelligence/Consciousness -> Big Bang -> Star Systems -> Abiogenesis -> Evolution/Biogenesis -> Intelligence/Consciousness -> new Big Bang -> etc.\n\nThe fact that scientific answers often lead to even more interesting questions is precisely what makes science as a human endeavor interesting.\n\nPersonally, I find this turns science into a form of prayer.  What better way to get close to our source/origin/Creator than to ask questions that delve deeper into the mysteries, solve those mysteries, only to find new and far more profound ones?
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So many things to say about it...\nThey say between 15 yrs and... unlimited!!!\nMaybe even more than a normal person?!\nCure: not alowed?!?!\n...and what about that guy in london who's been cured from HIV/AIDS? no more news about that... forbidden?\nHas anyone heard of the cure that has pattent in US but hasn't been approved by FDA?\nDon't take no as an answer.\nAnswer that we have: "There's no medicine or medical treatment that cures hiv/aids."\nA new answer for you to learn and research more: "Work on cure using this mix: acumpuncture, 'The $19 cure for AIDS', Dianetics, NLP, Hypnosis, Astral Projection, Cure by energy (chi/ki/qi), Quantum energy/psychology,hemi-sync, chakra, energy places, human tea, alkalining, theta waves, and all branches of all these subjects."\nMix them all, some of them are becoming illegal in some countries such as Dianetics (cure by clearing engrams, very powerful).\nThese are some steps for curing anything and Everything!\nOnce you are cured of any disease that "cure hasn't been found or has been hidden", physical or mental, hide it from the media and spread the mix of the cure, experiences, tactics, tips and methods.\n\n"Everything is possible"\n"We have FULL control of our body, mind and energies"\n"We are so much more than we think we are"\n\nFacts:\n\n One day, the human being lived more than 200 years, was imune to any virus, bacterias, illnesess and diseases.\n\n We have unlimited power. We are able to get rid of any virus, any disease caused by any virus, and to be imune to any virus or disease.\n \n We can make changes in our DNA, energy, mind, body, vitality and millions of other things.\n\n                                                  Please, research.