Which group of people have healed more people from serious medical conditions - religious leaders or doctors?
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God loves you and so do I.  I'll pray for you
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I know a sister who was HIV positive tested in three different hospital. During a deliverance crusade this sister was prayed for and God operated a miracle of divine healing on her.She went back to these hospital and was tested again and truely she was HIV negative. What a miracle God!. This sister went to the fourth hospital and truely she is healed.The proves are there. The doctors who made the test plus the papers.
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That might be one possible answer, but not the only one. There is plenty about this on the internet. Some people who had schizophrenia and epileptic seizures used to be thought of as being possessed by the divine force. The gods helped explain things that people didn't understand, and religion helped to unity people. There are a hundred answers to this question. Google it.
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I have a dear friend who did and she is fully recovered now. God be with you. I am sure you will be fine. Trust your doctors and the Lord.
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The religions are essentially peaceful, however, the people who practice religions are not the most stable mentally (that's why they need a mental crutch in the form of an universal father figure).
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Hope this information is more than enough n helps u in yor project:\n\nPeople could obtain medical help from a large number and variety of practitioners. Poor Christians could ordinarily get relief from their local parishes, sometimes including visitors to the sick poor, and quite a few larger towns and cities supplemented, oversaw, or supplanted these forms of charity with their own systems of poor relief, which sometimes included payment for practitioners who treated the poor. But in most cases, the sick first looked to domestic medicine for help. Many people (mainly women but sometimes men) undoubtedly had favourite recipes and rituals for such purposes, and these were passed on from generation to generation. When problems were too difficult for the family alone, other neighbours could be called upon: strong men such as blacksmiths might set broken bones and dislocated appendages, for example, while other people had special reputations for their knowledge or treatment, often being known by vernacular terms such as “wise-woman” or “wise-man”. They cast spells and used special potions, ointments, and other medicines, often keeping the ingredients secret. Given that most such help remained part of oral traditions, it is very difficult for historians to gain a knowledge of such practices, except where complaints were registered in local courts or otherwise recorded. The early modern period experienced the height of the so-called “witch craze”, and many wise-women and wise-men became its victims (see Witchcraft). Another group of medical assistants were midwives, who sometimes might also happen to be wise-women. As skilful as they often were in helping to ease delivery, midwives sometimes also used various beliefs and practices that would today be classified as “folk” medicine or superstition, such as opening windows and untying knots in order to open all passages. In large communities, some midwives could make a good, regular income from their practice; in such places, many of the best-regarded midwives took apprentices, who paid them for their training in the safe delivery of babies.\n\nAt the same time, many hospitals, which had been places of resort for the poor, aged, and displaced, became increasingly oriented towards caring only for the sick, discharging them when they were well. In England, for instance, after Henry VIII appropriated all church revenues, and in so doing cut away the financial support for most hospitals, five hospitals continued in London with support from the City of London but became more particular in the kinds of people cared for: orphans (Christ’s), the mentally ill (Bethlehem, often shortened to “Bedlam”), the unemployed (Bridewell), or the sick poor (St Bartholomew’s and St Thomas’s). In Catholic countries, too, hospitals became increasingly distinct from hospices. In Paris, for instance, the Hôtel Dieu developed into a major institution for the care of the sick, adding four new wings by the end of the 17th century. For those institutions concerned with the sick and mad poor, especially, bedrest and diet remained the bedrock for helping people back on their feet, but medical treatments came to supplement, and in some cases supplant, religious services. Hospitals for the sick poor therefore usually had nurses, apothecaries, and surgeons on the staff for daily assistance, and physicians who visited regularly. Medical personnel began to use the hospitals in the teaching of their apprentices or students, and sometimes they used the inmates of the places as subjects on whom they tried new treatments or surgical methods. Paris had a particularly large number of hospitals and patient beds, and therefore even in the later 17th century attracted many aspiring medical practitioners who wanted to see many examples of illness and treatment at once.
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Be honest to yourself here after you get past the religion has killed more than anything else line (btw we have always had religion and they didn't start the wars PEOPLE did).  The catholic church and now its counterpart christian and other religious charity organizations do more for the needy on a daily basis that many countries do in a year.  I know its easy to blame the "religion" but please don't forget those that give daily, weekly, monthly, annually and for those that give up their services to help the needy?  Habitat for humanity (its a Christian organization - people forget quickly that Jimmy Carter is a devout christian).\n\nSo, in your perfect world of aethistic common sense what is your common sense to immediately take care of those people who now will not be?  Science cannot replace compassion and humanity.  One may argue that those are "Human" not "religious" traits I say they come from the man above.
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Had at least two friends who survived. Just do as the doctor says and PUT YOURSELF ON AS MANY PRAYER LISTS THAT YOU CAN. HAVE FRIENDS CALL OTHER FRIENDS AND HAVE THEM PUT YOU ON THEIR PRAYER LISTS. God bless you.
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Father God's in heaven, Jesus at his right hand praying for us and the Holy spirit working actively through christians.\n\nFor example:\n\nMy sister had chronic epilepsy - God didn't sit by and watch - he healed her miraculously. \n\nMy wife had polycystic ovaries and we weren't able to have children - God didn't sit by and watch - he healed her miraculously and we now have 3 children (do see my question on miracles on this site). \n\nA member of our church has just come from Africa - and he's so full of how great God is and all the things He's doing for people there (incl. people being healed of HIV!). \n\nSimilarly check out brother Yun's book "The Heavenly Man" for the miraculous things (incl. healings and miraculous escapes) God's doing in China despite the christians being rounded up and thrown in prison and tortured. \n\nRead Jackie Pullinger's book "Chasing the dragon" to see the miraculous things (incl. people set free from heroin instantly with no cold turkey) God's doing in the walled city in Hong Kong. \n\nAnd there are many more books detailing God at work available through Amazon.\n\nI suspect you asking because you think God is sitting around doing nothing while there's suffering (which would make him an evil being) - but the truth is He is very much active! \n\nNow have you the balls to seriously follow this up?
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I'm with ya. It's RARE, but ever once in a while there is a "faith healing" of a real illness. Credit should go to the body's almost miraculous ability to heal itself, not God's intervention. Ironic don't you think, that for every "success" of faith healing, there are thousands of failures. These are usually blamed on the sufferer's lack of faith.......
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People do lose their lives or suffer because they can't afford docters. If I were religious, I would sure wonder why God Favors The Wealthy. Sure seems like it. Why does God give a few uncaring people lots of money and let the rest of us suffer. I can't even afford health care now and I have a bad tooth that is killing me.
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How come the Holy spirit doesn't cure everyone?
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I think an anthropologist would say that belief in a higher power was a way for humans to rationalize the unknown and frightening (e.g., fierce animals, lightning, fire, starvation, illness, etc.); and that soon after it began, opportunistic humans took advantage of the fear and turned superstition into a business, organizing sacrifices, providing privileged communication with the god(s), collecting offerings, recruiting acolytes and suppressing dissent, all in the name of tribal safety and prosperity. Now we call these entrepreneurs preachers, pontiffs, imams, rabbis, etc. and with the assistance of compliant civil governments, they can aspire to more effective means of retaining belief and power.
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Apostolic, Pentecostal Pastor who baptizes in Jesus' Name!  We see LOTS of MIRACLES at our church.  People out of wheelchairs, legs grow, tumors vanish!
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Human beings can heal themselves better if they have a strong belief in that it is possible to be healed. It is a fact that laughter can make people cure better. So, if a religion can make a person feel better, you might say that religion can heal sickness. But then again: because of what: the religion? Or a persons own strong mind?
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There are many medical (and other fields) researchers with a deep faith in God.  The question is irrelevant in that their field is a scientific endeavor, and their beliefs are a matter of faith.  Both are compatible and they are not against each other as the questioner seems to imply.
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I am not sure but is this what you are looking for?\n\nMat 9:12 But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.\n\nMar 2:17 When Jesus heard [it], he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.\n\n\nLuk 5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.