Dr. Craig is a liar.

[Huggy Bear]

The dude? You don't think that's just a little disrespectful?

Nope. He's a dude with a PhD. My mom's a chick with a PhD. My dad's a dude with an EngD. So what?

Don't act like you referring to him as "some dude" wasn't an attempt at marginalizing his opinion.

Also your article offers no explanations either hence why it refers to the placebo effect as a "phenomenon".

Yep. Best ignore the experts at the National Institutes of Health, when they explain why it's not yet studied (because no one can give a proper definition of what they're even talking about when they say "faith healing", just like no one can properly explain WTF they mean when they say "God") and stick to your "well nobody knows so I'll just stick to thinking whatever I want to think about it" strategy.

Experience certainly teaches me that fundamentalists can't handle any information that's not in binary, black and white terms, and trying to explain a complex situation to them just results in "Well, then nobody knows, so I'll stick with magic."

You mean some dudes at the National Institutes of Health right?

No one is ignoring anything, science has conceded that belief is the x-factor in placebo research, how this belief translates into healing is a completely different issue.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marjorie-w...57964.html

The results of the above research and other studies lead me to the conclusion that our beliefs can have a significant effect on our health and well-being.

I probably should include the chicks credentials.

Marjorie Hines Woollacott, PhD, has been a neuroscience professor and director of the Motor Control Lab in the Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Oregon for more than three decades and a meditator for almost four.

My point is that the bible has been saying that faith can heal long before science termed the "placebo effect".

But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. - Luke 8:50

Keep referring to me as a fundamentalist if it makes you feel better, but know this, I've stated nothing more other than one can be healed simply through belief, how it happens is irrelevant.