(January 16, 2014 at 8:47 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: Bad things are still going to happen to you even if you pray, Jesus prayed to God regularly and ended up getting scourged and nailed up that's the way need to see it. Jesus was later raised from death by God into ever lasting life but you will be as well.
So, might as well not, then.
Quote:It's obsessed with life and it's triumph over death through God/Christ so have you got the wrong end of the stick if you think it's death obsessed.Or I must have read Revelation.
Quote:I didn't saying anything about placebo/positive thinking replacing actual medical treatment in the case of a very serious life threatening illness I just meant it can make big difference to survival rate. Everything you're posting I agree with as I'm not against science.
You implied that the placebo effect has an actual effect on aiding the healing the body, physically. It doesn't. As the final emphasis noted, the placebo effect cannot cure people or make them live substantially longer. It does, sometimes, make people feel better, which is great, but it has little demonstrable effect in terms of actually making people better.
