(March 2, 2015 at 9:47 pm)Beccs Wrote: I'm a surgeon. I know all about the placebo effect.It' does, prayer isn't required for healing, faith is, for some people prayer helps the faith.
That doesn't answer my question.
Like when the handkerchiefs were taken from the apostles and given to the sick, they were healed not because of the power in the handkerchiefs, but because of their FAITH in the handkerchiefs.
the placebo effect works based on the faith the patient has in the treatment, because he doesn't realize it's fake.