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They weren't advertising "spiritual healing". If you read the article, it clearly says the advertisements include things such as:Quote"Need Healing? God can heal today! Do you suffer from Back Pain, Arthritis, MS, Addiction ... Ulcers, Depression, Allergies, Fibromyalgia, Asthma, Paralysis, Crippling Disease, Phobias, Sleeping disorders or any other sickness?"We'd love to pray for your healing right now!"We're Christian from churches in Bath and we pray in the name of Jesus. We believe that God loves you and can heal you from any sickness."These are quite obviously medical claims that they cannot back up with evidence, and thus is false advertising and not a religious freedom or freedom of speech issue at all.
"Need Healing? God can heal today! Do you suffer from Back Pain, Arthritis, MS, Addiction ... Ulcers, Depression, Allergies, Fibromyalgia, Asthma, Paralysis, Crippling Disease, Phobias, Sleeping disorders or any other sickness?"We'd love to pray for your healing right now!"We're Christian from churches in Bath and we pray in the name of Jesus. We believe that God loves you and can heal you from any sickness."
If the placebo effect worked so well, we wouldn't need medicine for diseases.
Quote from: KZN02 on February 09, 2012, 02:57:57 amIf the placebo effect worked so well, we wouldn't need medicine for diseases.Not to mention that it's one thing if a person chooses to use a placebo on their own. It's quite different to mislead people into thinking that the placebo is actually as effective as real medicine.
Quote from: TheL on February 09, 2012, 10:31:51 amQuote from: KZN02 on February 09, 2012, 02:57:57 amIf the placebo effect worked so well, we wouldn't need medicine for diseases.Not to mention that it's one thing if a person chooses to use a placebo on their own. It's quite different to mislead people into thinking that the placebo is actually as effective as real medicine....Isn't the whole point of a placebo to make the person believe it's working?
Quote from: Zachski on February 09, 2012, 10:30:30 pmQuote from: TheL on February 09, 2012, 10:31:51 amQuote from: KZN02 on February 09, 2012, 02:57:57 amIf the placebo effect worked so well, we wouldn't need medicine for diseases.Not to mention that it's one thing if a person chooses to use a placebo on their own. It's quite different to mislead people into thinking that the placebo is actually as effective as real medicine....Isn't the whole point of a placebo to make the person believe it's working?I have rituals where I step over cracks in the sidewalk in a certain way all the time. I know for a fact that this does absolutely NOTHING. But I feel better when I do follow those patterns.So, it is possible to experience the placebo effect while still knowing that a placebo is involved.
Yeah, gays cause hurricanes, tits cause earthquakes, and lack of prayer causes tornadoes. Learn to science, people.
Porn peddlers peddling pedal porn? My life is complete.
The logical response to getting that tingle in his dingle is turning into an asshat, of course.