Question for non believers.....Are most doctors dumb?

Question

In todays publication of the Chicago Sun Times (4/10/07), the cover story reads "In God We Trust", the University of Chicago surveyed over 2000 physicians nationwide and here are some of the results.........

54% believe God has intervened w/ their patients help
76% believe God has helped patients cope w/ their illness.

Non believers take pride in science and logic. Well here are some of the highest educated people in our country in a proffesion based on [Medical] Science, saying they feel God has made a difference in curing there patients.

I believe some people are missing the point. It was stated in the article that they believed this due to what they have seen with their patients and not there personal believe. Here is a quote from one doctor....
"All doctors have seen cures of patients that do not make [scientific] sense"

Answer 1

The given question is for all ---non believers and believers.

Doctors believe that they are not Gods.

It's therefore logical that Doctors believe that it is due to God's intervention or help when they see the hopeless patient to be cured and made it.

They are not dumb, so they believe in God.

Answer 2

'Here is a quote from one doctor....
"All doctors have seen cures of patients that do not make [scientific] sense" '

This is the part I don't get. Sure, cancer is a living thing. It formed in the body, who's to say it can't disolve back into your body. I wanna see prayer grow an amputated leg back or cure someone of AIDS.


And just as many of the other answerers said, just because they are a doctor, doesn't make them an atheist. I don't see why not, as you point out, science and logic are very important. But as this nation goes, it is still mainly christian, so the ratio would stand accordingly. There are more atheists in america than Jews though.

Answer 3

Working in the medical field, I have seen the faith of the patients in motion.
This is such a multicultural world, these days.
They have their own beliefs, god, allah, etc.
First hand, I have never seen any god help with ridding their disease, nor returning them back to pre morbid condition.
Yes, I am an athiest, and when I see anything different, then I will believe.
The mind is a powerful thing and can play a definite role with your recovery.
Dr's only write out prescriptions and refer you to the specialist.
Always, get a second opinion.
There are good and bad in all, some are afraid of litigation, so pass the buck.
The mind, cures all.

Answer 4

Wow, so 76% of educated doctors agree that the right attitude will help sick people cope with illness. Fascinating. Did you know that 85% of all statistics are made up?

Lance Armstrong does not believe in God, and God never intervened when lance was undergoing brain surgery and months of hardcore chemotherapy to remove one testicle, two brain tumors and eleven lung tumors. Lance simply believed that he had it within himself to defeat cancer, and he did. He then went on to win 7 Tours de France and make history WITHOUT GOD.

Your logic is FLAWED. God did NOTHING to the patients, only their BELIEF helped them cope with it. BTW, these people are too weak to believe in themselves like Lance does, and have to use their religion as a crutch.

Answer 5

knowing medicine has nothing to do with god. a doctor can be an expert in medicine and still as clueless and stupid about the nature of the universe as the rest of us.

76% believe god helped their patients cope. ...all that says is that the doctors believe that their patients latched on to the idea of god during a difficult time.

also it says GOD doesnt it? it doesnt say jesus christ. it is probably something like

15% jesus
10% muhamad
24% unkown

so now youve got these same smart people having the same stupid arguments as we do.

finally, what do you call the person who graduates last in medical school? ....doctor

Answer 6

How does medical training, to any degree, help you answer metaphysical questions?

The fact is, if they really believe god cared to intervene, than they would be forced to admit that they did nothing for the patient; it was god's will that they got better. If they had any conviction in what they profess, they'd refund those patients in full.

Answer 7

Hey - even I, as an atheist, can admit that BELIEF in God can and does help people with recovery. Its called the Placebo affect. Does not prove the existence of God in any way. If thats the case, then why bother seeing a doctor at all? Just allow God to cure you!


Try again!!

Answer 8

studies have shown that people who pray reguarly generally have less stress and lower blood pressure. This is usually attributed to the 'calming' effect that prayer has on the person praying.

Much like a placebo, if a patient believes that prayer will help them through a difficult time, they will make it through that difficult time moreso than someone that doesn't believe that prayer will help. The prayer may not actually help the person physically, but psycholigically it affects them.

Answer 9

Most doctors I know smoke, are they dumb? I also know many doctors who don't believe in god, but that doesn't mean they are necessarily good or bad practitioners. They are just people with a trained profession, not scientists.
But you don't need to believe in a god yourself to know that many ill people get their hope and positive feelings from their faith and positive feelings always helps the body recover faster.

Answer 10

I'm pretty sure they're talking the psychological healing powers of belief. It's kinda like placebo. Many doctors believe in the psychological healing powers of placebo, too. It doesn't mean they think the placebo actually has a chemical effect on the illness. So just because a doctor says they believe in the power of someone's belief - doesn't mean they believe themselves.