2007-09-10 14:53:55 · 20 answers · asked by lindsey p 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i should try that. i was in the hospital for 9 hours straight with a sore tooth and ended up paying a hefty bill to have it pulled
2007-09-10 14:57:54 · answer #1 · answered by call the owls 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You're actually LESS likely to heal if someone is praying for you.
Regaring a recent Harvard study on prayer for heart surgery patients:
"In total, complications occurred in 59 percent of those who were prayed for, compared with 51 percent of those who received no prayers, a significant difference."
2007-09-10 22:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by marbledog 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prayer healing.. it always seemed to work... It's a very dark question though... And is it covered by health insurance? Hmm... Is sacrifice covered by health insurance?
2007-09-10 21:58:00 · answer #3 · answered by mweal01 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I came very close to dying because Christian Science was going to heal me. The cemeteries are loaded with the victims of prayer healing.
2007-09-10 21:59:13 · answer #4 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Prayer healing would be considered a placebo, you'd need to ask your insurance company for specific confirmation.
2007-09-10 21:57:57 · answer #5 · answered by clusp 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I heard on the radio within the last two months that a study has been made of that.
The patients that had many people praying for them did worse than the ones who didn't. Sorry, I don't know who did the study but I think it was a group of doctors.
2007-09-10 22:00:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ironically, it IS covered by health insurance!
However, since prayer is free, your insurance company pays nothing.
2007-09-10 21:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by tabulator32 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Zero and no. But I do know that putting a strand of garlic around your neck, shaking a rattle and drinking chicken eyeball tea will cure most if not all diseases.
2007-09-10 21:59:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You may not believe it, but try telling it doesn't work to someone who believes they were cured by prayer.
Prayer is a powerful thing, not only because of the God factor, but because it also involves positive thought processes and energy (the power of positive thinking).
2007-09-10 22:10:25 · answer #9 · answered by maxmom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When we pray we must pray “in the will of God.” (Romans 8,27) “Thy will be done …” – Lord’s Prayer. Jesus also prayed, …”not as I will but as Thou wilt.” - Matthew 26,39
God cannot change the biological and physical laws he created because if he did there will be anarchy and chaos. For example, if he restored an amputee’s limb how will God answer the prayer of a prosthetics doctor who has been praying for patients? Another example: If I ask God to give me clear weather tomorrow because my grandson will have a birthday party, how will God respond to the farmer praying for rain on the other side of the mountain? If a brick is about to hit me, God will not change the laws of gravity. If he did, we could have a worldwide catastrophe. Want more examples? I can give you more but I think I have made my point.
However, this doesn’t mean that God doesn’t answer prayer. All prayer is answered, but not always in the way we hope or expect. A petitionary prayer is a request humbly made to our heavenly Father. For reasons known to him alone, he may or may not grant what we ask. However, he always lovingly hears our prayers, and in all things works for good for those who love him (cf. Rom. 8:28).
Jesus taught us by his life, death and resurrection who God was and how he works in our lives. He also taught us how to pray. He gave us the Lord’s Prayer as our model of prayer. Following this model it should not be ‘my will be done’ when we pray but rather ‘Thy will be done’. Let us not question the wisdom of God if he does not grant our petition. Let us just ask for the wisdom and grace to accept what God cannot change.
Let go and let God be God!
2007-09-10 22:00:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋