like the power of prayer, the psycology of belief and probability/statistics...do you know about how miracles work? that the chances of an amazing thing happening are small, but that SOMETHING amazing WILL happen is almost certain?
Do you know about cold reading, faith healers and stuff?
2007-11-12 06:19:25 · 24 answers · asked by GEISHA 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i read and study the Bible, i stay away from "faith healers" most of the time they put on a show, leaving you feeling happy and your pocket book empty :)
2007-11-12 09:12:42 · answer #1 · answered by FarmerCec 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I know that cold reading is just a way to make people think you are a psychic medium and that John Edward is a cold-reading liar. There have been many mediums in the past 200 years, and all have been found to be cheating or lying in some way. Eusapia Palladino was suppose to telepathically pinch people and levitate tables behind her during her rituals. It turns out that she was also a contortionist with strong toes and the ability to lift a table behind her with her feet. Any medium that has had any tests performed on them to see if they were real all were found to be cold reading or performing some other act to make them look real. None of them are real and should be punished for tricking so many gullible people into beleiving them. Someone by the name of Gary Schwartz did some research on John Edward and another supposed psychic medium. His results say that they are real. However, if you look at the way he performed his research and the results given, the tests followed no scientific methods and were flawed in such ways that his research is not only inconclusive, but also inaccurate.
2007-11-12 06:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lord_Awesome 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You might consider listing the link or at least letting everyone know what journal it was published in. While what you write is eloquent it is so far your word alone. You make claims but have not given any actual evidence of your claims. Also, science does not start with an end result in mind. You can attempt to "test" biblical practices but when you don't find what you expect to find then it may perhaps be a faulty test in the first place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As for your question. If there are scientific claims (granted science doesn't claim anything, it is the knowledge record of how things have worked - if I'm wrong then please correct me) that seem to dispute biblical scripture then they should of course be looked at. Would any scientific discovery cause me to doubt my faith? Never. I may or may not have any bearing at all... granted its a hypothetical situation. My faith is in something greater than what you can offer me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... About prayer. It is not a simple subject that is able to be truly tested. For instance, WHO did the praying? What was in their hearts? Was it the will of God they prayed for, or for results, or for the person to feel better, or... ? There are many variables to this situation that you avoid, and for good reason. The more complicated something is the harder it is to use it for any particular purpose. I think I could write more on this topic, but I am certainly not trying to start a flame war. This is meant only for those who care to read it. If you don't like what I have to express then kindly disregard it. Peace.
2016-05-29 09:00:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
studies proving miracles happen once in while has nothing to do with religion or faith and finding different wave paterns in you while you pray doesn't help me either these studies are phylosophy based(posibly the wrong word) and have no weight polls and statistics isn't what faith is about there something to prove or disprove theories and you expecting us to research all the work on those kinda subjects would leave us all confused as to who is right or wrong when we have already decided don't be scarred christians aren't the only scarry people on the planet LOL
2007-11-12 09:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have. Hang on.
In my sociology text book in high school they talk about this study.The study was based on an IVF programme in Korea. Prayer groups in the United States, Canada and Australia were shown anonymous pictures of women on the programme and asked to pray. The subjects were not told they were part of a study, but the results claimed to show that the group had double the success rate of a group not being prayed for.
Okay. This was the Columbia university thing. And while there were some sketchy things going on, it was never proven to be completely false....hm... makes you wonder.
Just one example. There are more that i can't hink off the top of my head.
2007-11-12 09:12:36 · answer #5 · answered by Princess Ninja 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sure, I know about cold reading. I've got several debunkers, skeptics, and stage magicians as friends. I've seen cold reading in action. I've read many studies regarding my beliefs, and that means from varying sources (I'm not sure that I believe that all skeptical studies are necessarily unbiased sources, either). I have no problem studying perspectives other than my own. To that end, I own books on atheism, Biblical contradictions, debunking of spiritual phenomenon, and many other subjects. As a Christian, I don't think it hurts to do research into other opinions.
2007-11-12 06:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by solarius 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
For example, I looked at several studies done on Joshua's famous feat, namely, stopping the sun -- and I was astounded.
Not only didn't he stop it, he didn't even it slow down.
These findings have hit me like a ton of bricks, I really don't know where to go from here, I need to start asking people about their Bibles. Are their Bibles all the same? Maybe Jesus has some answers...
2007-11-12 06:30:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, in fact I've answered similar question before (many times)with alot more detail. Suffice it to say, whatever you can come up with, I can come up with an impartial study claiming the opposite. Whatever argument you make, I can back up the oppoosition AND give you sources. It comes down to belief. What I believe, what you believe, it's all right. In the end, all questions will be answered (or not :))
Well said Solarius. I'll bet our libraries are comparable.
2007-11-12 06:24:37 · answer #8 · answered by lifeilluminate 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Read a book man. People actually take the time to research this stuff.
2007-11-12 06:27:59 · answer #9 · answered by Jeremy E 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Religion does not involve impartial studies to research beliefs. If YOU don't choose to believe in Christianity, that's your problem.
2007-11-12 06:34:11 · answer #10 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋