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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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2. Yes, I know.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 05:12 PM

Sep 2014

Also the fact that many times in faith healing rallies or sermons, the "preacher" has ringers that are put in wheelchairs by staffers.

James Randi showed how faith healers uses chicken parts to pull out of "the healed" by slight-of-hand to show everyone the "healer's" magical powers.

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The reason "faith healing" appears to work SheilaT Sep 2014 #1

Yes, I know. Archae Sep 2014 #2

This is also a very complicated topic SheilaT Sep 2014 #3

Believers will tend to seize on anything that looks like proof... Orsino Oct 2014 #6

Oh my. Tsk tsk tsk. TxDemChem Sep 2014 #4

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