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by Galeanda on April 26th, 2008
No, people cannot 'cure' other people miraculously. Even doctors don't cure people, they facilitate people to heal themselves. I beleive that doctors aren't even allowed to claim to heal anyone, it's not legal to. So I doubt that anyone who claims to wold be able to stand up on court if the person got checked out before and afterwards.
by Someguy on April 26th, 2008
I think there are people who can heal, but they are not setting up tents taking money from people.
by Anonymous on April 26th, 2008
No. Faith healers are the worst kind of charlatan.
by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on December 13th, 2008
No. Only God can heal when modern medicine falls short.
by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on April 26th, 2008
Yes. But not very often those who make the loudest noise. I've seen people truly healed, but God chooses who that will be.
by Nuttsky on April 26th, 2008
I never did, but this question, oddly enough, is asked two weeks after I heard, from a woman I know to be very truthful, that she had been cured by a person's healing energy. She had suffered from back problems for years, and conventional medicine had not helped.
Her evidence is at least a good reason for me to keep an open mind toward the possibility.
by DymondGirl on April 26th, 2008
I don't believe people can heal anyone, however i Do believe that God can use people to heal.
by Orangy Energy on April 26th, 2008
yes some people genuinely do have a gift to heal.
But as in all walks of life there are fakes about too.
by Rollie on April 26th, 2008
No. It's the person being healed who has the power but they didn't know it.
by Bigcurt on April 7th, 2009
I know they do as I had a GF who was trminal with liver cancer and it was completly gone after we left Earnest Angley after that I knew it was true and took several more terminal people out to see him and they were also cured by God their
by Veritas cant turn down a woman in red on December 13th, 2008
They have no power other than that of suggestion. The placebo effect can actually help a sick person. But no, they have no actual healing abilities.
by nucleotideboy on December 13th, 2008
No. They are scam artists and their followers become complicit in the deceit.
by maggie on May 4th, 2008
Yes, I do believe.
by BOOZE HOUND... nothing is nonsence on April 26th, 2008
NO they dont it's all a big kon to make money if your ill you should go and see a docter.
by danielitox on April 26th, 2008
Not really
by FaerieWhings on April 26th, 2008
Only the ones who get nothing out of it other then knowing they helped someone. The rest, the ones who get fame and money, are all fake.
by Anonymous on April 26th, 2008
No.
by vefun57 on September 21st, 2008
no, but Jesus Christ can and does. have a personal relationship with him and you can forget the faith healer. healing is not based on faith. the more faith i have,the healthier i'll be is nonsense. but if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, no matter what happens in life, everything will be o.k.
by Kierafaye on December 13th, 2008
i believe they have the power of impression
by 1858 Remington 1-21-13 on December 24th, 2008
Nope. Faith healers are like fools gold, shiny, looks good, but phony. Todd Bentley is a perfect example of that.
by Occams Electric Razor on September 21st, 2008
no not at all. If there truly is any kind of healing (which I doubt) I would attribute it to the power of the mind and the desire to be healed by the sick person, not the power of the person doing the "healing".
We have barely even scratched the surface on what the human mind can do, there have been instances where a person can make themselves sick, make blisters appear on the skin, do all kinds of things with their minds...but for a man to heal someone with "powers" I don't believe it.
by locke999 on January 4th, 2009
yer but they dont tell you how they do it!!
by Dandoor on December 13th, 2008
No, all they do is make you feel like everything is going to be better, and when you feel like everything is gonna be better, it usually is. Don't go to them, instead, just have a positive attitude and be grateful for what you have.
by LarryH54 on July 18th, 2009
It's a God-given power, but yes. Sometimes they do.
by satish omkar on December 24th, 2008
Yes some have.
Read "Autobiography of a yogi" by swami yogananda for his experiences with mystiqs.
by Anonymous on November 16th, 2009
Yes, I do believe in it to an extent. I'm not sure if it's actually God working through them or something like that, but I think some people do have some kind of ability to heal.
However, I believe most of these people (the real ones) do it quietly. I think that some of them might charge money for it, as a way of making a living, but it wouldn't be so obviously a rip-off as most of the fakers are.
by Anonymous on September 17th, 2009
No faith healer has every been proven to have healing powers. On the other hand, plenty of faith healers have been exposed as frauds, just like Peter Popoff was.
by Covert on September 25th, 2009
there are many dedicated and hardworking holistic therapists, many people who study alternative come from the conventional medical areas. they see that surgery and pills only treat symptoms and not the real problem at hand. Faith healers, who strictly use "faith" powers or rituals with no means of acupunture or massage or herbs, may be able to "heal" people. The human body is the only thing that can heal itself, objects, faith, and other healing means only HELP the human body heal faster. Its all in ones head, whether the patient "believes" that he/she will be healed by the faith healer, could indeed help that person's body heal faster. Human body is a crazy thing to think about. Thoughts are power.
by FairLady on January 22nd, 2009
No I don't believe they have much power to heal. They can not rely on strictly faith heal.
by Aksafari on January 4th, 2009
Sure, but it's not the healer, it's YOUR FAITH!
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