10-28-2005, 08:46 AM
....ignorance aside(points up), geo your right. the church is an organization. they decide what to teach and do, some of which may not be "what jesus would do". hell in the medieval times this church was so corrupt they would sell you notes to absolve your sins, if you weren't rich, you went to hell. church can be a good place to learn and grow in your faith, but you should read your bible too and have an open mind not just blindly follow what that man infront of you says. andromeda you are also right. there are a certain percentage of people in studies who receive the placebo and yet are cured because they believed they were receiving the real miracle cure and that it would heal them. i forgot what the name for it is but i know you can look it up in text books, we went over it not too long ago in my statistical psychology class. anyways the point is that if you believe that you will be healed, that something will work, it just might work. people have been cured of cancer by taking sugar pills (placebos) because they thought that pill would cure them.
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