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Faith Healing

“Pentecostal snake handlers are increasingly calling on doctors for help when they get bitten while handling venomous snakes instead of simply praying that they don’t die.”

By Filings on Thu, 02/04/21
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“A group of about 125 snake-handling churches across America, including Hamblin’s, believe their practice is supported by the ‘signs’ described in Chapter 16 of the Gospel of Mark, which says, in part, that ‘They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.’” - CPost

The Poverty of the Prosperity Gospel

By Filings on Fri, 01/08/21
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“I personally have been ushered out the back door at healing services, after being publicly chastised. Many other disabled people have experienced similar treatment under the assumption that if you’re not healed, it’s your fault. ‘Because God’s will is for everyone to be healed. Always. The faithful will never suffer.’” - C.Leaders

Francis Chan says he healed deaf boy, girl in rural Myanmar village

By Filings on Thu, 02/13/20
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During a sermon delivered at Moody Bible Institute’s Founders Week Conference: “I’m going, ‘God, please, please heal,’” he recalled. “People started coming forward for healing….Every person I touched was healed,” Chan declared as the audience applauded. - Christian Post

Report Claims Church Paid People to Fake Medical Miracles

By Filings on Fri, 03/15/19
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“After a video of a man being raised from the dead went viral, an investigation found that one South African Church paid people to pretend that the pastor performed miracles on them.” - Christian Headlines

Parents choose prayer over doctors

By filingspost on Tue, 04/23/13
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“A Philadelphia couple — serving 10 years’ probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor — has violated their probation now that another of their children has died.” FoxNews

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