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This echoes the negative effect of praying for the sick. Those who were prayed for feared their conditions were serious enough to warrant prayer and lost some
by Jill_the_Pill 9y ago
This echoes the negative effect of praying for the sick. Those who were prayed for feared their conditions were serious enough to warrant prayer and lost some hope. Perhaps if you are given a sugar pill, and are told it's only a sugar pill, you also relax about the threat of your condition -- well, it can't be that bad!
- _Microft 9y agoI can't find a reference for the following at the moment but there was something about the perceived health being a far better indicator for life expectancy/longevity than the actual health. The mindset of the patient seems to matter a lot!