I recently deconverted from Christianity in Atheism. Being able to think more critically, I now think much of Christianity doesn't make much sense.
However, I think most people have heard stories about people getting healed by prayer. But on the contrary, the placebo effect has been show to have astounding effect. But not only for praying, but also for non-religious matters. If you believe something, like a pill being good for you, it can have powerful positive effects, even when a pill doesn't really work. So you can explain faith healing for the most part with placebo.
But sometimes you hear stories of healings that normally seem to be impossible. These seem to be strong evidence, and yet, these stories are often heard from somebody else. I'm supecting that these stories are often blown up, also because the placebo effect could have something to do with it. I also heard sometimes people think something is healed, but it already was almost healed, or it didn't turn out to be healed at all.
Yet, although it's shaky, I can't fully rebuke it yet, and that's why I brought it up. Due to my own reasons, I am highly skeptical of actual supernatural healing taking place. So I am hoping some of the skeptics of this forum can provide attentional information and discussion.
Edited by AdminModulous, : removed inadvertant smiley from thread title.
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