tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613484088666762289.post6448904791814446374..comments2011-01-22T15:22:19.672-08:00Comments on Die Karotten: How to turn flat feet into arched feetJacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717657351369590530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613484088666762289.post-48010742332096853702008-05-13T18:34:00.000-07:002008-05-13T18:34:00.000-07:00My first comment! At least someone reads this blog...My first comment! At least someone reads this blog.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717657351369590530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613484088666762289.post-41811811838933975492008-05-13T17:51:00.000-07:002008-05-13T17:51:00.000-07:00Faith healing is generally explained the same way ...Faith healing is generally explained the same way that stage hypnosis is (which isn't the same as hypnosis btw). As for the shoulder, It's tough to comment because without knowing the exact nature or extent of the injury, it would be impossible to say if a complete recovery wouldn't have been expected anyway, which would lend credence to a placebo analgesic type effect. In the case of serious, more permanent injury however, a late followup would most likely show a return to a lack of function. Religious placebos are the strongest actually, but they are still placebos. As for the flat feet, I would hardly call that a miracle. Flat feet can be fixed by, get this, walking barefoot more often. If you get some kind of religious experience from it, I won't begrudge you it, but I think that highly religious people need to be the most skeptical of charlatans like this just by virtue of a desire to believe. My suggestion is to learn from the apostle Thomas, and ask to touch the wounds as it were. The Vatican takes this stance on miracles AFAIK, but they don't shy away from actually investigating such claims. And I feel that too many people fail to heed Mathew's warning of false prophets. Wow, all those biblical references without looking anything up, not bad eh? Anyhow, rant off.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895322255753657635noreply@blogger.com