The faith healers who claim they can cure cancer

Paul · #1 by **Paul** » Jun 22, 2011 6:52 pm

A group of faith healers who claim they have miracle cures for cancer and HIV have been condemned as "irresponsible, even criminal" by a professor of complementary medicine, following a BBC Newsnight investigation.

The group of healers, collectively known as ThetaHealing, claim that their technique - which focuses on thought and prayer - can teach people to use their natural intuition and "brain wave cycle" to "create instantaneous physical and emotional healing."

ThetaHealing have about 600 practitioners in the UK who charge up to £100 per session.

But the healers' claims have been called "criminal" and "not supported by any kind of evidence" by Edzard Ernst, Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, whose unit not only carry out their own studies but also assess those done by other researchers.

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Newsnight have tackled homoeopathy before now, good to see them taking on more charlatans.

Spearthrower · #2 by **Spearthrower** » Jun 22, 2011 6:57 pm

It's really simple. Double blind experiments. If these 'healers' fail them then they must stop making false claims. If they continue to make false claims to gull sick people into coughing up cash, then put the scum in prison.

Arcanyn · #3 by **Arcanyn** » Jun 23, 2011 5:56 am

I propose a very simple and fair test. Any faith healer who claims to be able to cure cancer should be made to publicly ingest a large quantity of 5-bromouracil. If they really can cure cancer, they'll be unharmed after doing so, but if they're a fake, they'll rapidly come down with cancer themselves.

Denny · #4 by **Denny** » Jun 23, 2011 6:16 am

@Spearthrower
I'd like to force Benny Hinn to take this test. That man is a sick fuck.

DoctorE · #5 by **DoctorE** » Jun 23, 2011 9:46 am

Cancer meh, they heal amputees

Earlier this month, Ms Stibal visited the UK to address a meeting at the London School of Economics (LSE).

At the meeting Ms Stibal responded to a question from an audience member who asked if it was possible for ThetaHealing to make an amputated leg grow back:

“I believe it’s possible to grow it back… a lady grew back her ovary… you can grow back a leg. I’ve seen people grow back,” she told attendees.

sennekuyl · #6 by **sennekuyl** » Jun 24, 2011 11:51 am

Whole people?

babel · #7 by **babel** » Jun 24, 2011 12:01 pm

DoctorE wrote:Cancer meh, they heal amputees
Earlier this month, Ms Stibal visited the UK to address a meeting at the London School of Economics (LSE).

At the meeting Ms Stibal responded to a question from an audience member who asked if it was possible for ThetaHealing to make an amputated leg grow back:

“I believe it’s possible to grow it back… a lady grew back her ovary… you can grow back a leg. I’ve seen people grow back,” she told attendees.

Brilliant.
Harvest their organs, let them heal themselves, rince and repeat. :thumbup:

Arcanyn · #8 by **Arcanyn** » Jun 25, 2011 9:02 am

I wonder if they could regenerate their bodies after having their heads cut off?

Elsa · #9 by **Elsa** » Jul 02, 2011 12:04 pm

You wonder if they can regrow their heads. First question: can they regrow their hearts? Because it's heartless to say you can cure cancer in a flash - unless you truly can - and if they could, Stibal's husband would not have attacked the camera person when a couple of very simple questions were asked.

Laurens · **#10** by **Laurens** » Jul 02, 2011 7:36 pm

Faith healers make me sick. They often take inordinate amounts of cash from people, whilst lying through their teeth that the 'patient' (if that is the correct term to use here) will actually get something out of it. It is especially immoral considering the fact that the people they are conning are often severely ill and vulnerable.

Faith healing should be outlawed IMO