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*'''Support''' Sources call it pseudoscience, so Misplaced Pages should call it pseudoscience. That it is based on ] supports its classification as pseudoscience. ] (]) 20:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC) *'''Support''' Sources call it pseudoscience, so Misplaced Pages should call it pseudoscience. That it is based on ] supports its classification as pseudoscience. ] (]) 20:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' per ] in the ]: "There is a significant academic study of faith healing, and that academic study is almost entirely uninterested in pseudoscience." ]] (]) 09:43, 4 March 2018 (UTC) *'''Oppose''' per ] in the ]: "There is a significant academic study of faith healing, and that academic study is almost entirely uninterested in pseudoscience." ]] (]) 09:43, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
:: No, Misplaced Pages cannot pass exception to personal opinion of editor on this subject. We will have to report what ] state. Find some sources that prove Faith healing is not a pseudoscience. ] (]) 10:52, 4 March 2018 (UTC)


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that Children's Healthcare is a Legal Duty has a page, FWIW. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:24, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

I full-protected for 24 hours so everyone could take a breath and look at this other page maybe and have a think about how to proceed. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:25, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

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Anyone have any thoughts about adding some links to this article for videos of people testifying about miraculous healings they have received?  Doctor (talk) 01:32, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Nevermind, the ones I was thinking of are all primary sources. Doctor (talk) 21:34, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
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Should we include content and category describing Faith healing as a pseudoscience? Raymond3023 (talk) 18:25, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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  • Support - I had added it years ago but my edits were quickly removed. But the fact remains that when much older and sophisticated medical systems like Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese medicine, etc. are categorized and described in their articles as pseudoscience, then Faith healing is clearly not an exception. There are enough reliable sources that describe Faith healing as pseudoscience, more often than those who call Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese medicine a pseudoscience. Raymond3023 (talk) 18:25, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Support We have many sources that describe faith healing as a pseudoscience because it makes claims (many that cite specific diseases, such as cancer) to be medically effective. Note that mere faith in God isn't pseudoscience. But faith healing goes beyond that — and makes claims that following certain systems, practitioners, or procedures will produce scientific results. - LuckyLouie (talk) 18:57, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Yes. The right question is, why does RS say? From a quick look it seems many sources say this is pseudoscience e.g.. So, Misplaced Pages should mirror RS. Alexbrn (talk) 18:39, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Support Sources call it pseudoscience, so Misplaced Pages should call it pseudoscience. That it is based on magical thinking supports its classification as pseudoscience. Dimadick (talk) 20:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Oppose per User:WhatamIdoing in the last RfC: "There is a significant academic study of faith healing, and that academic study is almost entirely uninterested in pseudoscience." StAnselm (talk) 09:43, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
No, Misplaced Pages cannot pass exception to personal opinion of editor on this subject. We will have to report what WP:RS state. Find some sources that prove Faith healing is not a pseudoscience. Raymond3023 (talk) 10:52, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

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