Yikes!
I hope the topic doesnt poke into a hornets nest. My intentions in bringing up the quesdtion is based on a recent event in Sri Lanka where two women died at the hands of faith healers and which has created a hue and cry by the Buddhist majority there. I sam aware that there are faith healers in all religions and schools of thought across the globe and hence the topic is not directed towards any one single group or religion, just to set the ground rules atraight.
See an extract from todays Sunday nespaper in Colombo with the link attached for further browsing for anyone who weishes to engage in this discussion.
http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe2.htm
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The recent deaths of two women who allegedly lost consciousness while attending healing sessions conducted by a Christian fundamentalist priest held at the Victoria Park last month, has for the umpteenth time brought to the spotlight, the controversial topic of unethically converting gullible people into religions other than the one they are born into, under the guise of curing long-standing illnesses and ailments etc.
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