Faith healing is an age-old and worldwide practice. Defined as "a method of treating diseases by prayer and exercise of faith in God," the earliest recorded acts of faith healing are those described in the Old and New Testaments as miracles of God and Jesus Christ. Since then there have been numerous claims that faith alone can cure a catalogue of ailments, anything from cancer and development disorders to blindness and arthritis. But can recourse to divine power really cure mental or physical disabilities?
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