Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,387
edits
Changes
→Usage confusion
The children's author [[Dr. Seuss]] has no doctoral degree.<ref>http://www.playbooks.org/jaxsons_books.html</ref>
The children's author [[Dr. Seuss]] has no doctoral degree.<ref>http://www.playbooks.org/jaxsons_books.html</ref>
== Atheist medical doctors ==
== Atheist doctors ==
''See also:'' [[Irreligion and recovery from illnesses]]
[[Image:Prayer.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Gary Habermas]] wrote: "Double-blind [[prayer]] experiments: where people pray for others with terminal illness. Habermas admitted that most such experiments have not worked, but the three that he knows of that have indeed worked were cases of orthodox-Christians praying for the sick."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-apologist-10-reasons-for-the-fall-of-atheism-106531/ Christian Apologist: 10 Reasons for the Fall of Atheism] by [[Gary Habermas]]</ref> See also: [[Studies on prayer]] ]]
''[[CBS News]]'' reported: "According to a mail-in survey of nearly 4,000 British doctors, those who were [[atheism|atheist]] or [[agnosticism|agnostic]] were almost twice as willing to take actions designed to hasten the end of life."<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20014770-10391704.html</ref>
[[MSNBC]] reported concerning United States doctors: "In the survey of 1,044 doctors nationwide, 76 percent said they believe in God, 59 percent said they believe in some sort of afterlife, and 55 percent said their religious beliefs influence how they practice medicine.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8318894/ns/health-health_care/t/survey-most-doctors-believe-god-afterlife/#.Tk1AMV39z08 Survey: Most doctors believe in God, afterlife ]</ref>
The atheist and American medical doctor David Mann, MD wrote about telling his patient he was an atheist while the patient's doctor prayed before a surgery:
{{Cquote|It was not a good time to bring up the fact that I was an atheist. So I just went along with it, only briefly and mildly discomforted. Religion gives strength and comfort to people in life and death situations that doctors often deal with. I rationalized that my silent participation was helping my patient and the family psychologically. Besides, how would they feel about my performing complicated heart procedures on their loved one if they thought I was an unbelieving heathen incapable of accepting God’s guiding hand?
It’s uncomfortable to be an atheist and a doctor, just as it uncomfortable in America to be an atheist in general...<ref>[https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2016/12/atheist-doctors-must-come-closet.html Atheist doctors must come out of the closet] by David Mann, MD</ref>}}
See also: [[Distrust of atheists]] and [[Views on atheists]]
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Gary Habermas]] wrote: "Double-blind [[prayer]] experiments: where people pray for others with terminal illness. Habermas admitted that most such experiments have not worked, but the three that he knows of that have indeed worked were cases of orthodox-Christians praying for the sick."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-apologist-10-reasons-for-the-fall-of-atheism-106531/ Christian Apologist: 10 Reasons for the Fall of Atheism] by [[Gary Habermas]]</ref>
See also: [[Studies on prayer]] and [[Atheism and the supernatural]]
According to the American Cancer Society:
{{Cquote|According to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), 69% of cancer patients say they pray for their health. A recent study published in ''Cancer'', a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, suggests a link between religious or spiritual beliefs and better physical health reported among patients with cancer.<ref>[https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/study-cancer-patients-with-strong-religious-or-spiritual-beliefs-report-better-health.html Study: Cancer Patients with Strong Religious or Spiritual Beliefs Report Better Health], American Cancer Society</ref>}}
See also: [[Atheism and cancer]]
== See also ==
== See also ==