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The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Gary Habermas]] wrote: "Double-blind [[prayer]] experiments: where people pray for others with a 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>]]
 
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Gary Habermas]] wrote: "Double-blind [[prayer]] experiments: where people pray for others with a 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>]]
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'''Faith'''<ref>Etymology: a very early English term dating from 1200-50, based on the Middle English term "feith" (Anglo-French fed,  Old French feid, feit, Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs meaning trust, akin to fīdere meaning to trust).</ref> extends beyond belief to include confidence about something unseen, such as the achievement of [[God]]'s will.  Faith goes beyond [[materialism]] to include beneficial use of the underlying unseen reality. The existence of [[infinity]] implies the existence of the infinite power of faith.
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'''Faith'''<ref>Etymology: a very early English term dating from 1200-50, based on the Middle English term "feith" (Anglo-French fed,  Old French feid, feit, Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs meaning trust, akin to fīdere meaning to trust).</ref> extends beyond belief to include [[confidence]] about something unseen, such as the achievement of [[God]]'s will.  Faith goes beyond [[materialism]] to include beneficial use of the underlying unseen reality. The existence of [[infinity]] implies the existence of the infinite power of faith.
    
'''''Faith is the strongest way to overcome [[addiction]] of all types''''', including [[obesity]] and football watching/[[video game]] playing, '''''as well as overcoming all kinds of [[anxiety]]'''''. Faith could even be defined as the opposite of anxiety.
 
'''''Faith is the strongest way to overcome [[addiction]] of all types''''', including [[obesity]] and football watching/[[video game]] playing, '''''as well as overcoming all kinds of [[anxiety]]'''''. Faith could even be defined as the opposite of anxiety.
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