If physicians suggest, either directly or even implicitly, that faith and religious activity are associated with health, ... then they indirectly suggest the opposite -- which is that the disease and illness are associated with insufficient faith and insufficient devotion. -Richard Sloan

 

If physicians suggest, either directly or even implicitly, that faith and religious activity are associated with health, ... then they indirectly suggest the opposite -- which is that the disease and illness are associated with insufficient faith and insufficient devotion.


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This quote is just one of 6 total Richard Sloan quotes in our collection. Richard Sloan is known for saying 'If physicians suggest, either directly or even implicitly, that faith and religious activity are associated with health, ... then they indirectly suggest the opposite -- which is that the disease and illness are associated with insufficient faith and insufficient devotion.' as well as some of the following quotes.

There's nothing we know about the physical universe that could account for how the prayers of someone in Washington, D.C., could influence the health of a group of people in Iowa -- nothing whatsoever.

Richard Sloan

Many studies, especially some of the older ones, have significant methodological flaws, which render the conclusions questionable.

Richard Sloan

If physicians suggest, either directly or even implicitly, that faith and religious activity are associated with health, ... then they indirectly suggest the opposite -- which is that the disease and illness are associated with insufficient faith and insufficient devotion.

Richard Sloan

I would like to see us stop wasting precious research dollars putting religious practices to the test of science. It's a waste of money, and it trivializes the religious experience.

Richard Sloan