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When medication works better than prayer for depression

My church says I need to pray harder for my depression but medication is what actually helps, and now I feel guilty for choosing science over faith.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The conflict between spiritual solutions and medical interventions creates false dichotomies around healing and faith.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Prayer — does it work? what the evidence shows?”

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