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When religious beliefs endanger physical health

My mom has been following this prophet who predicts the end times, and she's stopped taking her heart medication because he says faith alone will heal her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The crisis that emerges when spiritual conviction overrides basic care for the physical vessel that houses the soul.

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