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Originally posted by abbersmom
I had an Uncle that practiced Scientology up until his death this past Spring. He was quite high in his religion, as he was elected to First Reader in each community he lived in during the past several years. They do not have a "minister" or "pastor" that leads a service, rather just the "reader" who leads their gatherings. I know that several years ago when my Dad had to have a couple toes amputated my uncle insisted my Mom read a scientology book, I wish I could think of the name, but it says in there how god would not love a man that was not whole, & he explained that amputating would make my dad unwhole. It's the teachings of someone called "mrs Eddy" My Aunt & Uncle deeply believed that anything & everything could be healed by prayers & ministering over one another. When my uncle died, we found out that he had been ill for about a month (altho no family was told about it, since they do not live in the area) & his wife had been "ministering" over him. The only symptom that that we ever were told that he had was diarhea, so we do not know, nor will we ever, whether he had a serious illness or whether it was simply dehydration from the diarhea. I believe that prayer help, but I also believe that it often needs to be in conjunction with modern medicine.
Just my opinion....:rolleyes: