Richard Sloan Quotes on Health (3 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.

I don't think there's any doubt that people derive enormous comfort from religion, and they should continue to do that. What they shouldn't expect is that religious activity is going to promote their health.

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 insu