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Article: Faith healing in the black community. (Faith Healing: Miracle or Mirage?)
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- Free Inquiry
- Article date:
- December 22, 1993
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When James Randi helped to prove that alleged faith healer Peter Popoff used secret radio transmissions to discover what ailed various members of his audience, many blacks were attending these religious gatherings. At one event, an elderly black woman threw away her walker as Popoff proclaimed that she had been healed in the name of Jesus. Popoff was eventually revealed as a flim-flam artist.
In London, large numbers of blacks attend sessions held by the alleged faith-healer Morris Cerullo.
In August, former soccer star Pele claimed he has the power to heal sick children through God. Pele said that miracles such as children recovering from cancer have occurred ...