In a large private hospital, more than 1,000 patients come every day either for consultation, tests, or confinement. The chaplain of the hospital says that when some patients are diagnosed with an incurable and terminal illness, they either rush to the hospital chapel to pray for healing or heave a sigh of grim resignation.They seem to have only two options: to plead for a miracle, or to welcome death. In truth, other possibilities await them depending on their lifestyle, belief system, family support, and psychic disposition before they got sick. Many doctors agree that our bodies have an inbuilt capacity to heal itself. Harold Koenig of Duke University,who made an extensive research on the relationship between religion and health, wrote that people who are religious have a 25% reduction in mortality. They cope well with stress, depression, and other afflictions. They have a stronger immune system and recover quickly from [...]
