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You see this attitude a lot among fundamentalist Christians. First, a little background: I was raised in an apocalyptic Christian cult. For a lot of years, my brother and I were both denied medical care of any kind, instead being subjected to pain and faith healing. I would suffer for days with crippling migraines, and nearly died of an untreated ear infection at one point. The pastor of our church died of untreated congestive heart failure. One woman walked on a crutch for decades, needing a knee replacement. My brother spent several years almost deaf because of fluid on his eardrums. In fundamentalist circles, people suffering from debilitating physical conditions are told all the time that the only thing keeping them in a wheelchair is their lack of faith, or worse, told that their suffering is all part of God’s plan for their lives.

The other circle you see this a lot in is in the new age/homeopathic medicine crowd, and you see this stuff ALL. THE. TIME. on facebook, touting vinegar and kombucha and lemon juice, talking about “toxins” like people don’t have livers and kidneys. I cannot imagine anything more infuriating for someone who has a physical problem (or a family member with one) being told to try some kind of cleanse to cure their cancer. I’ve seen people go through this, too; being put on ridiculous “natural treatments” for chronic conditions, paying ridiculous amounts of money to have their energies aligned, all the while doing nothing medical to actually manage their symptoms or better understand the actual, physical nature of their condition.

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