Implications of having too much faith in medical science is that when a
physician's knowledge of science expires, what does a patient have to hold on
to when they are fighting for their lives? I personally believe in God and
science because I believe He created science. Sulmasy et al., (2010) states
that " optimism as performative, that is, the notion that positive thoughts and
expressions improve chances of benefit; (2) fighting cancer as a battle; and
(3) faith in God, science, or both are three themes that emerged from patients
enrolled in phase I or II oncology trials about their expectations of
therapeutic benefit and their reasons for those expectations.") Medical
science is an advantage but I believe there has to be another source that we
can believe in for hopes of getting better. Being optimistic regarding a
situation that has been scientifically proven to be the end of a medical
situation is faith in something outside of science and hoping that everything
will be okay. My brother was shot in the neck and the bullet severed his C2
and C3 which caused him to be quadriplegic. There were two main arteries
hit with the bullet and he had to have 4 emergency surgeries to stop his
bleeding. According to medical science, he should have never lived past the
night he was shot. My family and I fasted and prayed to God and believed
things would get better. My brother lived two years after the shooting and he
talked and was able to take multiple breaths on his own. This was the
manifestation of what I prayed for and me not believing in just medical
science.)
Sulmasy, D. P., Astrow, A. B., He, M. K., Seils, D. M., Meropol, N. J.,
Micco, E., & Weinfurt, K. P. (2010, August 1).)The culture of faith and hope:
Patients' justifications for their high estimations of expected therapeutic
benefit when enrolling in early phase oncology trials. Cancer. Retrieved
January 19, 2022,
from)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644988/
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