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." a 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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