Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits, who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
A single entity can heal every disease that exists, making medical science unnecessary.
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What current science says
There are over 10,000 known human diseases, and we currently have effective cures for only a fraction of them. Cancer alone has over 200 distinct types, each requiring different treatment. If a universal healer existed, the 10 million people who die from cancer each year might have something to say about it. Smallpox killed 300 million people in the 20th century before a vaccine — made by humans — eradicated it. Modern medicine extends and saves billions of lives. The 'universal healer' hypothesis is testable, and the data is not encouraging.
What the text says
This comes from Psalms 103:2-3. 'The LORD, who healeth all thy diseases' — a blanket claim that every illness has a single supernatural cure, rendering medicine redundant.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
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