American Protestantism
This sect of nontrinitarian evangelical Christianity famously prohibits receiving blood transfusions.
What are Jehovah's Witnesses?
Some American evangelicals reject this medical process as they believe it is the mark of the Beast.
What is vaccination?
The Catholic Church and certain sects of Protestant Christianity, such as the Charismatic movement, believe in the use of this process to remove demonic spirits from someone.
What is exorcism?
These naturally-occuring materials are often used in spiritual healing. Specific variants of this material is thought to correspond to specific chakras of the body.
What are crystals/gemstones?
Doctors and big pharma doesn't want you to know that this practice is actually healthy and we should all do it.
What is chain-smoking?
These organizations are often run by religious groups pretending to be abortion clinics, and exist to talk women out of getting an abortion.
What are crisis pregnancy centers?
This conspiracy movement is highly influenced by fundamentalist and millenarian interpretations of the Christian religion, and promotes certain harmful healing techniques such as bleach injection.
What is QAnon?
A 2023 study titled "Faith and Wellness: Evangelical Insights on Healing and Physicians" finds that this percentage of Evangelical Americans believe that faith and prayer contributes to mental health.
What is 99%?
This practice, derived from traditional Chinese medicine, uses needles planted into "meridians" to achieve supposed healing.
What is acupuncture?
This is the new leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees medicaid and medicare in the United States.
Who is Dr. Oz?
This church was founded in 1879 and claims to restore the lost Christian tradition of faith healing. They believe in healing through prayer, and run multiple "medical journals".
What is the Church of Christ, Scientist?
Some conspiracy theorists argue that this practice in fertility clinics is an attempt to create a 'godlike' human.
What is in-vitro fertilization?
Some believe this practice, central to many religious traditions, can help alleviate mental health issues by fostering peace and reducing stress.
What is prayer or meditation?
This practice, often associated with spiritual healing, claims to balance the body's energy flow through non-invasive techniques.
What is Reiki?
The Biden administration is doing this medical procedure on illegal immigrants detained in prison.
What are transgender operations?
This practice in which bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ drew particular controversy during the covid-19 pandemic, despite many churches claiming that the virus cannot be spread during this holy process.
What is the Eucharist/holy communion?
This controversial procedure has been accused of being a modern-day eugenics tool influenced by religious morality.
What is sterilization?
This movement was popularized in the 1970's by a small group of religious queer people and argues that faith can cure people of homosexual desires.
What is the ex-gay movement?
This new age attachement therapy technique caused the horrific and tragic death of 10-year-old Candice Newmaker.
What is rebirthing?
This ethical concern is raised when spiritual healers claim to cure physical or mental illnesses without scientific backing, potentially leading to harm or delaying effective treatment.
What is medical malpractice or negligence?
The Pentecostal Church still uses this practice of faith healing through crowd physical contact.
What is Lay on Hands?
This religious leader is often cited in conspiracy theories for publicly claiming that AIDS was a punishment from God for immoral behavior.
Who is Jerry Falwell?
In some Buddhist traditions, mental health issues are seen as the result of dukkha (suffering), and treatment involves addressing attachment, desire, and ignorance, with a goal of achieving liberation from the cycle of suffering.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
This is a fundamental belief of the New Age movement, and contends that life has a quality independent of physical and chemical laws, usually in the form of an immortal soul, "energy", chakra, etc..
What is vitalism?
This is the first rule of medical ethics.
What is "have fun and be yourself"?