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'God can heal' adverts banned
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned adverts carrying the message "Need Healing? God can heal today!’ The Authority says the adverts, which emanate from churches in Bath, are misleading, irresponsible, and could encourage false hope.
A spokesman for the church said "It seems very odd to us that the ASA wants to prevent us from stating on our website the basic Christian belief that God can heal illness’.
In claiming that ‘God can heal today’, I imagine the church could well find itself facing complaints from a lot of disappointed customers, so is this advert a simple statement of belief, or is it irresponsible and likely to mislead - and does it encourage false hope?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...and-somerset-16871116
A spokesman for the church said "It seems very odd to us that the ASA wants to prevent us from stating on our website the basic Christian belief that God can heal illness’.
In claiming that ‘God can heal today’, I imagine the church could well find itself facing complaints from a lot of disappointed customers, so is this advert a simple statement of belief, or is it irresponsible and likely to mislead - and does it encourage false hope?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...and-somerset-16871116
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Anyone with any gumption knows that the message is " we believe God can heal", but by listing specific illnesses, they are going a bit beyond that, and have laid themselves open to a complaint that they are offering some kind of treatment.
The ASA only acts on complaints, and the people who have complained should have better things to do.
The ASA only acts on complaints, and the people who have complained should have better things to do.
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/// They claim to have people that backup and prove their claims, yet cant make them materialise for interview ever.///
This is surprising as most of the time - as with a lot of 'alternative treatments' the user is (hopefully!) also receiving conventional medicine. Of course it is the alternative treatment that gets the credit.
Another angle is that I have a bad cold, I pray to God/Satan/Whoever to 'heal' me, 2 weeks later my cold has gone. Amazing.
Of course the most sinister aspect to all this is when people forgo conventional medicine and stick to praying or whatever, then they die. This is of course worse in the case of all the dead children whose family did not give them a choice. An alternative ending (no pun intended) is when they finally decide that God/Healing stones actually don't cut the mustard so decide to go to the hospital, by which time it is too late, then they die.
Dead customers can't complain.
This is surprising as most of the time - as with a lot of 'alternative treatments' the user is (hopefully!) also receiving conventional medicine. Of course it is the alternative treatment that gets the credit.
Another angle is that I have a bad cold, I pray to God/Satan/Whoever to 'heal' me, 2 weeks later my cold has gone. Amazing.
Of course the most sinister aspect to all this is when people forgo conventional medicine and stick to praying or whatever, then they die. This is of course worse in the case of all the dead children whose family did not give them a choice. An alternative ending (no pun intended) is when they finally decide that God/Healing stones actually don't cut the mustard so decide to go to the hospital, by which time it is too late, then they die.
Dead customers can't complain.
^^
But the ASA is specifically there to regulate advertising.
The rest of us have to ensure our work is legal, decent, honest and truthful oten by supplying detailed evidence to support any claims or implications.
These delusional cultist need to face up to the same criteria of factual evidence.
After all, many financial swindlers of the past have sincerely 'believed' that their schemes will pay out - even though they couldn't provide a rational explanation at their trial.
But the ASA is specifically there to regulate advertising.
The rest of us have to ensure our work is legal, decent, honest and truthful oten by supplying detailed evidence to support any claims or implications.
These delusional cultist need to face up to the same criteria of factual evidence.
After all, many financial swindlers of the past have sincerely 'believed' that their schemes will pay out - even though they couldn't provide a rational explanation at their trial.
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