John of God - Who Is He?

[whisker]

John of God is the nick-name of a Brazilian healer, living in Brazil to whom thousands of people flock in the hope of being healed, physically, emotionally, spiritually - or all three.

Here is a video of part of an Oprah show, with a report from a friend of Oprah's who went to visit John of God in the hope of healing for intense grief after the death of her father.

www.oprah.com/oprahshow/John-of-God-Video

There are a few videos concerning John of God on this link.

Here is the original website I happened upon, that give more info on John of God.

guidetojohnofgod.wordpress.com/

[penny]

Here's two sites w/ a different view -

www.skepdic.com/johnofgod.html

scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/11/for_shame_oprah_winfrey_shills_for_faith.php

[whisker]

People always have to make up their own mind regarding anything like this. In one of you links, penny, this statement jumped out at me. "We live in a rational world". That person, who said that, obviously could only speak for himself.

IMO, there are many things in the world that can never be explained by our "rational" minds.

[penny]

"There are many things in the world that can never be explained by our "rational" minds.
Very True!
But charlatans are out there & counting on some of us to fall for their tricks.