I'm kind of mixed with regard to this subject. On one hand I believe a person has to have faith that God CAN cure all diseases and keep you healthy, but I also believe that God gives man the intelligence and ability to do those things that will cure diseases and keep himself healthy. To be limited to one belief or the other is in my opinion not very smart. What are you going to say to God, when he says to you "I gave you the ability to heal yourself and you didn't do it, because you thought I should"? Or...He says, "If I wanted you healed, I would heal you...If you get sick and die, it's because I wanted it that way". What to believe....it's a quandry. What do you think?
Kenneth Copeland, Texas Televangelist, Under Scrutiny After Measles Outbreak
By JAMIE STENGLE
NEWARK, Texas -- The teachings of televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his family focusing on the virtues of trusting God to keep healthy are under scrutiny after a cluster of measles cases linked to his family's North Texas megachurch revealed many congregants hadn't been vaccinated against the highly contagious disease.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries has won supporters worldwide through television programs, crusades, conferences and prayer request networks. He was a pioneer of the prosperity gospel, which holds that believers are destined to flourish spiritually, physically and financially.
Although church officials were quick to act after the outbreak – including hosting clinics in August where 220 people received immunization shots – and have denied they are against medical care or vaccinations, people familiar with the ministry say there is a pervasive culture that believers should rely on God, not modern medicine, to keep them well.
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