Regarding the healing powers attributed to Raphael, we have his declaration to Tobit ( Tobit, 12 ) that he was sent by the Lord to heal him of his blindness and to deliver Sarah, his future daughter-in-law, from the demon Asmodeus, who abducts and kills every man she marries on their wedding night before the marriage can be consummated.

Regarding his actions, Cocker said, " My actions were a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing.

Regarding the Free Exercise Clause, the courts have consistently stated that students ' setting forth of religious views through prayer cannot be forbidden unless such activity can be shown to cause disruption in the school, yet it remains beyond the scope of the state to require such practice.

Regarding the prominent 80-year-old priest Fernando Karadima, whom in January 2011 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, finding him guilty of having sexually abused minors, ordered to retire to a life of prayer and penitence and never to exercise the priesthood in public again, and who was then accused under Chilean civil law of sexual abuse of minors, Medina doubted that he would be sent to prison, since homosexual activity was not a crime in Chilean civil law and use of the term " sexual abuse " could be questioned: " With all due respect to the laws of my country, a child of 8 or 9 is very different from a 17-year-old ... A 17-year-old youngster knows what he is doing.

Regarding the primary function of conscious processing, a recurring idea in recent theories is that phenomenal states somehow integrate neural activities and information-processing that would otherwise be independent.

The FDP opposes phasing out of nuclear power. Regarding the EEG ( or Feed-in tariff ) the website of the FDP states that its policy is for more frequent review of the rates at which renewable generators are paid, in order to prevent what it describes as overpayment ( Überförderungen ).

Regarding marriage, Paul states that it is better for Christians to remain unmarried, but that if they lacked self-control, it is better to marry than " burn " ( πυροῦσθαι ) which Christians have traditionally thought meant to burn with sinful desires.

Regarding the location of Gothiscandza, Jordanes states that one shipload " dwelled in the province of Spesis on an island surrounded by the shallow waters of the Vistula.

Regarding Seo Hell in the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus, Michael Bell states that " her vivid personification in a dramatically excellent scene suggests that her gender is more than grammatical, and invites comparison with the Old Norse underworld goddess Hel and the Frau Holle of German folklore, to say nothing of underworld goddesses in other cultures " yet adds that " the possibility that these genders are merely grammatical is strengthened by the fact that an Old Norse version of Nicodemus, possibly translated under English influence, personifies Hell in the neuter ( Old Norse þat helviti ).

Regarding the atmosphere of the town, he states: " Harwich is a town of hurry and business, not much of gaiety and pleasure ; yet the inhabitants seem warm in their nests and some of them are very wealthy ".

Regarding the arguments from silence about the scarcity of references to Josephus prior to Origen and Eusebius, Louis Feldman states that Josephus was ignored by early Christian writers before Origen because they were not sufficiently learned, and not sophisticated enough in historical matters.

Regarding the Christian idea that these prophecies will be fulfilled during a " second coming ," Ohr Samayach states " we find this to be a contrived answer, since there is no mention of a second coming in the Jewish Bible.

Regarding Tajiks, the Encyclopædia Britannica states:

Regarding his belief system, he doesn't " want to provide a category for people to apply to " because he " would not want convictions reduced to a word " and states, " I have never said, although readers have freely informed me I am an atheist, an agnostic, or at the very least a secular humanist — which I am ".

Regarding the argument of implausibility of Muslims fabricating the story, Shahab Ahmed in the Encyclopedia of the Qur ' an states that " the widespread acceptance of the incident by early Muslims suggests, however, that they did not view the incident as inauspicious and that they would presumably not have, on this basis at least, been adverse to inventing it.

Regarding the dísir, Simek states that Old Norse dís appears commonly as simply a term for " woman ", just as Old High German itis, Old Saxon idis, and Old English ides, and may have also been used to denote a type of goddess.

Regarding more general equations he states that the solution of cubic equations requires the use of conic sections and that it cannot be solved by ruler and compass methods.

Regarding two warring states, Machiavelli asserts it is always wiser to choose a side, rather than to be neutral.

Regarding the tracks, Perry Farrell states that: " just to get some creative juice flowing, we went into the studio for about two weeks.

Regarding the weather, Bahia is one of the most privileged states of the country with the following temperatures:.

Regarding the killing of animals for the sole purpose of collecting, the book states:

In fact, the 1997 Instruction on Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priest states that, " It is for the Parish Priest to preside at parochial councils.

Regarding those regulations, the EFF states:

Regarding his writing style, Abbey states: " I write in a deliberately provocative and outrageous manner because I like to startle people.

Regarding this assertion in Heller that Cruikshank said the first amendment did not apply against the states, Professor David Rabban has written that the Cruikshank Court " never specified whether the First Amendment contains ' fundamental rights ' protected by the Fourteenth Amendment against state action ....”

Regarding the word-length effect in short-term memory, which states that lists of longer word are harder to recall than lists of short words, researchers argue that interference plays a larger role due to articulation duration being confounded with other word characteristics.

Regarding the first discrepancy, Vince Russo states in his book Forgiven "' Vince-we're making this way too difficult ,' I said.

Regarding the second discrepancy, Shawn Michaels states in Heartbreak & Triumph " It was about seven o ' clock when I walked into the locker room.

Sunday services are held throughout the year and weekly testimony meetings are held on Wednesday evenings, where following brief readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, those in attendance are invited to give testimonies of healing brought about through Christian Science prayer.

Skeptics consider the religion to be controversial because of adherents ' reliance on healing through prayer and their rejection of medicine.

Churches also hold a one-hour Wednesday evening testimony meeting, with similar readings, after which, those in attendance are invited to share accounts of healing through prayer.

Twain aimed much of his ridicule at the idea of healing through prayer — particularly when practiced remotely.

While church members point out that followers are free to choose to seek conventional medical treatment, most rely exclusively on healing by prayer.

Believers assert that the healing of a person can be brought about by religious faith through prayer and / or rituals that, according to adherents, stimulate a divine presence and power toward correcting disease and disability.

In common usage, faith healing refers to notably overt and ritualistic practices of communal prayer and gestures ( such as laying on of hands ) that are claimed to solicit divine intervention in initiating spiritual and literal healing.

Another important factor was probably the Tsarina's German-Protestant origin: she was definitely highly fascinated by her new Orthodox outlook — the Orthodox religion puts a great deal of faith in the healing powers of prayer.

Pentecostals believe that prayer is central in receiving healing.

Pentecostals look to scriptures such as James 5: 13 – 16 for direction regarding healing prayer.

Verses 14 – 16 supply the framework for congregational healing prayer.

Besides prayer, there are other ways in which Pentecostals believe healing can be received.

Scientific studies regarding the use of prayer have mostly concentrated on its effect on the healing of sick or injured people.

The efficacy of petition in prayer for physical healing to a deity has been evaluated in numerous other studies, with contradictory results.

* 8 p. m. EDT: Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, a tribute to John Lennon that became a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief efforts, hosted by Kevin Spacey and featuring Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, The Isley Brothers, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Natalie Merchant, Yolanda Adams, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, is held at Radio City Music Hall and simultaneously broadcast live on the TNT and WB networks.

Like other historic Christian churches, The United Methodist Church has official liturgies for services of Holy Communion, baptism, weddings, funerals, ordination, anointing of the sick for healing, and daily office prayer services.

As Payne recounted, this group, which was hereditary and priestly, was responsible for religious activities, such as healing, purification, and prayer.

The Divine Grant of Sazuke is a healing prayer in which one may attain through attending the nine Besseki lectures.

The means whereby we put ourselves so in relation with Christ as to receive from Him his healing virtue are chiefly prayer and the sacraments of the church ; mere works are never sufficient.

Faith, healing, prayer and answers to prayer, together with a conviction that God is good, are central themes in the preaching at Livets Ord.

They believe that the recognition and understanding of the spiritual nature of reality allows for healing through prayer.

The Jesus people had a strong belief in miracles, signs and wonders, faith, healing, prayer, The Bible, and powerful works of the Holy Spirit.