When people embrace religious explanations and reject science, they move the country toward third world status.
The media trumpets bogus "science experiments" that prove the power of prayer in healing others, and fails to report the later correction -- that the numbers were 'fudged.' 51% of Americas believe spirits may walk among us.
We are approaching a point where the majority of medical breakthroughs will happen outside the U.S.
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