William A. Dembski: Difference between revisions

Dembski once took his family to a meeting conducted by [[Todd Bentley]], a [[Faith healing|faith healer]], in hopes of receiving a "miraculous healing" for his son, who is autistic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kofman |first1=Jeffrey |author-link1=Jeffrey Kofman |last2=Yiu |first2=Karson |last3=Brennan |first3=Nicholas |date=July 9, 2008 |title=Thousands Flock to Revival in Search of Miracles |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaithMatters/story?id=5338963&page=1 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="faithhealing">{{cite news |last=Dembski |first=William A. |date=July 11, 2008 |title=FIRST-PERSON: Faith & healing – Where's the evidence? |url=http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28460 |work=Baptist Press |location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Southern Baptist Convention |access-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref> In an article for the ''Baptist Press'' he recalled disappointment with the nature of the meeting and with the prevention of his son and other attendees from joining those in wheelchairs who were selected to receive prayer. He then concluded, "Minimal time was given to healing, though plenty was devoted to assaulting our senses with blaring insipid music and even to Bentley promoting and selling his own products (books and CDs)." He wrote that he did not regret the trip and called it an "education," which showed "how easily religion can be abused, in this case to exploit our family."<ref name="faithhealing" />