What is "Laying On Hands"?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In the ancient days, when medicine and spirituality were inseparable, people often used rituals and invocations to elicit help from divine sources. This practice continues today, through a number of techniques collectively known as faith healing. But what is it, exactly? How does it work? Could mere physical touch from the right person heal otherwise incurable medical conditions? Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they dive into fact and fiction of faith healing.
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| 0:00.0 | Three years ago, I got a tip. |
| 0:02.1 | It just came out out of nowhere. |
| 0:03.5 | The biggest flash in my life. |
| 0:05.2 | For decades, a deadly incident has been covered up for political reasons. |
| 0:09.6 | What was so big about this incident? |
| 0:12.9 | On NPR's new podcast, Taking Cover, we unravel the story behind the worst |
| 0:17.2 | marine-on-marine-friendly fire in modern history and why it was kept secret. |
| 0:21.8 | What did you have to hide? |
| 0:23.8 | Listen to Taking Cover on NPR's embedded on the iHeart radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.2 | Just a few miles off the Thailand coast, |
| 0:33.1 | the island of Kotao looks like a postcard. |
| 0:37.3 | I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister. |
| 0:41.3 | In the last 20 years, dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island. |
| 0:46.4 | A dark cloud who's come over the island. |
| 0:49.6 | Death, mystery, and danger. |
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| 0:57.7 | And if you want early access to new episodes and to hear exclusive bonus content, |
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| 1:10.4 | CrimeLab analyst Mary Jane Burton was hailed as a hero for saving evidence that resulted in DNA |
| 1:17.2 | exonerations for 13 men. But what I uncovered when I took a closer look was a very different story. |
| 1:26.1 | There was a cover up. |
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