An exceptional case that made the headlines was the revealing of faith healer Peter Pop off, an evangelist who would call out the names of the people in the audience who were sick. Then he cures the affected patient by telling the audience intimate details about the patient’s life and the disturbances in the person’s life at that time.

But he turned out to be a fake and this was proven at the time. With considerable investigation, a researcher called as James Randi was able to show that Peter was not getting any divine messages but his wife and associates were helping him out by sending him messages from backstage. There was tiny receiver in the faith healer’s ear which was used to relay information to him about the sick and affected in the audience who had discussed previously to other members in the coterie. This created a rage publicly boycotting the faith healer and he was eventually arrested for cheating and lying.

The same process was exposed with faith healer W.V. Grant who followed the same procedure. Grant, however, got the information by taking appropriate details from the letters that he got from his audience and he used this information to relieve him out when he mingled with his audience. He also took the help of crib sheets so he knew who the patient was and the condition they suffered from. The researcher Randi was able to find a complete set of the crib sheets when he searched though the trash that was left behind after a healing session! And that helped to bring down the faith healer.

There are several methods adopted by faith healers treat the sick and one of the major ones is healing that occurs during the laying on of hands. When the faith healer lays hands on the sick, they fall back in a stupor or a coma-like condition. But it was also seen that people who did were reluctant to fall were pushed gently till they were compelled to fall with the force of the pushing.
Is there actual proof that faith healers do work and if so, why has that not been recorded at all? Why do faith healers not step forward to have their miracles and recoveries be documented before and after by science and medicine? Why do faith healers not inquire with the so-called healed patient after a month or so to make sure that they have recovered? Has there been any sources that checks and verifies the healing performed by faith healers?

If none of these questions can be answered, then it’s time to question what is believable about faith healing and faith healers..