Healing, assessed spiritually, emotionally, mentally or otherwise, is a process which involves more than just the action of cells. According to the Bible, Abraham, the father of Judaism, Islam and Christianity, healed a man named Abimelech, his wives and his maidservants through prayer. The words heal, healed, and healing occur 132 times in the King James Version (KJV) of the Holy Bible. The Qur'an and the Torah also refer to the power of God to heal, as do the scriptures of other faith traditions. There are also non-believers who hold that healing is the result of more than just the action of cells on their own, and may be the result of thought, energy, etc. Those who believe in healing through more than purely physical means don't generally use the term faith healing in reference to the practice, but some information about its advantages and criticisms may be found at the link below. .
