Friday, December 5, 2008

David Carver Ames

Although there are numerous reports of travellers from Western countries journeying to see John of God, there are very few (if any) follow-ups in the media on these people and their conditions.

From what it seems to me, searching the articles written about John of God that are available through Lexis- Nexis database, the media (in America as well as Britain, Canada and Australia) find it a very good story to report on someone's planned visit and their hopes for recovery.

Reporting on what happens during and after the visit, however, does not seem to at all interest them. The reasons for this are many; perhaps it simply doesn't make for much of a story to report that an MS patient readers learned about a year before has since died or that someone with HIV still has HIV.

Where possible, I will do my best to research and follow-up on the fates of John of God's former patients.

One such patient was Mr. David Ames of San Francisco. He was one of several patients profiled on ABC News' 2005 "Primetime" special on John of God.

In the special, Mr. Ames, a sufferer of ALS (more commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's disease"), was shown as having his treatment at the hands of John of God resulting in no effect. The results were described by ABC in the following way:

"David Ames, of San Francisco, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in April 2003. His nervous system was slowly disintegrating, and faced almost certain death -- only 10 percent of patients survive for 10 years or more. He has had no physical improvement, but he still says his spirit has gained from his visit. "

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Primetime/story?id=482292

Tragically, David Ames has since died of ALS. The following is his obituary:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNAMESDAVI1.DTL&hw=joaquin&sn=090&sc=162

I do not know of any single case where John of God has been known to cure any person of any disease that cannot be explained through a) medical misdiagnosis of the actual disease, b) a disease or ailment that was actually cured through conventional medicine or c) an ailment that would have been temporary anyway and went away on its own, such as back pain or d) a case of the patient falsely remembering what actually happened and exaggerating the results.

If anyone knows of a single cases where John was proven to have cured anyone of any physicial ailment, please contact me. I will research it as far as I am able, write about it and post it.

14 comments:

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Unknown said...

If anyone is still following the controversial faith healer john of god of Abadiania, brazil, here's some news. He was just honored in 2013 by the Catholic Church. That's right! According to kiran Schmidt..."This week I had the privilege to hand over a degree signed by Cardinal Bertone, the secretary of Vatican-State that honours John of God as a knight-commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great…. A wonderful signal of the Catholic Church to honour a man who certainly has facilitated more miracle healing than all Saints together"

more at..
http://lakishajj.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/faith-healer-medium-john-of-god-honoured-by-pope/

Israeli_Peter said...

M'well i don't know about any result on ailment. But a few doctors in the world advise their patients to visit him...when the know they can't do more
And some of the patients get results

Unknown said...

Dr Wayne Dyer was interviewed in 2011 by Oprah after his long-distance surgery to heal him of leukemia. He describes his experience in detail

ecofuelsnz run your car on water said...

the fact that he was honored by the catholic church raises more questions considering the catholic churches protection of child molesters over the years. This does nothing to make me feel better about him. And that hes been given some title of commander so and so is what is usually given to those who do dark magic and use demons in their work as catholic priests.

Unknown said...

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music. See the link below for more info.


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DarkD said...

They don't do follow ups on the patients because if they reported that these people still had their diseases, they would be condemned as skeptics. You see, the media can cover the lineup and the before stuff easily enough, but because we're dealing with the placebo effect, they know it's not likely anyone will even be cured.

Personally, I would like to legalize alternative medicines and force them to make claims of their accuracy. That way we could oversee them and bring them into the legal system. We can say, you have to perform your nonsense in a hospital, we'll conduct a followup later, and if your quackery doesn't have the stated results, you can be arrested for misleading the public. And they can be sued privately as well then. We can also say things like, all these alternative medicine tools can ONLY be used in a hospital setting. Finally we can say, anyone can turn down regular medicine, but the alternative they pursue must be done in a hospital.

MioxMeow said...

Stop johnofhell yes, but stop Laura Bushnell, someone who is trying to pull that crap here in USA.
Here she is on youtube PRETENDING to channel the Earth(lol) and the Virgin Mary.

Its pathetic fakery.

Bushnell promotes johnofhell on her website and is pretending to be him, with the channelling nonsense,,

pure BS!!!!!
Bushnell is a WICCAN WITCH and is a powerful witch, but she has no morality, and easily will lie to anyone clearly, from the looks of this pathetic video..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed2Z4HnR8VU

STOP LAURA BUSHNELL AND STOP JOHNOFHELL!!!!! FAKES!

Unknown said...

As a sign of gratitude for how my husband was saved from the dreaded ALS, i decided to reach out to those still suffering from this.
My husband was diagnosed of ALS in 2013 and it was really tough and heartbreaking for me because he was my all and the symptoms were terrible, he had difficulty swallowing, all his joints were dead and that made him immobile to mention but a few. we tried various therapies prescribed by our neurologist but none could cure him. I searched for a cure and i saw a testimony by someone who was cured and he left the contact of the doctor who had the cure in 2015. I never imagined ALS has a cure not until i contacted him and he assured me my husband will be fine. I got the herbal medication he recommended and my husband used it and in three months he was fully okay even up till this moment he is so full of life. ALS has a cure and it is a herbal cure contact the doctor for more info on josephalberteo@gmail.com on how to get the medication. Thanks for reading my story.

Unknown said...

This is heartbreaking news, but true! Remembering Lisa Melman. Lisa_Melman_large The woman used by Oprah to shamelessly promote Brazilian faith healer John of God to the world as a great healer. Lisa Melman, who had breast cancer was interviewed on Oprah’s show in 2005. There was a lot of WOO about John of God then on that show and Lisa was influenced and chose to be healed solely by JOG and forgo REAL medical treatment. She suffered as the cancer grew, despite all JOG ‘s ‘spiritual surgeries’.

https://lakishajj.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/faith-healer-john-of-god-another-tragic-death/

http://badboyreport.kr/2013/01/married-medium-likes-to-use-special-spiritual-entry-on-naive-believers-diego-coppola/?ckattempt=1

Unknown said...

ALL THANKS TO DR WILLIAMS FOR THE GREAT DEED HE HAVE DONE FOR MY WIFE?
My wife suffered from ALS for more than 5 years which we started experiencing in her when she turned 48 year and 5 months we all thought it will end but got even worse as days went by. We tried all several treatments and therapy prescribed by various doctors we met but to no avail, she had Slurred speech and Hand weakness . She usually tells me she haves Weakness in her leg. This were steady disorder that disrupted her entire life, even at night she slept less because of this.It was during a casual conversation with a friend that i learned about Dr Williams herbal medicine I was able to contact him on his email address. and give him all the necessary information that he needed,few day later he sent me the herbal portion and his medicine was able to restore her back to normal and she is very okay now without any side effects whatsoever. If you have als, do not hesitate to contact him on drwilliams098675@gmail.com for advice and for his product. I hope this also helps someone out there

Unknown said...

Glad you have this posted. Now porn star Gail Thackray is promoting quack John of God, along with con man Mas Sajady. Like backing Larry Flynt wasn't enough. So I made a video about it, John of God info is towards the end.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/G3qzFHaqWORP/
youtu.be/ytRp7a3xCNA 
vk.com/video458427981_456239065

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