Communication and Boundaries
Can I immediately believe news that a single ritual made a tumor disappear?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Understand the sequence before judging. This is not disbelief in deities. Ask whether the person also saw doctors, adjusted diet, practiced energy exercises, or received other help. When many things were done, later changes cannot all be credited to one ritual.
In my service experience then, I had not encountered a severely damaged organ needing transplantation restored to its original state solely through religious ritual. One news item cannot promise the same result to everyone. Deities also tell people to see doctors. Necessary treatment remains necessary; both divine help and human action matter.
Dao Yue relayed hearing of a pregnant woman's changed bleeding after assistance at another temple. This was her secondhand case, not one I medically accompanied. The story also mentioned a doctor's suspicion of fibroids. Omitting these details cannot turn it into a hospital finding no cause and a ritual alone curing it.
Discussing the story, I still emphasized seeking medical care. Preserve the person's experience of religious help without canceling matters that require understanding and treatment.