{"id":1003,"date":"2007-03-26T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-26T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/03\/nightline-tackles-secret.html"},"modified":"2007-03-26T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-26T09:55:00","slug":"nightline-tackles-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/03\/nightline-tackles-secret.html","title":{"rendered":"‘Nightline’ Tackles ‘The Secret’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fans of “The Secret”<\/a> will want to read about ABC’s “Nightline” show<\/a> that included experts expounding on the best and worst ways to interpret the “Law of Attraction” philosophy. (Including one of Beliefnet’s own editors, Valerie Reiss.)<\/p>\n

The show inspired a lot of lively blog talk that you can check out here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Here’s an excerpt of ABC’s online write-up: <\/p>\n


ABC News consulted a range of professionals about the claims in the book. Dr. Richard Wender, president of the American Cancer Society, has concerns with the implication that we can create disease or heal ourselves simply by our way of thinking. “I want to be very clear that there is no evidence that people attract cancer by their thoughts,” said Wender. “Not only that, I know patients who went through their treatments anxious as can be, convinced the whole time that they would never make it, who today are completely cured because they got good treatment in a timely way.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fans of “The Secret” will want to read about ABC’s “Nightline” show that included experts expounding on the best and worst ways to interpret the “Law of Attraction” philosophy. (Including one of Beliefnet’s own editors, Valerie Reiss.) The show inspired a lot of lively blog talk that you can check out here. 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