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Fatalism is a concept which
combines belief in God, attributes of irrational practices
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such as superstitions or
religious prescriptions. The remedy for a disease caused
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by God is simple: people promise
to offer things to God which they like best, for
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example, their hair, their
children, and even if God is not the cause of illness. He
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may be prayed to help in curing
it. Therefore, a person may go to the temple and
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pray to God for relief from
illness. After the ailment is cured he/she will visit the
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temple once again and give thanks
to God along with offerings. Besides, whenever
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disease is perceived as a result
of failure to fulfill obligations to God, the patient
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will go to the temple and try to
improve his/her relations with God. Often a priest
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prescribes the means necessary to
rectify these relations (Djurfeldt and Lindberg,
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