http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/485268.stm
New age theory is that it’s something like reiki.
Praying for the sick, I mean.
Even then I wonder how accurate such a test could be. In the groups where people were not prayed for, how can the researchers know for sure that no one at all prayed? They’d pretty much have to make a demand on every single person that possible could pray, including family, hospital staff, and nearby churches.
Seems to me that nearly any data that results from such tests is next to meaningless.
Handsome, first you ask:
Then later you say
Why ask the question if you’ve already decided what you think? You really should have just started by saying “I believe prayer helps with healing, here’s why…” then given the quote. As it is, you come off (to me anyway) as kind of a guerilla poster.
Plus, after reading that article I have to say there wasn’t any real information on how the study was conducted, if the prayers were standardized, what the denominations of the prayers were, or anything else.
I agree with tdn, it’s hard to say nobody prayed for the people in the other group. Are they suggesting that only coordinated, controlled prayer works?
I should add, considering the Oposter, that re-stating the question in another forum doesn’t change the facts either.