Prayer Appears To Have No Effect On Patients
http://http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5507502.html
The above link is to a recent article, in the Baltimore Sun, concerning a recent 'scientific' study on the effect of prayer in patients that were undergoing heart-related procedures. While this particular article leads to the conclusion that prayer may have no effect, there will soon be countless other 'studies' coming out that will come to the opposite conclusion.
It's time that someone asks the 'scientists' conducting these studies some tough questions, such as:
1. How have you shown, in your study, that the 'prayed for group' actually was prayed for (and that these prayers were sincere)?
2. How have you shown, in your study, that the 'not prayed for group' had absolutely no one praying for them (to include themselves, or distant relatives)?
3. How do you measure the strength of the 'faith' of those saying the prayers?
4. How do you account for individuals outside the groups that pray for the 'well-being' of all life on the planet (which would include those in the 'not prayed for group')?
and most importantly,
5. Which god being prayed to was the one answering the prayers?
The above link is to a recent article, in the Baltimore Sun, concerning a recent 'scientific' study on the effect of prayer in patients that were undergoing heart-related procedures. While this particular article leads to the conclusion that prayer may have no effect, there will soon be countless other 'studies' coming out that will come to the opposite conclusion.
It's time that someone asks the 'scientists' conducting these studies some tough questions, such as:
1. How have you shown, in your study, that the 'prayed for group' actually was prayed for (and that these prayers were sincere)?
2. How have you shown, in your study, that the 'not prayed for group' had absolutely no one praying for them (to include themselves, or distant relatives)?
3. How do you measure the strength of the 'faith' of those saying the prayers?
4. How do you account for individuals outside the groups that pray for the 'well-being' of all life on the planet (which would include those in the 'not prayed for group')?
and most importantly,
5. Which god being prayed to was the one answering the prayers?
posted by The Passion of the Atheist at 9:12 AM
4 Comments:
I love it! Too bad that theists count the hits and ignore the misses. Dont forget that the last study done that SUPPORTED the effectivenes of prayer was eventually ripped to shreds as fraudulent and the researchers got in BIG trouble for their dishonesty.
I like the blogger.com style sheet you used. I use the same one at my blog, Kill The Afterlife.
You have to look at the obvious though. Clearly the devil killed those who were prayed for in order to cast doubt on the existence of god.
Delta,
I actually have heard that argument before, believe it or not.
Like I say in the article I have linked below...god has the ultimate cop-out when it comes to prayer...
http://www.passionoftheatheist.com/Default.aspx?tabid=393
Aaron, I've reviewed your site...got some great content on there.
As you may have noticed, I've thrown up a link to you...any chance for you to do the same?
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