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Voltaire2

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11. Those same studies showed a slightly worse

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 06:43 PM

Aug 2019

outcome for patients who knew they were being prayed for.

Also if you can pray your disease away, why are the devout dying at the same rates as everyone else? Plus if your happy thoughts aren’t working do the gods hate you?

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Being thankful when prayers are "answered" and hurricanes move away [View all] teach1st Aug 2019 OP

You only count the lives saved Cartoonist Aug 2019 #1

If the world prayed away Trump, would he leave the earth. Funtatlaguy Aug 2019 #2

Often people pray to move it onto the next person. Studies in medicine have shown RKP5637 Aug 2019 #3

Those same studies showed a slightly worse Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #11

Yep, I think it's the latter. The gods hate prayers!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2019 #12

Or perhaps if you think God'll handle it Igel Sep 2019 #16

"It's god's will." Iggo Sep 2019 #17

snake oil NRaleighLiberal Aug 2019 #4

Read the "Power Of Eight" Big Blue Marble Aug 2019 #5

I wouldn't argue with this teach1st Aug 2019 #6

There are different ways to form intentions. Big Blue Marble Aug 2019 #9

Get back to me when you can move a grain of sand Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #18

Oh sure of course this was a double blind randomized Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #10

Hi teach1st - A very interesting question (thank you for posting) Pendrench Aug 2019 #7

Hi, Pendrench! teach1st Aug 2019 #8

Well said, Tim. eom guillaumeb Aug 2019 #14

My view, and I am a Christian, guillaumeb Aug 2019 #13

No and Moot. Iggo Aug 2019 #15

Is it prayer or thankfulness for whatever is mia Sep 2019 #19

I can't answer this bc I don't know.... Dorian Gray Sep 2019 #20

Great question for this group.. Permanut Sep 2019 #21

If I remember right, America's main sin was not being mean enough to gay people. FiveGoodMen Sep 2019 #22