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You may have heard about the recent study that indicated that prayer does not help, at least for improving physical ailments. I was streaming an archive from the Reasons to Believe site and they discussed the study and prayer in general. I think what they had to say was thought provoking. I downloaded the whole thing, then edited out the parts not about the prayer study and posted on my site. You can listen to the broadcast by clicking here. It runs about 14 minutes in length.
If you want to listen to their whole broadcast, just click here.
Posted by The Vorlon at April 5, 2006 8:02 PMThis was very interesting. While there may not be any scientific findings that prayer helps, I feel it does. If the only thing that a person gets out of it is 'calmness', that's help.
Posted by: Reb Orrell at April 6, 2006 8:34 AMI didn't listen to the report yet, but it's intersting what they "found". I've been hearing for several years the complete opposite, that although experts don't know "how", patients who had at least one person praying for them were found to get better more quickly and have less complecations.
I guess anyone can do a "study" and in effect make their own conclusions.
A few cases studies from the other side, that prayer does heal: http://www.plim.org/PrayerDeb.htm
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/health/s_347741.html
The latest study involved people who KNEW they were being prayed for. Can that really be an unbiased study? That's like testing a new drug and telling someone they are taking it. Everone knows you can't get fair results that way.
Posted by: Suzanne Cook at April 7, 2006 6:16 PM