Patients underwent coronary bypass surgery. They were randomly assigned to groups. Two groups were told that they may or may not receive prayer. One did and one did not. One group was told that they would receive prayer and they did.
The two groups that were prayed for did best, the group that was not prayed for did worst.
What do you say?
Source:
Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer.
Benson H, Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Lam P, Bethea CF, Carpenter W, Levitsky S, Hill PC, Clem DW Jr, Jain MK, Drumel D, Kopecky SL, Mueller PS, Marek D, Rollins S, Hibberd PL.
Am Heart J. 2006 Apr;151(4):934-42.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16569567&dopt=Citation
2006-08-04
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