Do you suspect that the leaders of organized religion will continue as they always have to claim that prayer is an effective communication between man and God; or, in the light of the recently documentated scientific study upholding the contrary argument, that prayer is ineffective, will the Pope and other religious leadership backtrack and change their course?
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This evidence has been released by researchers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health...
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2007-06-22 03:48:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If anyone has seen news or is aware of an official response from "Religion" on this subject, would you please post it for a reaction here on Y/A.
Thanks
2007-06-22 03:52:38 · update #1
denial, wailing, gnashing of teeth, questioning the sanity of the authors of the study, damning the authors to eternal hell fire..
It is the placebo effect. If you believe it works - it "might" work for you.
2007-06-22 03:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Researching God? That's not possible. It's like a 2nd grader trying to research a brain surgeon.
For every example that 'proves' prayer doesn't work, there are a hundred others that prove it does. I personally see answered prayers all the time. I've also seen prayers that appeared to have been unanswered but, maybe months later, I see why God either waited to answer or why He answered different from what I expected.
2007-06-22 11:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by starfishltd 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The statement that "Prayer doesn't work" is a sign that people don't understand the purpose of it in the first place. It is simply communication between man and God which produces intimacy. Prayer is not ineffective for those whose prayers have been answered many times, like me. But asking for things is only a secondary purpose of prayer.
2007-06-22 10:55:35 · answer #3 · answered by singwritelaugh 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Look, I've read the article, and while it was interesting, it proves NOTHING. There are too many people who have seen prayer work; I'm one of them.
There is evidence for BOTH sides. Why can't you just let people believe what they want? Don't want to believe prayer works? FINE. Don't believe it then. But stop trying to convince those of us who DO believe it that it doesn't work...otherwise you're just as bad as those Christians who try to whack you over the head with their Bible (figuratively speaking.).
Your beliefs (or lack of) work for you. I'm happy for you. I'm even content to let you live however you want. So please, allow me the same courtesy!
Have a nice day.
2007-06-22 10:54:18 · answer #4 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They will find some petty rationalisation for it. I can just see the fundamentalists saying that god didn't want the study to prove anything, or some other utter nonsense just so they can continue living in their delusional, hypocritical, bigotted worlds.
2007-06-22 10:52:29 · answer #5 · answered by Nodality 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Have you asked God if prayer works?
Until I hear His point of view, I'll keep an open mind.
2007-06-22 10:51:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The same way they always have. Denial, anecdotal evidence and outright lies to the contrary.
2007-06-22 10:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No way
In religious matters almost nothing changes
2007-06-22 10:53:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i couldn't get the link.
if evidence is that what the person is praying for doesn't happen,then maybe the answer to the prayer is "no".
2007-06-22 10:52:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Are you reading the answers you get to your questions or just being redundant? People who have had good results from prayer will not care what one study shows...get it?
2007-06-22 10:52:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋