(August 19, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(August 19, 2015 at 12:56 pm)loganonekenobi Wrote: I see no difference in prayer and rituals to shiva or cuthulu. If you believe strongly enough then it may be possible to change reality with will alone.
Of course you cant put this in a lab so i would never say "look its real" in the same way that christians do.
However i too have seen rituals done and prayers answered. May be its a power that humans have had all along.
The problem arises when the human does not have the confidence in him/her self to affect reality. This I feel is due to religion saying "you are nothing with out our god".
My point is that it may have worked for you because you truly believe but it would be the same for a devoute hindu or muslem or wiccan.
Wow. If you can change reality through will alone, I'd sure like to see some evidence of it. Ought to be easily testable if it's true.
The problem is that once a person is under the microscope they know it and so doesn't work. Science says something about the act of observation it self can change the outcome of an experiment. This is why we can see it from time to time but can't really test it.