(April 7, 2011 at 10:08 pm)theVOID Wrote: It can be a placebo, there was a relatively huge study into placebo and prayer that essentially split people into 4 mixed faith groups, group 1 was prayed for by religious figures such as priests, imams etc, group 2 way prayed for by lay people, group 3 was not prayed for at all though they were told they were and group 4 was told they were not being prayed for.
What of the faith of the subjects? I imagine there would only be an effect for those subjects that believe in the efficacy of prayer.
Do you have a link?
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
