I would advise you to keep your mouth shut, unfortunately, though it grates at me as well to see people make such claims. The doctors tend to downplay success rates, because people who are told "no chance" and then get a loved one back are happy, while people who are told "we can likely save him", only to have that loved one die, tend to be both outraged and litigious.
However, serious scientific study has been done on the "power of prayer", and the answer is (wait for it...) NO. Not effective.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12082681/ns/he...sual-test/
More interestingly, the study found that people who knew they were being prayed for had a lower recovery rate than those who were in the double-blind studies. So, while their prayers aren't doing anything to help, at least they're not hurting him... because he's in a coma, and can't know they're praying for him.
I wish him all the best, as well as all your family. May the doctors' skill exceed their own hopes/expectations.
However, serious scientific study has been done on the "power of prayer", and the answer is (wait for it...) NO. Not effective.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12082681/ns/he...sual-test/
More interestingly, the study found that people who knew they were being prayed for had a lower recovery rate than those who were in the double-blind studies. So, while their prayers aren't doing anything to help, at least they're not hurting him... because he's in a coma, and can't know they're praying for him.
I wish him all the best, as well as all your family. May the doctors' skill exceed their own hopes/expectations.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
