People with absolutely zero faith experience the placebo effect too. There's nothing linking the 'faith' described in the Bible to the phenomenon of the placebo effect.
Furthermore, there have been studies on the effects of prayer on patients. Just look up the STEP studies sponsored by the Templeton Foundation. The effect of prayer was non-existent in most cases, and negative in some. Are you telling me that all those believing Christians just didn't use 'faith' in those prayers?
Furthermore, there have been studies on the effects of prayer on patients. Just look up the STEP studies sponsored by the Templeton Foundation. The effect of prayer was non-existent in most cases, and negative in some. Are you telling me that all those believing Christians just didn't use 'faith' in those prayers?
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson