(May 18, 2016 at 4:23 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Here's the manuscript for the STEP study, along with a wiki link for easy perusing.
https://www.templeton.org/pdfs/press_rel..._paper.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studies_on...EP_project
Still waiting, Huggy.
from your wiki link
Quote:STEP attempted to standardize the prayer method. Only first names and last initial for patients were provided and no photographs were supplied. The congregations of three Christian churches who prayed for the patients "were allowed to pray in their own manner, but they were instructed to include the following phrase in their prayers: 'for a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications'. Some participants complained that this mechanical way they were told to pray as part of the experiment was unusual for them.Prayer requires one to be sincere, that means speaking from the heart.
Like the bible states "the prayer of faith shall save the sick" as you can clearly see, people expressed doubts at being told how to pray.
What are you waiting on exactly?
