(June 9, 2016 at 1:24 pm)Losty Wrote:(June 9, 2016 at 8:16 am)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: Has anyone ever thought about prayer boxes? Does God not listen unless multiple people pester it about the exact same issue? Or is it that prayer is more effective if it's conducted by higher ranking Theists in the community? Very curious to hear the rationale.
Supposedly prayers are better with two or more people. I don't remember why. I've never seen it to be true. Generally the worst off someone is health wise the more people they have praying for them. But they still die more than the healthier people with less prayers. Fancy that.
I have heard that because hope is good for mental health and stress, despair and being mentally unhealthy negatively impacts physical health: the more people praying for you when you might die from something the less likely you are to survive: But only if you know the people are praying for you. There were actually scientific studies on that. It's referenced in The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.
So, if anything prayer is actually bad for you. But only if you know people are praying for you.
