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The Prayer Experiment
By Red_Baron
1st hour Advance Biology
TABLE of CONTENTS
1. Intro
2. Research, hypothesis
3. Procedure
4. Results
INTRO
I’m not a religious man but if this experiment works I’ll probably have to start believing again. I’m going to turn a copper coin into gold. If “god” is real this should work. I’m Atheist and I’m proud of it which began in 6th grade. I almost got kicked out of my house because of religion because I didn’t want to go to church. I’ve hated religion with a passion now it is up to “god” to defend it.
Research
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a god or spirit through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creed, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. There are different forms of prayer such as petitionary prayer, prayers of supplication, thanksgiving, and worship/praise. Prayer may be directed towards a deity, spirit, deceased person, or lofty idea, for the purpose of worshipping, requesting guidance, requesting assistance, confessing sins or to express one's thoughts and emotions. Thus, people pray for many reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others.
The question is… does it really work?
Hypothesis
I think the pennies will not turn into gold because it is scientifically impossible. You would have to be a religious nut to think it will work.
Procedure
Materials: 3 pennies, a prayer, and a lucky item (like a horseshoe).
Step 1: I will leave one penny alone as a control.
Step 2: Take the second penny and pray to “god” asking him to turn it to gold for 5 minutes. “Almighty “god” please turn thy penny into gold.” Wait for results. Do this for 2 days.
Step 3: Take the third penny and ask the lucky horseshoe to turn it into gold. “Almighty horseshoe please turn thy penny into gold.” Wait for results. Do this for 2 days.
Results
For 2 days I prayed to “god” to turn the penny into gold. On the first day nothing happened 0% gold. I came back on the second day and prayed again and still nothing happened after I prayed for the final time still 0% gold. The results are 0. I studied the penny and found 0% traces of gold.
The next 2 days I got out the lucky horseshoe. First day I asked the lucky horseshoe for 5 minutes to turn this second penny into gold. Nothing happened resulting in 0% gold. Second day I asked the lucky horseshoe again but still 0% gold.
I checked the control experiment for 2 days as well and it turned into 100% gold. I’m joking it didn’t do anything.
Conclusion
As I suspected nothing happened. Therefore “god” isn’t real and the lucky horseshoe has the same effect as “god.” Some might argue that you can’t test “god” but that was probably put in to create a loop hole. This also proves that prayer doesn’t work.
The Prayer Experiment
By Red_Baron
1st hour Advance Biology
TABLE of CONTENTS
1. Intro
2. Research, hypothesis
3. Procedure
4. Results
INTRO
I’m not a religious man but if this experiment works I’ll probably have to start believing again. I’m going to turn a copper coin into gold. If “god” is real this should work. I’m Atheist and I’m proud of it which began in 6th grade. I almost got kicked out of my house because of religion because I didn’t want to go to church. I’ve hated religion with a passion now it is up to “god” to defend it.
Research
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a god or spirit through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creed, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. There are different forms of prayer such as petitionary prayer, prayers of supplication, thanksgiving, and worship/praise. Prayer may be directed towards a deity, spirit, deceased person, or lofty idea, for the purpose of worshipping, requesting guidance, requesting assistance, confessing sins or to express one's thoughts and emotions. Thus, people pray for many reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others.
The question is… does it really work?
Hypothesis
I think the pennies will not turn into gold because it is scientifically impossible. You would have to be a religious nut to think it will work.
Procedure
Materials: 3 pennies, a prayer, and a lucky item (like a horseshoe).
Step 1: I will leave one penny alone as a control.
Step 2: Take the second penny and pray to “god” asking him to turn it to gold for 5 minutes. “Almighty “god” please turn thy penny into gold.” Wait for results. Do this for 2 days.
Step 3: Take the third penny and ask the lucky horseshoe to turn it into gold. “Almighty horseshoe please turn thy penny into gold.” Wait for results. Do this for 2 days.
Results
For 2 days I prayed to “god” to turn the penny into gold. On the first day nothing happened 0% gold. I came back on the second day and prayed again and still nothing happened after I prayed for the final time still 0% gold. The results are 0. I studied the penny and found 0% traces of gold.
The next 2 days I got out the lucky horseshoe. First day I asked the lucky horseshoe for 5 minutes to turn this second penny into gold. Nothing happened resulting in 0% gold. Second day I asked the lucky horseshoe again but still 0% gold.
I checked the control experiment for 2 days as well and it turned into 100% gold. I’m joking it didn’t do anything.
Conclusion
As I suspected nothing happened. Therefore “god” isn’t real and the lucky horseshoe has the same effect as “god.” Some might argue that you can’t test “god” but that was probably put in to create a loop hole. This also proves that prayer doesn’t work.
