RE: Prayer
January 10, 2018 at 9:36 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2018 at 9:41 pm by possibletarian.)
(January 10, 2018 at 7:22 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(January 10, 2018 at 7:13 pm)possibletarian Wrote: You are very selective with your cut and pastes huggy,
The article goes on to explain that even belief that they have had surgery helps, even when they know it's a placebo !!
''the theater of healing is designed to draw us in by creating powerful expectations in our brains. These expectations drive the so-called placebo effect, which can affect what happens in our bodies as well. Scientists have known about the placebo effect for decades and have used it as a control in drug trials. Now they are seeing placebos as a window into the neurochemical mechanisms that connect the mind with the body, belief with experience.''
It does not connect that belief to your god in any way, just say that believing that the treatment or prayer that you have, helps. Most these trails took place recently, we have yet to see the long term effects. It could also apply to any religion, belief (including ones that exclude the supernatural) or cult.
*Emphasis mine
Of course science doesn't connect it to God, you can't draw a connection to something if you don't acknowledge it's existence.
Ask yourself this, why is science only just discovering what has been in the Bible for thousands of years?
You mean like Unicorns, flying chariots talking donkeys and stuff, sorry science hasn't found anything like that.
But your bible says that god heals, this is not what the study is saying, so the bible is irrelevant. And it's been long known that general good attitude helps with health, again not god or bible related (other than humans observed and wrote about it too).
The level and detail of science has changed nothing more. Just because ignorant religionists connect it to a god means nothing, first you would have to prove a god.
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'