(January 10, 2018 at 10:40 pm)emjay Wrote:(January 10, 2018 at 5:54 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Prayer does no good unless it's backed by belief.
A placebo does no good unless it's backed by belief.
What's the common denominator? So that study is nonsense unless it can determine the amount of faith a subject possesses, which is not something that is quantifiable by science.
I don't get you Huggy. If you readily acknowledge the power of belief outside the context of your God, such as the placebo effect... where belief in any arbitrary deity or superstition has the same effects for believers, such as healing... how on earth do you conclude that any one of those beliefs - in this case the Christian God - is the cause? How do you not conclude that the common denominator is the power of the mind, rather than any particular belief?
Ok show me in any other religious text where it states that faith can heal.
Power of the mind? Is this power quantifiable?
