Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it?

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Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it?

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RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it?

August 9, 2019 at 5:02 am (This post was last modified: August 9, 2019 at 5:02 am by ReptilianPeon.)

The Wikipedia article should list all of the major studies. There have been multiple. Prayer is apparently as effective as random chance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studies_on...ory_prayer

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Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fake Messiah - August 9, 2019 at 12:22 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 1:01 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Belacqua - August 9, 2019 at 1:02 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 2:38 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Belacqua - August 9, 2019 at 4:34 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 7:35 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Belacqua - August 9, 2019 at 7:50 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 8:08 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 8:06 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fake Messiah - August 10, 2019 at 12:48 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by no one - August 9, 2019 at 1:27 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 1:59 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 9:28 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 1:52 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 3:19 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 3:38 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 5:14 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fireball - August 9, 2019 at 5:29 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Grandizer - August 9, 2019 at 2:14 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by prhill - August 10, 2019 at 9:11 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Grandizer - August 10, 2019 at 10:07 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 10, 2019 at 4:27 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 2:59 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 3:03 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 4:40 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 10, 2019 at 9:29 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 10, 2019 at 5:42 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 11, 2019 at 8:28 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 12, 2019 at 12:03 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 12, 2019 at 6:01 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 14, 2019 at 8:46 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by LostLocke - August 15, 2019 at 12:14 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 15, 2019 at 1:20 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 15, 2019 at 10:21 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by LostLocke - August 16, 2019 at 1:31 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 16, 2019 at 11:32 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 17, 2019 at 9:29 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by LostLocke - August 17, 2019 at 5:55 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by ReptilianPeon - August 9, 2019 at 5:02 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 9, 2019 at 6:59 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fireball - August 9, 2019 at 8:04 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Bmanne - August 9, 2019 at 8:38 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 9:03 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 9, 2019 at 2:01 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by bemore - August 9, 2019 at 3:44 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by bemore - August 9, 2019 at 3:46 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by WinterHold - August 9, 2019 at 5:31 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 9, 2019 at 7:00 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 9:00 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by WinterHold - August 10, 2019 at 8:25 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 10, 2019 at 8:43 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Grandizer - August 11, 2019 at 6:11 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 9, 2019 at 6:55 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by notimportant1234 - August 10, 2019 at 6:34 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 10, 2019 at 7:11 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 10, 2019 at 11:55 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 10, 2019 at 8:28 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 11, 2019 at 5:35 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Valkyrie - August 11, 2019 at 6:07 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 11, 2019 at 7:18 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Drich - August 19, 2019 at 9:07 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Abaddon_ire - August 20, 2019 at 3:31 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Drich - August 26, 2019 at 11:24 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by HappySkeptic - August 26, 2019 at 7:15 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Mister Agenda - August 19, 2019 at 9:44 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by EgoDeath - August 22, 2019 at 8:30 pm

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