Correction: I meant to direct my contempt toward 5thHM, not Phil.
RANT ALERT: Yeah, and I have a study that shows the efficacy of prayer, except I don't believe or really care about it, because most studies of those type, including the one 5th presented almost always reflect the bias of the researcher. What I do see is another example of "I must be smarter than all these religious people because I'm an atheist." What's rational at all about that. It's like saying...
I'm smart because I'm atheist.
How do you know?
Because theists are stupid.
RANT ALERT: Yeah, and I have a study that shows the efficacy of prayer, except I don't believe or really care about it, because most studies of those type, including the one 5th presented almost always reflect the bias of the researcher. What I do see is another example of "I must be smarter than all these religious people because I'm an atheist." What's rational at all about that. It's like saying...
I'm smart because I'm atheist.
How do you know?
Because theists are stupid.