RE: Why do you believe?
December 11, 2012 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm by Kirbmarc.)
Quote:If it's just coincidence, then the prayer didn't work
To prove that prayers work, they should increase the probability of what is asked coming true. A single event of what is asked coming true is not statistically relevant.
If I flip a coin 1000 times and it lands, say, 456 times head, it still doesn't prove that the probability of it landing on head isn't 50%.
But if it lands on head, say, 756 times, then I could say that the probability of it landing on head is probably more than 50%.
Statistic studies on the efficacy of prayers show that they don't work. The life span of individuals for who other people regularly pray for (like the British Royal Family, or people with very religious relatives) isn't longer than the general population (taking into account the level of medical care they receive).
