Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: July 24, 2025, 5:46 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Prayer Studies
#24
RE: Prayer Studies
Heywood,

I think there is a flaw in your argument with regard to the original study. The issue isn't merely that those people who were being prayed for and didn't know it did neither better nor worse that those not being prayed for. The issue is that those that were being prayed for, and knew it, actually did worse than those not being prayed for.

This study showed not only that prayer appears to be ineffective but it can actually make matters worse - probably due to impact on psychology of the recipient.

God might have chosen to ignore the prayers as part of a scientific test - but to make matters worse? What a churlish God you have!
Kuusi palaa, ja on viimeinen kerta kun annan vaimoni laittaa jouluvalot!
Reply



Messages In This Thread
Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 9:09 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Sejanus - May 16, 2014 at 9:16 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:18 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by dafydd - May 17, 2014 at 8:48 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Sejanus - May 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 17, 2014 at 11:15 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 16, 2014 at 9:31 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Minimalist - May 16, 2014 at 9:39 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chad32 - May 16, 2014 at 9:39 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 16, 2014 at 10:15 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:23 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 16, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 17, 2014 at 12:43 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Ryantology - May 16, 2014 at 11:17 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Wyrd of Gawd - May 16, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Losty - May 16, 2014 at 10:05 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:09 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Losty - May 16, 2014 at 10:27 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Losty - May 16, 2014 at 11:10 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chad32 - May 16, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Minimalist - May 16, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Anomalocaris - May 17, 2014 at 12:14 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:20 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 5:34 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 5:46 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 5:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 6:05 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 17, 2014 at 4:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 17, 2014 at 2:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 3:51 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by max-greece - May 17, 2014 at 3:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 4:35 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:38 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 4:43 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:48 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 4:52 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 5:09 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 5:16 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 5:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 17, 2014 at 7:06 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by BlackMason - May 17, 2014 at 6:21 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 7:29 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 7:49 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 8:01 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 8:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 5:52 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 2:46 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 18, 2014 at 2:22 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 2:30 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 18, 2014 at 2:38 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 2:45 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 18, 2014 at 2:58 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 3:02 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 20, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 21, 2014 at 12:13 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 21, 2014 at 6:26 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 17, 2014 at 9:43 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Bad Wolf - May 17, 2014 at 6:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tonus - May 17, 2014 at 6:26 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 7:10 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by rexbeccarox - May 17, 2014 at 11:22 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tonus - May 18, 2014 at 6:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Cyberman - May 17, 2014 at 11:27 pm
Prayer Studies - by Rampant.A.I. - May 18, 2014 at 12:16 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by JesusHChrist - May 18, 2014 at 1:50 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chad32 - May 18, 2014 at 3:26 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Elskidor - May 18, 2014 at 2:37 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - May 18, 2014 at 2:42 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by ThePinsir - May 20, 2014 at 2:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 20, 2014 at 3:14 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Cato - May 20, 2014 at 3:17 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 20, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by ThePinsir - May 20, 2014 at 3:27 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by RobbyPants - May 20, 2014 at 4:08 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tonus - May 20, 2014 at 4:12 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 20, 2014 at 4:15 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by archangle - May 22, 2014 at 3:18 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Power of Prayer and Fear of God mcolafson 33 7414 September 19, 2022 at 8:11 pm
Last Post: LadyForCamus
  Church of the atheists and prayer and supplication Eclectic 23 3185 September 19, 2022 at 2:34 pm
Last Post: Ranjr
  A prayer before dinner Denverguy 48 9293 October 1, 2019 at 10:29 pm
Last Post: Fake Messiah
  Prayer purplepurpose 94 20965 January 24, 2018 at 2:32 pm
Last Post: GodisintheTV
  Are there any scientific books or studies that explain what makes a person religious? WisdomOfTheTrees 13 3438 February 9, 2017 at 2:33 am
Last Post: Mirek-Polska
  Forced Prayer ScienceAf 33 9037 August 15, 2016 at 1:58 pm
Last Post: Faith No More
  Prayer to the God of Atheism Rhondazvous 21 4925 May 16, 2015 at 4:25 pm
Last Post: Rhondazvous
  Prayer: Biggest Hope and The Biggest Disappointment LivingNumbers6.626 8 2937 December 10, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Last Post: robvalue
  Atheism and Prayer ComradeMeow 22 5326 September 3, 2014 at 1:24 pm
Last Post: ShaMan
  Atheistic dinner "prayer" Eric9001 11 6044 July 14, 2014 at 5:32 pm
Last Post: Neo-Scholastic



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)