Prayer Studies

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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!