Well said Demonaura. I'll add that there's also the placebo effect.
If you believe Prayer will help you that is...
A study on the matter of prayer pointed the other direction though - that those who knew they were being prayed for actually did worse on average than those who weren't prayed for at all. And those who were prayed for and didn't know about it did the same as those who weren't prayed for at all - oh! I wonder why! lol.
There's info on the survey in TGD.
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If you believe Prayer will help you that is...
A study on the matter of prayer pointed the other direction though - that those who knew they were being prayed for actually did worse on average than those who weren't prayed for at all. And those who were prayed for and didn't know about it did the same as those who weren't prayed for at all - oh! I wonder why! lol.
There's info on the survey in TGD.
evf