Prayer

[purplepurpose]

Even babies get lethal cancer. And yet prayer is presented as good help. 

[Huggy Bear]

Prayer does work, wether or not YOU believe it does is irrelevant, it's only relevant to the person doing the praying.

In relation to healing however, prayer does no good seeing how healing is a finished work, which is why the Bible states that "by his stripes we were (past tense) healed", you just need to have enough faith to accept it.

Science cannot contradict that fact hence they acknowledge that people can be healed solely on belief, also known as the placebo effect.

[vorlon13]

still waiting for some poison swilling pit viper chortlers to make the case . . . .

[J a c k]

Prayer does work, wether or not YOU believe it does is irrelevant, it's only relevant to the person doing the praying.

In relation to healing however, prayer does no good seeing how healing is a finished work, which is why the Bible states that "by his stripes we were (past tense) healed", you just need to have enough faith to accept it.

Science cannot contradict that fact hence they acknowledge that people can be healed solely on belief, also known as the placebo effect.

So, prayer sometimes works as a placebo effect. Right? The person doing the praying is the one doing all the work, not the god, because there is no god.

[FatAndFaithless]

Or what about all the times that the placebo effect doesn't happen, or praying for someone actually leads to worse outcomes, as in the Templeton STEP studies?

[Minimalist]

You keep telling yourself that, Huggy.  Next time you get sick just pray.... don't go to a doctor.

[c152]

God never heal amputees.

[brewer]

Prayer does work, wether or not YOU believe it does is irrelevant, it's only relevant to the person doing the praying.

In relation to healing however, prayer does no good seeing how healing is a finished work, which is why the Bible states that "by his stripes we were (past tense) healed", you just need to have enough faith to accept it.

Science cannot contradict that fact hence they acknowledge that people can be healed solely on belief, also known as the placebo effect.

This one healed me from halitosis.

[drfuzzy]

Two years ago, a member of the church where I work was diagnosed with colon cancer.  He was a brilliant 28-year-old cardiologist with a wife a new baby.
Not only did the church pray for him, the Diocese prayed for him, area Protestant Churches also added him to their list, and the churches of his co-workers did as well.
He was taken to the best doctors and clinics in the USA, and had at least one group prayer and anointing each week.  
He died.  Just as if nobody had been praying.  Now, all that prayer probably made his parents and brothers feel a bit better, maybe, but I dare anyone to go to his
6' 6" father and say "sorry, this must have been God's will and you'll find out why some day".   Yeah, I wonder how many millions of people it would take to get any actual proof of a God?

[notimportant1234]

This guy , Dr.Kazuo Murakami is doing research to see if prayer do something to your genes, but I don't know how valid he is , I can't find much on him.