ozteabe (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ozteabe) wrote,@ 2006-03-30 23:30:00 |
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Hotline to God...
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School undertook the largest experiment of its kind, studying if prayers for heart surgery patients resulted in better recovery.
They had three Christian group volunteers pray for specific patients "a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications." It turns out, God does not seem to like proxies pulled on Her - Results show "No effect of prayer on complication-free recovery. Instead, 59 percent of the patients who knew they were being prayed for developed a complication, versus 52 percent of those who were told it was just a possibility."
On a more serious note though, why not redirect the use of such huge amounts of money toward more urgent research problems? To determine if God is answering your phone calls or not in this manner seems an asinine effort considering the amount of money spent- especially when medical/biological/physical sciences research isn't exactly brimming over with funding.
God giveth money only to those, who know not how to use it.
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School undertook the largest experiment of its kind, studying if prayers for heart surgery patients resulted in better recovery.
They had three Christian group volunteers pray for specific patients "a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications." It turns out, God does not seem to like proxies pulled on Her - Results show "No effect of prayer on complication-free recovery. Instead, 59 percent of the patients who knew they were being prayed for developed a complication, versus 52 percent of those who were told it was just a possibility."
On a more serious note though, why not redirect the use of such huge amounts of money toward more urgent research problems? To determine if God is answering your phone calls or not in this manner seems an asinine effort considering the amount of money spent- especially when medical/biological/physical sciences research isn't exactly brimming over with funding.
God giveth money only to those, who know not how to use it.
