tl writes:
Do you think prayer studies or health outcome studies can validly determine the effect of prayer?
Maybe God truly works in mysterious ways and he wants to keep it that way!
Maybe if conscious minds observe the outcomes of a particular case the outcome is altered in manner similar to observing a specific particle in the double-slit experiment.
However, if the results are quantifiable there is always the problem you presented earlier that you have to select the "right" group to do the praying.
This assumes the results are binary (ie the right group gets its prayers answered and all the rest don't).
However, maybe the Lutherans get some success while the Baptists get more and the Catholics yet even more.
I think there should be a study attempting to find what I will call the PSC or Prayer Success Coefficient for the various religious groups. And then extend that out to the other big religions. Do the Hindu's or Muslim's have a negative coefficient?
Edited by iceage, : No reason given.
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