Comments on: Prayer don’t do squat! http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/30/prayer_don_t_do_squat A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: joelwe http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/30/prayer_don_t_do_squat/comment-page-1#comment-31531 joelwe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31531 Who paid for this study? Who paid for this study?

]]> By: reluctantatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/30/prayer_don_t_do_squat/comment-page-1#comment-31532 reluctantatheist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31532 <blockquote>And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a slightly higher rate of complications. The researchers could only guess why.</blockquote><br /> Martyr complex?<br /> Still, the placebo effect has me stumped....

And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a slightly higher rate of complications. The researchers could only guess why.

Martyr complex?
Still, the placebo effect has me stumped….

]]> By: island57 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/30/prayer_don_t_do_squat/comment-page-1#comment-31533 island57 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31533 All the money that went into this "study" and all the rest of the money in the world won't be enough to convince the fundies that prayer is nothing more than an exercise in futility. You can't tell people something if they don't want to know it. All the money that went into this “study” and all the rest of the money in the world won’t be enough to convince the fundies that prayer is nothing more than an exercise in futility. You can’t tell people something if they don’t want to know it.

]]> By: Susan http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/30/prayer_don_t_do_squat/comment-page-1#comment-31534 Susan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31534 I think we've been over this ground before. I think we’ve been over this ground before.

]]> By: Intercaust http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/30/prayer_don_t_do_squat/comment-page-1#comment-31535 Intercaust Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31535 In an unrelated study, choir boys who were raped by priests had a higher incidence of drug abuse, depression and suicide. Despite the priest's prayers to God that he never gets caught and punished for what he has done. In an unrelated study, choir boys who were raped by priests had a higher incidence of drug abuse, depression and suicide. Despite the priest’s prayers to God that he never gets caught and punished for what he has done.

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