----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:20 PM Subject: Re: Praying for the Poor RE: Christian insanity.
> Dan Minette wrote: > > > Do you really believe that? Do you have experiments showing that people > > who have friends with pebbles in their shoes recover faster than those who > > have friends who don't. There are studies that show a difference in the > > recovery rate of people who are ill and who are supported by their > > community with prayers and those who are not? No, I'm not talking about > > signs and wonders here, there is a perfectly obvious and mundane > > explanation for this. And AFAIK the experiments have been reported in > > serious journals and are accepted as valid in the medical community. > > Query: Of the people for whom others are praying, is there a difference > in recovery speed between those who know that people are praying for > them and those that don't? Yup. If they don't know it, on any level, then no effect has been seen in tests that I would trust. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
