On 29 Jul 2007, at 15:31, Dan Minettte wrote: > On the whole, it appears that the literature indicates that > membership in a > religious community has a positive effect on one's health.
Correlation doesn't mean causation Dan. In a highly religious society like the USA those who are not members of a religious community are also likely to be outsiders in other ways which is likely to impact their health and so on. But you knew that. > For example, > there are studies that indicate that people who are prayed for tend > to do > better in recovering from surgery/illnesses. I am not claiming a > miraculous > nature for this, since the prayer support is known to the > individual and > there are clear possibilities for very mundane explanations for this. It would be wise not to claim anything miraculous since the last experiment I saw about this didn't tell the patients that they were being prayed for and found they didn't get any better than the ones who weren't being prayed for. But you knew that. Knows there is no God too Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "You are coming to a sad realization. Cancel or Allow?" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
