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Comment on Scientific Conclusion: Prayer Doesn’t Work – Part 2 by Andrew Bernardin

Andrew Bernardin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:50:42 +0000

Savannah – When does an anomalous event (very unlikely) become a miracle? If a basketball player says a prayer before making a shot from half-court, then hits it, does this make it a miracle? Or was this simply an unlikely event? What about the person who was in a relatively minor automobile accident, is prayed over, and dies: was this, too, a miracle?

Comment on Scientific Conclusion: Prayer Doesn’t Work – Part 2 by Savannah

Savannah — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:20:20 +0000

I would like you all to consider Don Piper when saying that prayer does not work. This man sustained fatal injuries, and biologically/scientifically speaking, the man should not be alive and walking around right now; biologically, he should be either dead, brain-dead, or in a wheelchair.
Just because science doesn’t want to support a certain idea, doesn’t necessarily mean that would be the definitive answer.
Look at the reports of common farmer’s and astronomer’s seeing falling stars, aka meteorites, burning up as they fall through the sky. The scientific community laughed at the thought of stars leaving space and coming into Earths atmosphere for years. Even after Barringer’s crater was found, the idea of meteorites was still mocked.
I also notice that this makes no mention of neurologist(scientist), Dr. Andy Newberg, whom has been studying prayers effect on the brain for over 10yrs.

Comment on Refractory Jesus Myth by oscar

oscar — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:47:48 +0000

The name Iesus was not Jesus till 1600′s. There was no J. Jew was iu. Jupiter was iupater. Santos Bonacci recently said Jesus come from greek IES, constantantine’s “in this sign conquor”, prounounced like yes, plagiarized from Yes Krishna. It would be very ez to answer this if old writings were available. The first KJV I believe it was Iesous. Joe Atwill, writer, availible to hear on utube, clearly shows the whole thing made up by emporer Titus 70 AD. Ceaser another word for the christos. It is only right to educate folks of this.

Comment on Scientific Conclusion: Prayer Doesn’t Work – Part 2 by Bran

Bran — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:45:58 +0000

I think that all of the studies were flawed, in that they used a condition that people regularly heal from with the aid of modern medicine. I personally did a quick thought experiment that disproves prayer. Has anyone, in history, magically had a limb regenerate? Or their herpes cured? Or actually been cured of ANYTHING without the aid of medicine? Of course not. End of thought experiment. End of story. Prayer doesn’t work, period, because there is nothing out there to pray to.

Comment on Scientific Conclusion: Prayer Doesn’t Work – Part 1 by Insulting Dying Parents. I’m such an asshole, right? « BaconMouth

Insulting Dying Parents. I’m such an asshole, right? « BaconMouth — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:03:42 +0000

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Comment on Faith: Religion’s Achilles Heel by Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:45:00 +0000

With the above post we have the typical argument built upon false assumptions. Faith is not about believing without evidence.

Comment on Is God Redundant? by An Athesit Has Landed

An Athesit Has Landed — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:32:48 +0000

The faster the world learns this truth, the better off humanity will be.

Comment on Is God Redundant? by An atheist has landed

An atheist has landed — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:26:52 +0000

This is spot on with everything I think. God is indeed redundant and the sooner the world learns that, the better off humanity will be.

Comment on Scientific Conclusion: Prayer Doesn’t Work – Part 1 by Don’t Pray for Japan | An American Atheist

Don’t Pray for Japan | An American Atheist — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:49:33 +0000

[...] articles and studies have discussed the proof that prayer, statistically, is irrelevant: it’s as useful as animal [...]

Comment on Scientific Conclusion: Prayer Doesn’t Work – Part 1 by The Power of Prayer | The Modes of Being

The Power of Prayer | The Modes of Being — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:14:37 +0000

[...] pray for peace in a particular region or group of people. While others have reasoned that prayer does not, and cannot work, the opposite is actually true; prayer does and can work. How? The answer is all in the [...]