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Praying Doesn't Help

Posted by michael on from the duh dept.

dannywalk writes "Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina have run a study to see if praying for sick people makes any difference. Apparently it doesn't. 'Before their operations, they were randomly split into two groups, and half were prayed for by Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Muslims. However, checks revealed they had fared no better than those not prayed for.'"

7 of 452 comments (clear)

  1. Obviously by borgboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    God didn't respond to the prayers so as to test peoples' faith.
    </sarcasm>

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    meh.
  2. obvious answer by moof1138 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This one is really straightforward to explain. You see, in addition to prayer by the One True Religion, the prayers of infidels were also mixed in. Since the prayers of infidels are actually prayers to the Dark One who does the opposite of what was asked, these amount to anti-prayers. Hence they cancelled out their results.

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    Hyperbole is the worst thing ever.
  3. Not scientific at all by pmz · · Score: 3, Funny


    How would a scientist claim that he removed a deity from the control group? How could the scientist prove this?

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    Healthcare article at Kuro5hin
  4. Re:They Forgot by Glytch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've found the answer! God is actually Schroedinger's cat!

  5. woo! by kurosawdust · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh YEAH! In your FACE, Mrs. "Please God help my kid beat cancer"! Woo!
    *does endzone dance*
    Who's the man?
    Who's the man?
    Not God!
    YEE-HAW!

  6. Prayer or Pray-ee? by Halvard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps it's the pray-er and not the pray-ee that benefits by feeling better that they are trying to make a difference.

  7. In other news by rudy_wayne · · Score: 2, Funny

    The earth is not flat.