[extropy-chat] prayer and healing again

[Spike]

Duke Scientists Test God's Healing Power

Duke University Medical Center cardiologists put God to the test to find
out if prayer helps to heal the sick. The controversial results: There
is no scientific evidence that prayer heals, reports The Telegraph of
London. The three-year study, which involved 750 heart patients in nine
hospitals, as well as 12 prayer groups of different faiths located
around the world, was conducted after earlier, but less extensive,
research from the University of Wales in the late '90s suggested prayer
has a measurable beneficial effect on healing...


I can explain this just from this just from what
little info is in this paragraph.  The verse says
"...The fervent prayer of the righteous man
availeth much..."  The study used 12 prayer groups
*of different faiths*.  They were different from
each other, so clearly they couldn't all be right,
but they could all be wrong, which means they were
not believing correctly, which means they were not
in the truth which means their fervent prayers would
not availeth much.  Simple explanation for the
negative result: they didn't include members of
the *true* believers. 

spike