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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:16 PM Original message |
Study: Prayer Has No Effect on Heart Surgery Recovery |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. the contrary is true too... |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. LOL |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I'd Settle for Electrical Failure |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
58. LOL - :-) - by the way this is a cross post of an earlier post in R/T |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. but if you don't prey, won't their god turn a blind eye to them? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, that makes sense to me. |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Simple, and concise. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. LOL! |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. If its gods will... |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mr. ROTFL is always there ... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The more people who laugh at illusions |
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kiraboo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Damn, that's deep! And so true... n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Honey, if you want that prayer to work, you have to do your own work |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Don't you think it was the more seriously ill patients |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Why are you trying to bring SENSE into this thread? An excellent point, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. We used to have to call the cops |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yikes--as a many times hospitalized patient, that horrifies me. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. No, nobody requested them |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. "...have to do your own work." |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Excellent point; all too easily missed by both sides. nt |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Now the image of that made me laugh heartily. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. A person with faith.... |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Mr. ROTFL is laughing at the bolded line in the OP. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. you know - whatever your spiritual/personal beliefs |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I've survived a number of angoplasties and 2 TIAs. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. The people who come here to ridicule things like this |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Praying for yourself and praying for another are two very different |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I agree completely |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. "decency or intelligence, they would just drop the whole thing." Exactly. |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:30 PM Original message |
It seems to me that compassion and intelligence are a rare commodity today |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. I would have more compassion |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Delete Dupe |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wait this is from fox news isn't it? (nt) |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. gosh what was your first clue? |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Should I stop praying for a cure for Parkinson's Disease? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Absolutely not. Anyone who is offended by your grasping whatever |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. why for confused? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. But why does DanCA's personaly prayer affect you? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. If you're paying attention at all, you'd notice that Abraham's God is |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Gosh, where to start? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Well, just because it's on Foxnews.com doesn't negate the study |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Of course not |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. I just love these studies! |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. What a total waste of time & money. |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 02:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Sure they did. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Prayer is not useless... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Prayer is nothing but a form of meditation. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. It would be truly a miracle if anyone were surprised by this study!!! nt |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's a bad, misleading headline |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. There ya go. nt |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Well, a study should be done comparing.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Deleted message |
KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Also, the methods of prayer used here were DEEPLY flawed |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-01-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Prayer is deeply flawed. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Does this mean that people will finally stop listening to Pat Robertson, |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Study: Praying Won't Affect Heart Patients |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. So much for |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. This is a dupe |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Life is a crapshoot... |
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jumpoffdaplanet (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Perhaps people who know others were praying |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Valid argument there, me thinks |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Good question- did doctors, nurses know who was recieving prayer? |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Probably not.... |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Controlling the variables would be difficult. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
57. Critique: 1.Patients didn't ASK for prayer 2. Prayer included negatives |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. excellent points...and thanks for dieting tip! nt |
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Frangible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-01-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Cites? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-01-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Since when are those requirements for prayer? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
61. Its interesting they are recognizing a negative effect. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
62. and btw, the title was wrong for this news report. |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No, prayer was not found to have an effect. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. exactly right, on prayer has no effect. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-31-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. Um...duh? |
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Frangible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-01-06 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
70. Fact is, God's reaction could be explored by scientific study |
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muchacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-01-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
74. I agree...let's not explore it any more... |
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