Disinformation. Whatever one prefers to call it, "report" or "study"
or "article", this is disinformation.
Because according to generally accepted tenets pertaining to the power
of assisted healing prayer,
the design of the so-called "research" or "experiment" on prayer is /
was terribly flawed.
Because the following generally accepted tenets pertaining to power of
healing prayer were violated:
1) The persons who were ill did not express any belief in the ability
of prayer to assist in their healing. It was this factor that led
Jesus to ask first, "Do you believe...[that you can be healed]?"
2) The persons who were ill did not express any desire for prayer to
assist in their healing. Even if one believes one can be healed, free
will gives one a choice, to be or not to be...
What would be an expected outcome of this scenario?
"i am going to pray for you."
"So what? i didn't ask you to. It's my life. Leave me alone."
"Don't worry. God loves you and if i pray for you, God will see that
you are healed."
"i am ready to die and go to heaven now. i don't want to be healed."
"Sorry. It's God's will that must be done. You can't go against it."
3) Religious background of person who gives assisted healing prayer is
an inconsequential factor & may even be a detriment to performance. At
a minimum, the person should have conviction a)that prayer is able to
assist healing and b)that one can be an effective prayer-giver. If the
religious background of persons who ran the experiment differs from a
Protestant or Catholic, one would have reason to question whether the
experimenters tried in this case to DISprove healng power of prayer
(by Protestants & Catholics).
4) Two weeks is a very limited period to expect healing.
5) No control is evident with regard to balancing the risk at stake
for individuals of each group.
6) By informing the 'control group' that they might be prayed for, the
experiment gave those persons equal expectation of being healed. Given
all other factors, the equality in expectation of being prayed for is
the most appropriate explanation for the parity of results.
6) All prayer, even healing prayer, is most appropriate if the script
asks simply, "Let Thy will be done." By the LoO, this script respects
& bolsters energy available to the free will of the highest self of
the person being prayed for.
The above is only A BRIEF list of why this web link is disinformation.
:) Peace & Love, pi
--- In asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=jexUG7qKZsU6ATbua5P3FE1DayKpfLqRF_EeVe Lpdzdsdp2PSptBQsa1NfbFg8-z7Piqw8Q4MWg0o9M0), "jeffreykiksit" <jeffreykiksit@...> wrote:
<a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-03-30T204217Z_01_N30395850_RTRUKOC_0_US-PRAYER.xml&rpc=22">http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-03\
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This is an interesting article. >