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in medical school, i took a course on religion and medicine and i remember one lecture on prayer, when a chaplain md spoke about his research into prayer; he showed that people (all adults, all in intensive care, all at same level of illness by mortality scores) who were prayed for were transitioned out of the ICU 2 days faster than those who weren't prayed for. it was a blinded study, so the patients and families and doctors did not know which patients were being prayed for an which were not. the prayers did not change death rates among the two groups. the prayer groups were not necessarily in the religion of the patient.

i[b] have a friend who doesn't believe in God, but does believe in the power of prayer - she believes the strength of prayers is a real thing - a force - that can alter things.[/b]i thought of all this recently when i had two horrifyingly scary incidents - one where i almost crashed into a car and stopped short by about 2 inches and the second, where i was threatened by a man at a gas station in SE, where i unwisely stopped for gas.

I'm not terribly religious, but my mother and father both pray for me - in particular for my safety. And both times, I felt I "got away" b/c of their prayers. My mom immediately popped into my mind both times.

That said, I can't bear to believe that God works in our lives, choosing certain children to suffer and others to prosper.

Your thoughts?[/quote]

This makes absolutely no sense. Sort of like all the "positive vibes" people ask for now, because they think they are too cool to ask for prayers.[/quote]

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