Mar 20 2007
Research shows God answers prayers
[From physorg.com]
Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work Practice, is “yes.”
Read about it here.
[From me]
I could care less if research proves it or not. I’ve seen God answer my prayers all of my life. Sometimes I don’t like the answer but He always answers either yes, no or wait.
How about you?
[HT] Monk in Training
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2 responses so far
This is actually from Jonathan:
There was a lot of press about this a year ago when the Benson study (referred to in the article) came out.
I have an excerpt from an op-ed by an episcopal priest (now behind the TimesSelect wall) here: link
Like you, Iâm not looking for validation of my belief in the value of prayer. However, I do think there is room for us to reexamine our understanding of prayerâ¦
A while back Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) linked to the http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/ web site.
Johnathan,
I’m sorry it got in my spam
Here is the link to the excerpt from the priest:
http://jonmower.com/blog/2006/04/a_priests_view_on_prayer_study.php