A previous cover story on CNN health page reported that’s prayer does not affect outcome. The article goes on to talk about 2 focus groups: Unbeknownst to the first group they were randomly assigned to be the subjects of multi-faith prayers before their procedures. Group 1 had 728 people who had prayer, music & touch therapy applied to them. In group two 728 people had knowingly had prayer, music & touch therapy applied to them. The results show that neither group showed better results: hence, prayer does not affect outcome.
After reading the article my thoughts were: Why do we look for miracles? Why would the providers of this study wait for the 728 people to need surgery? Would it not provide more usable data if we took 728 people and help them develop a practice of health that included prayer, music & touch therapy?
