Praying Doesn’t Help The Sick Get Better
June 7, 2008
I know you never believe everything you read, but still interesting nonetheless. It’s important for people to do what they feel is in their best interest, everyone’s got their own ways of doing things, so more power to you
According to a large study, praying for sick strangers has absolutely no effect on their health. In fact, it found that patients who had undergone heart surgery and knew that people were praying for their recovery had more health complications as a result.
You can read about this study in the American Heart Journal. Researchers wanted to examine the effect prayer might have on the recovery of 1,800 heart bypass patients. The study was made over a ten-year period. The John Templeton Foundation funded the study with $2.4 million in the hope of casting some light on the power of prayer for people who are ill.
