Ever heard someone say that people of faith tend to live longer/recover faster, etc? We just ran a diagnostic test of them and it turns out they are all dead. Dead wrong, my friends.
From the article:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A study of more than 1,800 patients who underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers specially organized for their recovery had any impact, researchers said on Thursday.
In fact, the study found some of the patients who knew they were being prayed for did worse than others who were only told they might be prayed for -- though those who did the study said they could not explain why...
..."Intercessory prayer itself had no effect on whether complications occurred (and) patients who were certain that intercessors would pray for them had a higher rate of complications than patients who were uncertain but did receive intercessory prayer," the study said.
In fact, it looks like praying will actually get you a staph infection in addition to your enlarged/deteriorating vital organ. Three cheers for Jesus F. Christ. [via Boing Squared]
Note about the picture: it's one of Man Ray's anticlarical images. It's title is Prayer. It's message is that A) people who pray are covering their own asses or B) people who pray are assholes. It's kind of open to interpretation. I love surrealist art.
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