Research Link for Linda

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I'm not sure which Linda this was meant for, since there are

two of us now. I didn't express an interest in finding out

about prayer reseach! I just mentioned that the methodology

of Dossey's study was flawed. That doesn't speak to any

opinion on outcome, nor of whether proof is necessary. But,

I am going to leave myself out of any further prayer/god/spirituality

talk because I know that these can be heated subjects...

 

Linda

" DrNature "

 

http://www.DrNature.net

 

Caroline Abreu wrote:

 

> Linda:

>

> Like every other kind of research, opinions of the outcome may

> vary. Personally I do not need science to validate my subjective

> experiences, but I can understand that some people prefer proof

> over faith.

>

> If you are really interested in finding out more about prayer

> research, my advice would be to do some websearching for

> yourself... there's a lot of it available out there and you can

> make your own decisions about it.

>

> I had located this link for another list I was on, in which a

> person's prayer request to the group was met by a skeptical

> remark that science had disproven the efficacy of prayer... which

> I found to be an obnoxious and unnecessary razing of someone's

> personal beliefs and philosophy. As I've said here before, if it

> works for you, then it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. You

> don't need someone else to tell you what is effective for you,

> and as long as it is non-invasive and emotionally supportive, I

> can't see any harm in it.

>

> http://www.medserv.dk/health/2000/11/16/story04.htm

>

> This might also answer the comment made by Rusty about the varied

> nature of prayer as a behavior, and how limiting its definition

> to " talking to God " is limiting the possibilities of its efficacy

> from the outset.

>

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> Blessings,

> Crow

> " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness "

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> Caroline " Crow " Abreu