Do you believe in the Power of Prayer?

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Do you believe in the power of prayer and faith?


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Mar 12, 2005
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Just a question. Pretty much Yes or no. Feel free to argue, talk shit, believe in the power of prayer and faith etc. I just wanna see who says yes or no.
 
Feb 15, 2007
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NO! EVERYTIME I HAVE PRAYED, SHIT TURNS OUT FUCKED UP... I ONCE HAD A DREAM WHERE I SEEN MY FRIEND IN HIS CASKET... I WOKE UP AND WAS LIKE WHAT THE FUCK... SO I PRAYED FOR HIM AND MY FAMILY... WHAT HAPPENS HE DIED IN A CAR CRASH A FEW WEEKS LATER... RIP TO RAYMUNDO GARCIA AND ROSEMARY JASSO
 

ThaG

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Jun 30, 2005
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nhojsmith said:
do you absolutely reject placebo, self fulfilling prophecy, etc?
the question was stated as "Do you believe in the power of prayer" and as far as I know prayer has no power

plus those effects you mentioned are not on very firm scientific ground IMO so I am quite ambiguous about them
 
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Yes, i believe there is a power about prayer. It doesnt matter wether you are praying to god, jesus, satan, or the flying spaghetti monster. Prayer is a self healing tool. But i also believe that some people can project the energy that it has.
 
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Do you believe in the Power of Prayer?

depends on the intended purpose, good for the soul-yes, to create supernatural changes-no
 
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THE REASON I ASK THIS IS BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN HER INTESTINES AND LIVER. IT WAS WATER OR FLUID AND THEY PRONOUNCED IT TERMINAL. THEY SAID SHE WAS GONNA DIE AND THAT ONLY CHEMO WOULD HELP HER. I PRAYED, I WENT TO CHURCH, I VOUCHED FOR JESUS EVERYDAY AND EVERY SITUATION I WENT THROUGH I ALWAYS VOUCHED FOR HIM(JESUS). TODAY I HAD GOOD NEWS, CONTRARY TO WHAT "THE BEST DOCTORS STOCKTON AND KAISER HAD" TO OFFER, LOL, AND AGAINST WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED SHE WAS HEALED. WELL HER TUMOR HAS GONE DOWN AND THE TRACES OF IT HAVE ALMOST BEEN NEUTRALIZED. IT'S A LONG STORY TO EXPLAIN, TROLL AND ONLY TWO FOLKS HERE KNOW WHAT WENT DOWN.

REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE AN ATHEIST, THEIST, OR AGNOSTIC, I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER, THE POWER OF FAITH, AND THE GRACE OF GOD. MAY ALL OF YOU GO IN PEACE!!!! GOD BLESS
 

ThaG

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2-0-NINE said:
THE REASON I ASK THIS IS BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN HER INTESTINES AND LIVER. IT WAS WATER OR FLUID AND THEY PRONOUNCED IT TERMINAL.
could you clarify this sentence?

THEY SAID SHE WAS GONNA DIE AND THAT ONLY CHEMO WOULD HELP HER. I PRAYED, I WENT TO CHURCH, I VOUCHED FOR JESUS EVERYDAY AND EVERY SITUATION I WENT THROUGH I ALWAYS VOUCHED FOR HIM(JESUS). TODAY I HAD GOOD NEWS, CONTRARY TO WHAT "THE BEST DOCTORS STOCKTON AND KAISER HAD" TO OFFER, LOL, AND AGAINST WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED SHE WAS HEALED. WELL HER TUMOR HAS GONE DOWN AND THE TRACES OF IT HAVE ALMOST BEEN NEUTRALIZED. IT'S A LONG STORY TO EXPLAIN, TROLL AND ONLY TWO FOLKS HERE KNOW WHAT WENT DOWN.

REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE AN ATHEIST, THEIST, OR AGNOSTIC, I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER, THE POWER OF FAITH, AND THE GRACE OF GOD. MAY ALL OF YOU GO IN PEACE!!!! GOD BLESS
Good for your mother, I hope she's well and successfully healed

But don't you think this means that the treatment worked rather than that your prayers worked?? Because there are plenty of people out there who are prayed for and die from their disease in spite of this...
 
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I don't have much time as I've said cause I'm going to church soon, but the doctors said she had water or some type of fluid(WHICH THEY COULDN'T IDENTIFY). They had no explanation, or one that would suffice or be rational enough to the simple minded, but they said she was gonna die and chemo was the way to go. We had a deep conversation about not taking chemo, and looked what turned out. Thanks ThaG, this is a testament that no matter what the best doctors can tell you, there is always a way to prevail!