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Old 09-22-2014, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Eliseus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
let us assume God did exist, and he had some sort of expectation to help out our fellow man, would it really rely on him so much to heal the sick when there is the technology to heal the sick?
I'd be happy to repeat the experiment for you without involving the healing of the sick, if you so desire. This isn't about what prayer is used for, but if prayer itself is testable, which it is.

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A majority of scientific minds could believe one thing to be so, therefore it is so. It works kind of like a majority vote you could say. It's also one reason science is always evolving, because things in life may later point out something wrong in previous conclusions.
No one is denying this. This is the entire basis on which the groundwork of scientific methodology is predicated.