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Has any valid research on the effects of prayer been done?

Asked by ETpro (34605points) November 12th, 2010

To be valid, I would expect research to zero out the possibility of a placebo effect. In other words, when different faiths that pray to different gods are compared, does one religion’s prayer modify the outcomes of pure cause and effect more than others? If you know of any such study, what did it find? Can you provide a citation to the work?

If it has never been done, why not? Isn’t this something that mankind ought to know?

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