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Originally posted by GafferUK1981
It's been scientifically proven that prayer actually results in a negative effect for those who are been prayed for.
Hospital patients who are told that they are been prayed for actually start to get worse as they don't fight as much as they believe god is helping them. Obviously god does not exist so the effect is derogatory to the patient.
I actually find this thread quite insulting, asking an atheist to pray is ridiculous. A prayer is aimed at a higher being who atheists know does not exist.
I am quite happy to offer my best wishes to people who are ill but I'll never ever pray as long as I live. It's a complete waste of time.
It's been scientifically proven that prayer actually results in a negative effect for those who are been prayed for.
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
reply to post by Destinyone
web.med.harvard.edu...
This is one of I suspect many studies that show the pointlessness of prayer.
In the history of planet earth nothing has ever happened to indicate that there is a god. On the contrary mankind has discovered how the universe works and god is not a part of it.
I know you delusional religious folks would like atheists to go away but we will only grow in number as good education spreads.
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
reply to post by Destinyone
web.med.harvard.edu...
This is one of I suspect many studies that show the pointlessness of prayer.
In the history of planet earth nothing has ever happened to indicate that there is a god. On the contrary mankind has discovered how the universe works and god is not a part of it.
I know you delusional religious folks would like atheists to go away but we will only grow in number as good education spreads.
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
reply to post by WhisperingWinds
Don't give me that Jesus nonsense. If he even existed he was nothing more than a con man or a good speaker like hitler.
Do you even know the history of your abrahamic religion. Islam is the bastard child if Christianity and Christianity is the bastard child of Judaism and they're all rubbish. You might as well believe in Zeus.
Give me a link to a true scientific site that proves miracles. Not some religious made up mumbo jumbo nonsense.
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
reply to post by Destinyone
I'm do glad you used Lourdes as an example. Do you know that in fact nobody ever has been cured there. To the contrary people have actually caught diseases there from so many people sharing the dirty water.
Terrible example!
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
reply to post by WhisperingWinds
Send out as many prayers as you wish. There is no one to receive them.
You probably think I am lost or strayed from done flock but I am more free than you will ever be because I do not have the weight if nonsensical religion weighing me down.
I am free in body and mind. It's called being aware of reality.
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
I appreciate my previous post may have overstepped the mark and being insulting to the religious. However as an atheist I find the above post saying 'bless the non believers' equally insulting and feel that also warrants removal.
It is a condescending statement by a person who chooses to believe in something although all evidence is against it and no factual evidence supports their beliefs. I feel it is wrong that somebody such as myself who believes in the truth and the evidence should be moderated more than those who make statements based on a book that amounts to no more than a fairy tale.edit on 7-10-2012 by GafferUK1981 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
I appreciate my previous post may have overstepped the mark and being insulting to the religious. However as an atheist I find the above post saying 'bless the non believers' equally insulting and feel that also warrants removal.
It is a condescending statement by a person who chooses to believe in something although all evidence is against it and no factual evidence supports their beliefs. I feel it is wrong that somebody such as myself who believes in the truth and the evidence should be moderated more than those who make statements based on a book that amounts to no more than a fairy tale.edit on 7-10-2012 by GafferUK1981 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GafferUK1981
reply to post by WhisperingWinds
Send out as many prayers as you wish. There is no one to receive them.
You probably think I am lost or strayed from done flock but I am more free than you will ever be because I do not have the weight if nonsensical religion weighing me down.
I am free in body and mind. It's called being aware of reality.