Science vs. Religion: (Chapter 6) (Humans)

by David Turell , Tuesday, August 09, 2011, 01:34 (4855 days ago) @ xeno6696

I will begin with negatives instead of positives this time, because overall, this chapter has introduce a new level of doubt within me that never existed a priori. 
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> First, you cite a study concerning fertility in 2001 on page 177. This study was discredited by finding that one study leader, "Daniel Wirth, a.k.a. John Wayne Truelove, is not an M.D. but an M.S. in parapsychology who has since been indicted on felony charges for mail fraud and theft, committed apparently at the time the study was claimed to be conducted." -When I cited the study I had no idea it was fake. book came out in early 2004.
Chapter was written in early 2003. 
> I shan't use this to discredit all such studies, but I would further draw attention to the MANTRA Study. "A 2005 MANTRA (Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings) II study conducted a three year clinical trial led by Duke University comparing intercessory prayer and MIT (Music, Imagery, and Touch) therapies for 748 cardiology patients.-Again 2005 is after my book 
> "The STEP project" (2005) resulted in more negative effects of prayer, resulted in a comment by Dawkins, "It seems more probable that those patients who knew they were being prayed for suffered additional stress in consequence..."
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> This is the one that I tried to find previously that resulted in those being prayed for, suffering worse results than those who were NOT prayed for. 
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> I will search for further negatives, and then move on to the postives.-You need only look before 2003. I know about the fraudulent study I cited. If I ever get to a revision, all can be changed.