Organized anonymous prayers

#1

Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:10am

Just announced on the View that a study shows that organized anonymous prayers (i.e., pray for my next-door neighbor's cat whom you've never met) do no good. This was studied on 1800 patients.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#2

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:11am

I wonder how this will affect the boards...

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"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too." - Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck

#3

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:13am

what if we sign our names to the prayers?

dear god,
please don't kill kitty. and if you can, get me the new video ipod.

love, carla

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XING
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#4

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:14am

Sorry, Robb, apparently you have to have a direct connection with the person. And not in an AIM way.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#5

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:15am

does god have a myspace page?

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XING
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#6

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:18am

Yes, of course - yahweh.myspace.com

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#7

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:19am

Oy! Can you imagine the retribution if you DIDN'T send him a friend request?

#8

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:28am

Does this mean that if we all prayed hard that the thread bandit moderator will still strike at will? Terrorizing innocent threads about cold symptoms?

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#9

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:29am

Sweet Jesus,
Don't delete me!
Amen.

#10

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:32am

dear god,
why do you hate bwaysinger? he is not a jew.

love, carla

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XING
PED

#11

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:33am

Did it say if it worked on rabbits?

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PEACE.

#12

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:34am

Hmmm ... that is an interesting finding. Who is to say that the prayers didn't work? God does not always answer prayer in the way in which we think they should be answered ...

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"I am open, and I am willing, For to be hopeless would seem so strange. It dishonors those who go before us, So lift me up to the light of change." Holly Near

#13

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:36am

Maybe that means that bwaysinger's appreciation thread will only be frozen, not actually deleted.
Praise be!

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"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS

#14

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 11:39am

Well, DBP, I'm sure if we pray for someone to get well, and they don't, that to us, that prayer didn't "work." Because we wanted them to get well, see? That was the point of the prayer.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#15

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 12:03pm

Oh, I get that Rath. My point is that the person doing the praying might need to rethink the word "work" to fit God's definition rather then his or her own.

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"I am open, and I am willing, For to be hopeless would seem so strange. It dishonors those who go before us, So lift me up to the light of change." Holly Near

#16

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 1:22pm

I swear I read the topic title and thought that it was a 12 step program for out-of-control Virgos.

If you've ever loved a Virgo, you know exactly what I mean. They hang their shirts by how the shade falls in the color spectrum. They alphabetize the groceries on the shelves (just like the family in The Accidental Tourist).

Things have to be just so.

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#17

re: Organized anonymous prayers

Posted: 4/4/06 at 1:25pm

Will it scare you to find out that the thread was started by a Virgo?

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson