The elders of my church prayed a few weeks ago for a member who had stomach cancer, and a return trip to his doctor found the cancer was gone. The doctor's explanation: "It was a miracle." This would indicate that this Reuters-reported study was flawed.
Beautiful story. Those who doubt it have obviously never experienced healing through prayer.
A dear friend called me today, saying that her church held a special service just last night devoted to Jill Carroll.
I am stunned that a forum which values prayer so deeply would be so callous to think it cannot effect healing of every kind.
No it doesn't, any more than a chain smoker who lives to 100 indicates that smoking isn't harmful.
I'm sure the authors of the study will withdraw their careful statistical analysis of 1800 cases when they here your anecdote.