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You list who was doing the praying, not the entity of which they were requesting the supernatural intervention.


"Prayers offered by strangers had no effect on the recovery of people who were undergoing heart surgery, a large and long-awaited study has found."

Just how does that result come from the trial procedures ?
... "to deliver the prayers, using the patients' first names and the first initials of their last names."

Supposedly no one knew who they were praying for.

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You list who was doing the praying, not the entity of which they were requesting the supernatural intervention.

"The researchers asked the members of three congregations — St. Paul's Monastery in St. Paul; the Community of Teresian Carmelites in Worcester, Mass.; and Silent Unity, a Missouri prayer ministry near Kansas City — to deliver the prayers"

It's obvious. They prayed to his noodliness, The Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Supposedly no one knew who they were praying for.

Not by acquaintance. Just the first name and initials of their last names.