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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Are you saying it is having some effect??

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[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean, placebo, I suppose

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[–] mitram@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

More like confirmation bias. People only remember when their prayers "solved" a situation that surely wouldn't resolve itself either way, but forget the million others where it failed.

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

the trick is, it's never a failure. It's God's plan.

If your child beats cancer, praise God! Prayers answered.

if your child dies of cancer, praise God! Prayers answered. The answer was NO

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[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I mean sure, but also placebo effect is a real measured psychological effect

So even assuming there's no supernatural stuff, placebo would exist for people who genuinely believed in religion

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[–] ViscloReader@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yup, splashing water everywhere

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