Re: Prayer power questioned

In article <1143794166.401293.206310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Marc" <mbuhler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> quoted:

The question has been a contentious one among researchers. Proponents have
argued that prayer is perhaps the most deeply human response to disease, and
that it may relieve suffering by some mechanism that is not yet understood.
Skeptics have contended that studying prayer is a waste of money and that it
presupposes supernatural intervention, putting it by definition beyond the
reach of science.

Interesting wording. I might have have written the paragraph this way:

The question has been a contentious one among researchers. Proponents of the
scientifc method have contended that studying prayer is a waste of money and
that it presupposes supernatural intervention, putting it by definition
beyond the reach of science. Skeptics of science have argued that prayer is
perhaps the most deeply human response to disease, and that it may relieve
suffering by some mechanism that is not yet understood.

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