There is NO god (since everyone asked by perpetuating this thread).
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YOU DON'T HAVE A PRAYER from www.thisistrue.com:
A study of more than 1,800 heart bypass operations shows that praying for the patient has no effect on recovery rates. In fact, the $2.4 million Harvard Medical School study shows, if the patient knows he's being prayed over, complication rates increased, perhaps because the patients figured they were in bad shape if they needed prayers. (Washington Post)
...Worse, other studies have shown that praying that your medical insurance will cover the operation isn't effective either.
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This isn't the first time I've seen studies like this, and it won't be the last. I don't know how much evidence people need beyond the random, inexplicable tragedy and choas that happens in every day life to good and bad people alike, but this is enough for me.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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