Patients did not know to which group they belonged. The group that was prayed for experienced fewer complications, fewer cases of pneumonia, fewer cardiac arrests, less congestive heart failure and needed fewer antibiotics. On to other matters. There is an interesting little project waiting for a sociology post-graduate candidate hungry for a good topic to research. It is already firmly established, as someone recently reminded me that I have written already, that the surest route out of poverty is the application of the faith-based virtues of delayed sexual activity, marriage, delayed consumption with saving for goals, and raising children by mother and father to reverence God and keep His commandments and to strive to achieve.
Abundant evidence is in.
Martin Henry is a communications consultant.