I can't prove a negative.
However, since you are the opne saying it does work, you are the one who has to show me the evidence that it does.
Your personal belief or testimony does not constitute evidence.
The thing is, prayer DOES work in certain cases.
When ill people know they are being thought about and prayed for, they tend to recover more quickly than similar people who are not.
However, this isn't evidence for anything supernatural. This is evidence that people who feel cared for and supported have a better emotional state, and therefore have smaller amounts of fear and stress hormones running through their bodies, and therefore have healthier immune systems.
(the interesting control groups are those who are prayed for but don't know it. They do no better than unsupported, unprayed-for people)
What I don't buy is someone like you saying, "Prayer works, and you should believe me because I say so."
What would you think if I told you, "I pray to the Great Galactic Goat, and it works because I know it does."
Would you believe me? Why or why not?
[This message has been edited by schrafinator, 05-01-2003]