Kurt Ullman hunched over a computer, typing feverishly;
Thunder crashed, Kurt Ullman laughed madly, then wrote:

In article ,
Salad wrote:

Why don't you do a study on the power of prayer. It is being proven
powerful. Check out the medical journals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4681771.stm

And I can go into Medline and (selectively) find a whole bunch of
others that show it works. Overall, though, I think the boys and girls
from the Cochrane Systematic Review got it right when looking at the
current state of the art.
"The evidence presented so far is interesting enough to justify further
study into the human aspects of the effects of prayer. However it is
impossible to prove or disprove in trials any supposed benefit that
derives from God's response to prayer."

So while you're pretending there's an invisible man up in the sky to
pray to, you are also going to pretend that it is scientifically
proven, even though it's "impossible to prove or disprove".

Well at least your thought process is consistent, if absurd.


--
Zapanaz
International Satanic Conspiracy
Customer Support Specialist
http://joecosby.com/
Date: 8 June 1982 00:39-EDT
From: "J. R. "Bob" Dobbs" DOBBS at MIT-AI
Subject: Libertarian ideologies

I consider myself to be a follower of Patriopsychotic
Anarchomaterialism. This unique political meta-ideology was first
developed by Dr. Carl E. Havermist and popularized in his book "Making
Freedom Compulsory". Since it is derived completely by means of
formal mathematical principles, Patriopsychotic Anarchomaterialism is
far more rigorous and consistent than most so-called political
theories, which must continuously resort to unreliable "real-world"
data in order to support their dubious conclusions.

Patriopsychotic Anarchomaterialists support immediate repeal of the
Second Law of Thermodynamics, forced bussing of ghetto children to L-5
colonies, the right to arm bears, redistribution of intelligence,
traditional family values, and the right to urinate in different
colors.

:: Currently listening to Il deserto dei Tartari (Le Désert Des Tartares), 2002, by Ennio Morricone, from "Itinerary Of A Genius"