Prayer works!! Again

[Ed]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/health/10prayer.html?hp&ex=1097467200&en=b3de3a2c07ddbf8e&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Seems the US Government is supporting some of this drivel. Really amazing.

[Zep]

It's all about the money. In that report alone, I saw $2.3 million in government grants for one study, major grants from corporate donors for Susan Targ's ongoing work (before she died), $2.4 million for another study...so it goes. Really, the JREF million is just small potatoes compared to some of this stuff.

[Anders]

Originally posted by Ed
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/health/10prayer.html?hp&ex=1097467200&en=b3de3a2c07ddbf8e&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Seems the US Government is supporting some of this drivel. Really amazing.
With an evangelist in the white house, that is hardly suprising.

[The Mighty Thor]

Originally posted by Anders
With an evangelist in the white house, that is hardly suprising.

It is all very confusing. In the second debate I though Bush sounded more like a Roman Catholic (on stem cell research, for example) and Kerry more like a traditional Protestant (tolerant and aware that his, or Bush's, religious beliefs should not be forced on a whole nation).

[Achán hiNidráne]

Originally posted by Anders
With an evangelist in the white house, that is hardly suprising.

Given how our governemnt is more than willing to throw money at anyone with a grant proposal, I think that this would have happened no matter who was in the White House.