Link to External Source Article Do Intercessory Prayers Work?
By Mansur Hallaj Sindhi 28 September, 2007 Countercurrents.org As a child, the author learnt that self help, rather than prayers or dua would help. The result of a recent comprehensive study about intercessory prayers, which is common in Christianity and Islam, showed that it does not work. Similarly, having people pray for rain as often done by our leaders is futile. Before long I realized from my report card that the Almighty had better things to attend to than listen to a lad in Karachi. This was about the time that science education, books and film documentaries had raised doubts in my mind about this method of marks-enhancement. Plain hard work turned out to be a surer way to success. This was also the time when I became aware of the importance of prime numbers and began wondering about the magic of ‘3’ and ‘7’: the first was the number of times one washed each limb before prayers; ablution and ‘3’ went together. As for ‘7’ that would be a whole new ball game… At university I beca
