What do atheists think about prayer?
Noted atheist Dan Barker, a spokesperson for the Freedom from Religion Foundation says the findings of the above research are no big surprise. Prayer and religious beliefs can have a placebo effect, just like a sugar pill. Dr. Larry Dossey writes about the placebo effect mentioned earlier by Dan Barker and physicians who have looked at the tremendous amount of scientific studies on prayer. As Dr. Dossey states: “That is difficult to do considering that bacteria, fungi, and germinating seeds are not generally considered to be susceptible to suggestion.” Empirical Evidence (Microorganisms) (Here we have a Mr. Herb Wesson dispelling bacteria with a swift kick to the flagella) Bacteria presumably do not think positively or negatively. Another major advantage of microorganisms in studies of distant mental intentions has to do with the control group. If the effects of intercessory prayer, for example, are being assessed in a group of humans who have a particular illness, it is difficult to e
