Whenever I myself, or others for that matter, makes a topic about prayer, or post about prayer in one of the already existing topics of religion, it always goes the same route.
The first poster, typically an atheist, posts saying that prayer is bullshit, and has a link showing a study where it doesn't help. The first response he will get is that "you are stupid for thinking Christians treat prayer as an alternative to medicine". Basically, it's argued that prayer is merely talking to God, to make yourself spiritual calm or whatnot.
There might be some Christian who posts in the topic about how his grandma or best friend was healed after he prayed, but this is largely ignored by the wider newgrounds community. He is just an irrational Christian. Real Christians knows that prayer isn't a band aid. Yet, it seems that a large part of the US population DOES think healing though prayer works. It's not merely a small insane group, it's a large, if not the majority group, of US citizens.
I wanted to make a topic about this earlier, but I could already guess the responses! No no, I'm being unreasonable. Prayer isn't meant to be used as a tool of healing despite what the Bible says, everybody knows that, and legalize pot while you are at it. Well, screw you newgrounds community.
I'm putting this to the test: Here you go!
A little-noticed measure would put Christian Science healing sessions on the same footing as clinical medicine.
Now, I want to know. Is there anybody here with balls big enough to still be claiming that prayer is just some conversation tool with God? and nothing that any real serious Christian would use as healing? Because, as the link describes, healing though prayer is just about to become put on the same level as scientific medicine, should these politicans have it their way. I hope you do remember politicans, the people elected to do the peoples will?
