Prayer?

[Frodo]

As long as it provides comfort for those to whom those prayers are directed, I don't see the problem here.   If anything, it might actually help in giving someone terminally ill the will to continue to live. 

[Frodo]

As long as it provides comfort for those to whom those prayers are directed, I don't see the problem here. If anything, it might actually help in giving someone terminally ill the will to continue to live.

Actually, it might be the opposite - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studies_on_intercessory_prayer#The_STEP_project

Actually the effect of prayer is still up in the air and needs more study, according to your link if you read the concluding paragraph:

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You just happened to naturally latch onto this particular study because the results agreed with you.