• mitram@sopuli.xyz
        7·
        2 months ago

        More like confirmation bias. People only remember when their prayers “solved” a situation that surely wouldn’t resolve itself either way, but forget the million others where it failed.

        • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
          8·
          2 months ago

          the trick is, it’s never a failure. It’s God’s plan.

          If your child beats cancer, praise God! Prayers answered.

          if your child dies of cancer, praise God! Prayers answered. The answer was NO

        • Astrealix@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 months ago

          I mean sure, but also placebo effect is a real measured psychological effect

          So even assuming there’s no supernatural stuff, placebo would exist for people who genuinely believed in religion