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minus-squarelauha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 hours agoAre you saying it is having some effect??
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoThey have a larger effect than doomers sharing memes, so there’s that.
minus-squaremitram@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 hours agoMore 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.
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agothe 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
minus-squareAstrealix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoI 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
Are you saying it is having some effect??
They have a larger effect than doomers sharing memes, so there’s that.
I mean, placebo, I suppose
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.
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
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