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Are you saying it is having some effect??
Yup, splashing water everywhere
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
They have a larger effect than doomers sharing memes, so there’s that.