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Intercessory prayer study: failed experimental setup

Automated disclaimer: This post was written more than 15 years ago and I may not have looked at it since.

Older posts may not align with who I am today and how I would think or write, and may have been written in reaction to a cultural context that no longer applies. Some of my high school or college posts are just embarrassing. However, I have left them public because I believe in keeping old web pages alive—and it's interesting to see how I've changed.

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  • told they were not being prayed for (50%), or
  • told they may or may not be prayed for, and were not prayed for, and recorded the percent who had major post-sur

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