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Can God Answer Prayers???

I Had to Wrestle Advanced Google Gemini to the Ground!!

Tony Berard
21 min readOct 22, 2024

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A Human Beating a Robot in Wrestling by Gemini (Symbolizing Me Wrestling Gemini)

Did the Templeton Foundation do a study on prayer for people in hospitals?

Yes, the John Templeton Foundation funded a large, multi-hospital study on the effects of intercessory prayer on patients recovering from coronary artery bypass graft surgery. This study, sometimes called the “STEP Project” or “Great Prayer Experiment”, was conducted in 2005 and involved over 1,800 patients.

Here’s a summary of the study:

  • Patients were divided into three groups:
  • Group 1: Received intercessory prayer and were aware of it.
  • Group 2: Did not receive intercessory prayer but were aware they might.
  • Group 3: Received intercessory prayer and were not aware of it.
  • The prayers were standardized: Participating prayer groups were given the patients’ first names and last initials and instructed to pray for “a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications.”
  • The primary outcome was the

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Tony Berard
Tony Berard

Written by Tony Berard

I have lately been constructing arguments against God and the supernatural. I have proven that stuff doesn't exist with science equations. I aspire to be great.

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