Could you possibly............ .....

jO8 No, I don't. I see no reason why anybody should, apart from wishful thinking. After all, praying implies an expectation that someone or something will, on your behalf, break the laws of physics - and if that could be done there would probably no longer be a universe!

The only properly conducted test, involving prayer groups and patients recovering from heart problems resulted in those who were prayed for and knew it doing least well, and those who were prayed for without knowing it doing better but those who weren't prayed for at all doing best! Of course that was only one trial, and nobody took it seriously - but it was funny!

I think that when people pray over a problem, they are forced to put the problem into words, and thus come to analyse their difficulty - which can help them to solve it for themselves. Otherwise - it's mostly mumbling...

Wow! Thanks everyone. It was probably even harder for GS who pranged his car in a spectacular fashion and got a new job and wasn't able to post any of it up on Facebook.

I coped by becoming totally addicted to online jigsaw puzzles and freecell.

No way Elegran! (You Dot Cotton in real life?!)

Wow *Petallus! Did n' t you do well! Welcome back!

Hey Petallus - Welcome back.
If I remember correctly, you had a pact with your grandson. Did he do as well as you?

Well done, Petallus - you are more strong-minded than I am.

Welcome back Petallus & well done. [You're a better man than me, Charlie Brown ]

Hi Petallus, you said you would do it and you have. What will-power!

JO You could probably assume that the other 14,967 are no's as they are not rushing into posting a yes.

"Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters" (Matthew 12:30)

#simplisticpolarisation

Thanks, good to be back

Ah...! There you are Petallus. I wondered if you would be be back this weekend. Happy Easter

Yes

No.

There was a time when for me that was simple! (Well, at least understandable!)

phoenix you're welcome to that lot. #keepitsimple

Well, Im', waiting for the other 14,970 to come online aren't I!

Shoud have said it was a competition. Bring 'em out in hordes that would.

No.

Ah, now we are almost straying in to the realms of the confidence interval!

(Almost, but not quite home ground for me!)

www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm

I am not quite sure what you expect to find from this 'survey' - you can hardly extrapolate from the replies of less than thirty members out of a membership of some 15,000!

Yes

So far, seems like 13 yes's and 10 no's. So almost 50/50.

Anyone else? Any "lurkers" out there? You would be very welcome.

For me, it's tough one.

Might I ask (and apologies if this has already been asked) the power of prayer to whom?

No.

No!