OUG, is that you?

I do agree with you about 20/20. It's no more than tipsy-run on a big field.

"The field of spirituality is the newest frontier in medicine."

No, actually it's one of the oldest – back when humans required between 18 and 24 live births per hundred just to maintain a stable population level because the paediatric death toll was so high and such a small proportion of people lived to childbearing age.

The survival rates for humans – or the reduced death rates if you prefer – for the past several generations had nothing to do with alternative medicine.

The only advantage I see to the adoption of so-called 'Christian science' approaches to health care is the irreducible argument that all the negative outcomes are because it was God's will. This will save a fortune on M and M conferences.

Now on to more important topics… The appreciation of Houllebecq's ball handling skills.

So sorry to hear that, Houellebecq.

>>I even scored that night, but have no desire to do it again<<

Go on, give it another shot. You won't regret it.

Ha when I re-read that I knew you'd pick it up Pericles. Not that you're predictable or anything.

I suppose it's good to know you're reading. In addition to saying you read English at Oxbridge, you can say you read Houellebecq at OLO.

Clownfish, can you reference that research? I've got some friends that would get a real kick out of that!

Certainly:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16569567

'CONCLUSIONS:
Intercessory prayer itself had no effect on complication-free recovery from CABG, but certainty of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with a higher incidence of complications.'