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pmarrecktoday at 6:07 AM3 repliesview on HN

> faith-based entities

Look, believe what you want, but praying literally has no known demonstrable deterministic scientific or medical effect on people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficacy_of_prayer


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snehktoday at 6:18 AM

Not sure how it is in the US but in Germany there are many faith-based entities providing regular health services. Malteser would be one of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malteser_Hilfsdienst_e.V.

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King-Aarontoday at 6:10 AM

There is literally no point invoking research and factual information into an argument with a religious person.

plagiaristtoday at 6:20 AM

I sure wish demonstrable facts had mattered to the constituents at any point in time over the last 10 years.

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