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Except, that's not what the article is talking about. It was not the person praying that had their activity shut down, but the person hearing prayers. And not p

by teilo 17y ago

Except, that's not what the article is talking about. It was not the person praying that had their activity shut down, but the person hearing prayers. And not prayers in general, but only when coming from someone they perceived to be a "healer", but not prayers by an "ordinary" Christian.

cilantro 17y ago
Ah good point. I would just suggest that listening to someone pray and praying may be quite similar for very religious people.
- oconnor0 17y ago
  Absolutely. Especially in the sense that a religious person listening to someone pray is probably praying along by agreeing with them in thought.
- joeyo 17y ago
  Auditory mirror cells, perhaps?
FlorinAndrei 17y ago
If they go into a light meditative trance when hearing the prayer, that may explain it. The changes in the brain's functioning during meditation are pretty amazing. This has been researched pretty well with buddhist monks, etc.
alexyim 17y ago
Right.. I don't really like the wording of the statement. But the article makes sense though. If already believe in someone, your "doubt" mental processes shouldn't be firing.