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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 42 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

I don't think the evidence is clear that god rejects prayers more for sociopaths than everybody else.
But yes they are probably rejected equally.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Or God simply doesn't exist and we as a species need to deal with our own problems

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes by rejected equally I mean always rejected, exactly because god doesn't exist.
Some claim that the reason we can't see the effect, is because god doesn't reveal himself.
Funny thing is though, that a study on how prayer works for sick people showed they actually got worse!
So there isn't even a beneficial psychological effect, it's actually negative.
If god was working without revealing himself, there is no reason it should be worse.
So when people claim there is no evidence against the existence of god I disagree.
There is no evidence that a god exist, but there is actually evidence against the existence of the Judaic god.
Also the complete lack of evidence for the existence of a god, is evidence that the existence of a god is highly unlikely.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Evidence based religion 😂. Good one.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

I guess that's what we call atheism.
But there has been real studies on the efficacy of prayer, and when it turned out to be negative! Such studies suddenly stopped.

[–] hcf@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago

Maybe, but I think sociopaths have a real "ok, well fuck you, too, then. I'll do/get it myself!" mentality when it comes to God.