祈禱－醫治的果效 作者： 盧國禮 2010-08-15 《真理報》89期

「耶和華在祂所行的，無不公義﹔在祂一切所作的，都有慈愛。凡求靠耶和華的，就是誠心求告祂的，耶和華便與他們相近。敬畏祂的，祂必成就他們的心願，也必聽他們的呼求，拯救他們。」(詩篇145:19)
祈禱是否蒙神垂聽？誠心求告神是否有果效？求神醫治疾病是否祂必成就祈禱者的心願？向神呼求是否祂必拯救？
很多虔敬基督徒的經歷和見證都述說神的慈愛和醫治的奇妙。在祈禱裡得著恩典和啟迪，禱告便更誠心，更熱切。
沒有信仰的人，不容易了解祈禱應許的奧秘。就算得到神的醫治，他們只覺得是巧合或以為是好運氣。試想想，這世界真是那麼多偶然和運氣？誰掌管生命？誰掌管明天？
當下的社會文化，重視實際，凡事要求科學驗証，沒有觀察分析的數據結果，便不信其有。事實上，科學所發現的，已是存在，只是我們的智慧不能全知道。神創造了世界萬物和人，一切的定理和定律皆在祂之內。科學研究的結果，會使我們對神的奧秘有更深一些的了解。
在一個世紀前，科學家相信祈禱有效不過是「心理作用」，或自我催眠產生的效果。到二十世紀六十年代，醫學界開始研究祈禱和得醫治的效果。雖然有好的結果，但未受重視。二十多年後，踏進八十年代，正因「新紀元運動」興起，社會各界對祈禱和默想之古老課題，大感興趣。醫學界便對祈禱與果效作多方面的研究。
三藩市醫院的 Randolph Byrd 醫師做了實驗，在1988年Southern Medical Journal 報告有關393個病例研究結果，其中有代禱的病人比沒有代禱的病人表現較佳。研究用電腦隨機取樣，把病人分成兩組，192個病人有指定代禱者，餘下201個病人沒有代禱者，成為控制組。病人，主趁醫師，護理人員皆不知到那一個病人有或沒有代禱者。代禱者都不認識病人，而只知病人姓名和一些病況。每一個病人有五至七位代禱者，而每位代禱者被指定為數名病人代禱。每天，要為病人祈禱，形式卻不規定。
結果，有代禱者的病人比控制組健康較佳，需抗生素處方藥的少了五倍 (3:16)，併發症比率少了三倍 (6:18)。控制組病人有十二人需要輔助呼吸器，有代禱者病人卻不需要。這樣看來，祈禱的果效不受空間限制。
聖路加中亞美利堅心臟醫院於1988年公佈在 Archives of Internal Medicine的研究發現，有代禱者的病人，雖然他們自己不知道，但比沒有代禱者的病人康復率高11%。William Harris是一位心臟專科醫生，他領著研究團，包括醫師、心臟專家及心理學家、統計員和院牧，臨床研究了990例個案，病人都是患有不同程度嚴重心臟病的。
研究是這樣安排的，有466個病人被隨機挑選為代禱對像，每天有五位自願祈禱者代禱﹔有524個病人成為控制組，沒有代禱者。代禱者有75人，他們都信神會照顧每一個人，禱告是有果效的。他們離開醫院進行祈禱，祈禱者只有病人的姓名和一些病況，其他的醫務人員一概不知情。當病人進入醫院第一天開始為他(她) 禱告28天。研究包括35項病程的康復進度，作出以上的結果。在統計學的立場，11%是重要的比率。我相信科學和醫學界會繼續他們的研究，將會有更多確實的例證。
總的說，無論是個人經歷或客觀的科學研究，都表明了祈禱的果效，實在對病人或祈禱者有很明顯的益處，病人康復較快，死亡率降低。現今科學界對祈禱和宗教行為會影響個人健康漸漸得到肯定﹔研究結果指出有宗教信仰，恆常往教會崇拜和熱切祈禱的人，總比沒有信仰的人較健康長壽。
另有研究表明，祈禱對植物種子生長過程亦有良好影響，今天不在這裡討論。祈禱的果效確是奧秘，我們有限的感官世界，想作科學實驗去證明甚麼，恐怕要到見主基督面時才能領悟。
所以，基督徒應堅信神對信徒的應許，體貼聖靈的啟迪，每日切切禱告，樂意完成祂要我們在世上成就的事。凡誠心求告耶和華的，祂必成就我們的心願。

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    這個《真理報》是個什麼學術刊物？

我怎麼知道有另外的學術刊物登出來的文章剛好和這個文章的結論相反？

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這份報紙不是科學學術刊物。你去查查看，有沒有人做了這個實驗？結果如何？我看著好玩，所以轉樂上來。你自己研究研究吧。

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這份報紙不是科學學術刊物。你去查查看，有沒有人做了這個實驗？結果如何？ ...
研究 發表於 2010-9-3 00:42

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16569567[/url]
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Intercessory prayer is widely believed to influence recovery from illness, but claims of benefits are not supported by well-controlled clinical trials. Prior studies have not addressed whether prayer itself or knowledge/certainty that prayer is being provided may influence outcome. We evaluated whether (1) receiving intercessory prayer or (2) being certain of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with uncomplicated recovery after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

METHODS: Patients at 6 US hospitals were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: 604 received intercessory prayer after being informed that they may or may not receive prayer; 597 did not receive intercessory prayer also after being informed that they may or may not receive prayer; and 601 received intercessory prayer after being informed they would receive prayer. Intercessory prayer was provided for 14 days, starting the night before CABG. The primary outcome was presence of any complication within 30 days of CABG. Secondary outcomes were any major event and mortality.

RESULTS: In the 2 groups uncertain about receiving intercessory prayer, complications occurred in 52% (315/604) of patients who received intercessory prayer versus 51% (304/597) of those who did not (relative risk 1.02, 95% CI 0.92-1.15). Complications occurred in 59% (352/601) of patients certain of receiving intercessory prayer compared with the 52% (315/604) of those uncertain of receiving intercessory prayer (relative risk 1.14, 95% CI 1.02-1.28). Major events and 30-day mortality were similar across the 3 groups.

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.

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Positive therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer in a coronary care unit population.
Author: Randolph C. Byrd, M.D.
Institution: Medical Service, San Francisco General Medical Center, CA.
Source: Southern Medical Journal 1988 Jul; 81(7): 826-9

Abstract: The therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer (IP) to the Judeo-Christian God, one of the oldest forms of therapy, has had little attention in the medical literature. To evaluate the effects of IP in a coronary care unit (CCU) population, a prospective randomized double-blind protocol was followed. Over ten months, 393 patients admitted to the CCU were randomized, after signing informed consent, to an intercessory prayer group (192 patients) or to a control group (201 patients). While hospitalized, the first group received IP by participating Christians praying outside the hospital; the control group did not. At entry, chi-square and stepwise logistic analysis revealed no statistical difference between the groups. After entry, all patients had follow-up for the remainder of the admission. The IP group subsequently had a significantly lower severity score based on the hospital course after entry (P less than .01). Multivariant analysis separated the groups on the basis of the outcome variables (P less than .0001). The control patients required ventilatory assistance, antibiotics, and diuretics more frequently than patients in the IP group. These data suggest that intercessory prayer to the Judeo-Christian God has a beneficial therapeutic effect in patients admitted to a CCU.

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Positive therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer in a coronary care ...
研究 發表於 2010-9-3 00:47

http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Harvard_prayer_experiment

Results
Some patients were told they may or may not receive intercessory prayer: complications occurred in 52 percent of those who received prayer (Group 1) versus 51 percent of those who did not receive prayer (Group 2). Complications occurred in 59 percent of patients who were told they would receive prayer (Group 3) versus 52 percent, who also received prayer, but were uncertain of receiving it (Group 1). Major complications and thirty-day mortality were similar across the three groups. Major events and 30-day mortality were similar across the 3 groups. (13 in group 1, 16 in Group 2, and 14 in Group 3)

Not only did prayer not help the patients, those that were told they were being prayed for experienced more complications.

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這份報紙不是科學學術刊物。你去查查看，有沒有人做了這個實驗？結果如何？ ...
研究 發表於 2010-9-3 00:42

你枉起了＂研究＂這個名字啊，和那個＂唯慎＂是交相輝映。

South Med J. 2010 Sep;103(9):864-9.

Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Proximal Intercessory Prayer (STEPP) on Auditory and Visual Impairments in Rural Mozambique.
Brown CG, Mory SC, Williams R, McClymond MJ.

From the Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Nashville, TN; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Department of Theological Studies, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Proximal intercessory prayer (PIP) is a common complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy, but clinical effects are poorly understood, partly because studies have focused on distant intercessory prayer (DIP).

METHODS: This prospective study used an audiometer (Earscan(R) 3) and vision charts (40 cm, 6 m "Illiterate E") to evaluate 24 consecutive Mozambican subjects (19 males/5 females) reporting impaired hearing (14) and/or vision (11) who subsequently received PIP interventions.

RESULTS: We measured significant improvements in auditory (P <0.003) and visual (P <0.02) function across both tested populations.

CONCLUSIONS: Rural Mozambican subjects exhibited improved audition and/or visual acuity subsequent to PIP. The magnitude of measured effects exceeds that reported in previous suggestion and hypnosis studies. Future study seems warranted to assess whether PIP may be a useful adjunct to standard medical care for certain patients with auditory and/or visual impairments, especially in contexts where access to conventional treatment is limited.

你枉起了＂研究＂這個名字啊，和那個＂唯慎＂是交相輝映。
BenAl 發表於 2010-9-3 00:59

不懂。

呵呵，一片從宗教研究系出來的醫學論文。

呵呵，一片從宗教研究系出來的醫學論文。
Guest from 4.49.108.x 發表於 2010-9-3 01:45

好玩么？

Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2010 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print]

The power of charisma--perceived charisma inhibits the frontal executive network of believers in intercessory prayer.
Schjoedt U, St&oslash;dkilde-J&oslash;rgensen H, Geertz AW, Lund TE, Roepstorff A.

Aarhus University, Taasingegade 3, 8000 Arhus C, Denmark, us@teo.au.dk.

Abstract
This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how assumptions about speakers' abilities changed the evoked BOLD response in secular and Christian participants who received intercessory prayer. We find that recipients' assumptions about senders' charismatic abilities have important effects on their executive network. Most notably, the Christian participants deactivated the frontal network consisting of the medial and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex bilaterally in response to speakers who they believed had healing abilities. An independent analysis across subjects revealed that this deactivation predicted the Christian participants' subsequent ratings of the speakers' charisma and experience of God's presence during prayer. These observations point to an important mechanism of authority that may facilitate charismatic influence, a mechanism which is likely to be present in other interpersonal interactions as well.

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呵呵， 這篇文章好，是做研究的樣子，就不知你可理解其中的意思了？

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    合你的心意就像做研究的樣子了？

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    合你的心意就像做研究的樣子了？
研究 發表於 2010-9-3 02:56

哈哈，我的心意是啥？我自己怎麼還不知道？

應該代禱以後,死得更快,早死早升天,有的早死早下地獄.

應該代禱以後,死得更快,早死早升天,有的早死早下地獄.
拎不清 發表於 2010-9-3 08:33

沒有審判過，就想上天入地？

這個好玩，值得推廣 只不過這些個「統計」本身是否科學，是否嚴格按照要求，咱就不知道啦。

當然，醫院是不希望病人都這麼容易好轉的，那樣怎麼賺錢？

試探神的話是不該說的，那麼試探神的實質呢。希望那幾個做研究的不是基督教人員，不然也不知道他們最後上天還是下地。不過按照我的聽聞，試探神，最後神不會給他們好果子吃的。

應該代禱以後,死得更快,早死早升天,有的早死早下地獄.
拎不清 發表於 2010-9-3 08:33

   我為我的親人做過這樣的禱告， 這位親人是一位晚期癌症病人。腫瘤在病人的體內全面擴散，用現代醫學已經無法可醫，剩下的只是痛苦。經本人同意我們為病人每日禱告，求神接病人回天家。禱告大約兩個禮拜，病人就安詳地回天家了。