So who wants to meet this weekend to pray that Dr. Kearney suddenly decides to cancel the paper due Monday? Talk to me in class if you're interested :)
I've posted numerous times how skeptical I am of all these ideas in the book. I do not, however, have any reservations about Chapter 10. I believe in the power of prayer, or healing (although, I'm certainly not a very religious person). I can't explain it, but there have been too many instances where it has worked. Not to say, though, there aren't instances where prayer has no effect on a situations because there has been.
But one instance sticks out in my mind: my Sunday school teacher, Jen, gave birth to her son about 4 years ago. In her own words, she "really sucked at the whole 'giving birth thing'." While delivering the baby, her heart began to fail and it was only functioning at 30% (I think that's how it was explained to me). As soon as people from the church found out, they started a prayer chain. I remember getting a call at my high school's football game. Throughout the community, our congregation was focused on one single goal: Jen getting better. Soon after, Jen began to recover. Maybe it WAS the doctors and the medicine that were healing her. But prayer does have some effect in this world. And its power has mega potential, if only we could tap into this field better.
I've had my ups and downs with this book. I can't say it's been all great, but the ideas discussed and the potential they have are exciting and astounding. Sarah mentioned that people used to think it was impossible to fly to the moon. She's right: the impossible is proven every single day. While I'm still skeptical, I have this feeling that someday, maybe very soon, this stuff won't just be theory. It'll be in textbooks as known facts. Who knows?
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