I was going to write another typical blog post about prayer and how it clearly doesn’t work, but during the research for this entry I came across the following video from one of my favorite atheist thinkers that so perfectly summed up the position that I think anything I had to say would simply be redundant.
A huge thank you to Matt Dillahunty for his tireless efforts to point out the problems with religious beliefs, and to promote critical thinking among believers. Please check out his personal channel, and especially The Atheist Experience channel for nearly endless examples of religious thinking being totally destroyed.
In addition to the clip seen here, I am including a link to the NY Times article regarding the prayer study Matt referenced, as well as another article from Psychology Today that expands on one of his points.
In case you are worried about bias, please note that the study mentioned was primarily funded by the John Templeton Foundation for Spiritual Study. John Templeton himself was according to his Wikipedia page was an Evangelical Christian
Here is the mentioned study scientifically examining the efficacy of intercessory prayer for healing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html
Article on the arrogance of prayer
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ambigamy/201305/the-arrogance-prayer