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I had a thought whilst watching our English footballing fellas slide back, out of sight of the glory, again. I was contemplating the huge volumes of people passionately willing the footballers to score their penalties or kick it over the cross bar (*tsk*), damn that David Beckham.
Considering the recent reports about the positive power of prayer, wouldn’t the penalty shoot-out constitute a similar if more intense ‘positive prayer/thought’ exercise. Putting aside the religious aspects, the sheer numbers of people focussing on a specific outcome of each penalty would be astonishing and ’hopefully’ worthy of some debate.
One could argue that both the positive and the negative thought aimed at each player would cancel each other out but even so, the effect, if ‘measurable’ with prayer, should manifest itself somehow.
Your thoughts folks.
Considering the recent reports about the positive power of prayer, wouldn’t the penalty shoot-out constitute a similar if more intense ‘positive prayer/thought’ exercise. Putting aside the religious aspects, the sheer numbers of people focussing on a specific outcome of each penalty would be astonishing and ’hopefully’ worthy of some debate.
One could argue that both the positive and the negative thought aimed at each player would cancel each other out but even so, the effect, if ‘measurable’ with prayer, should manifest itself somehow.
Your thoughts folks.