I've heard a lot of spin dropped into the ether in the hopes of protecting Karl Rove's career. One is the interesting assertion that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was "not really" undercover (that gem comes from G. Gordon Libby, who'd probably also like to assert there "wasn't really' a break-in at the Watergate hotel.)
Sorry folks. Valerie Plame "was really" undercover. And exposing her also outed a front company - the lives of who knows how many agents were put in danger by that.
Leak of Agent's Name Causes Exposure of CIA Front Firm (washingtonpost.com)
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Plamegate
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Prayer's Power to Heal Strangers Is Examined
Long time no see. How've you been?
I really never put a lot of stock in reports like these. The first double blind test of this kind, in 1983, actually did find that intercessory prayer was highly effectual.
That said, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
1. "Do not put the Lord thy God to the test."
2. "Blessed are those who believe without seeing."
It may simply be, first of all, that God refuses to respond like a hamptster on a treadmill to a test. And secondly, who knows who was praying for the second group? Most people, after all are religious - the second group's families were probably having their intentions prayed in church on Sunday, were probably all praying themselves... and even strangers might have been praying for them, outside of the test. I've prayed for strangers...
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