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What to do when collective prayer doesn't prevent death

I grew up believing prayer could heal anything, but I watched my husband waste away from cancer despite hundreds of people praying for him, and now I don't know what prayer is even for.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The failure of community prayer to alter medical outcomes has undermined fundamental beliefs about prayer's efficacy.

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