It's the eve of the National Day of Prayer, and on this day as on others, people are asking the Almighty for all sorts of things - from a winning lottery ticket to recovery from some dread disease. Forty-three percent of adults in the U.S. pray for their own health, according to a 2004 survey of 31,000 adults.
Is God listening?
A 2003 study showed that the death rate among people who attend religious services once a week was 25% lower than that of godless types. The study's lead author, Rush University Medical Center's Dr. Lynn Powell, told the Wall Street Journal at the time,
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