[Waychel]

I believe that religion does work, but only because that religion is true to the person.

For example, if a person is feeling sick, lethargic, etc. but feels inspired by their religion, spirituality or the like enough to be in bright spirits and as energetic as they can be, their body will respond in as positive a way as it can. Emotional state and attitude has long been known to contribute to physical state (sometimes only a little, but sometimes a-lot).

I don't believe that prayer of any kind is a magical cure to cancer mind you, but if prayer means enough to a person emotionally and affects them enough to boost their spirits positively, I am of the opinion that it does help their condition physically to some extent.