From the "Well, Duh" department

[caffeine]

First of all, asking me if I want to ....

Ok, back on topic for a minute:
Aussie study find god hates you. Oh, I mean doesn't care. Oh, wait, maybe it is just that prayer does not help, since well neither does talking to the wall, which is about the same, except that people talking to the wall do not expect anything.

http://smh.com.au/news/world/secret-to-a-speedy-recovery-no-prayers-please/2006/03/31/1143441331996.html

EDIT:
Sorry, not an Aussie study, it was actually here in the US, which is amazing they have the balls to say it. I just read it in an Aussie paper. Which was actually a better article than from "God Weekly," er, I mean Time. "Science Fails to Disprove God" was there opening sentence? Huh? I did not think that it was science's job to disprove god. I thought it was a religions job to prove it. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Like a dead god falling into the ocean. Which was good book by the way (from what I remember of it)

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[jschmidt.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a joke I read a month or so ago, goes something like this:

A reporter is doing a story on religion in Jerusalem and goes to the Western Wall several times to interview worshipers. One particularly old man is there every time, and the reporter approaches him.
Reporter: I see you here every time, how long have you been coming to the Western Wall to pray?
Old Man: Since I was a little boy.
Reporter: What do you pray for?
Old Man: Peace in the Middle East, banishment of hunger and want in the world, love among all peoples.
Reporter: How does your time here make you feel?
Old Man: Like I'm talking to a fucking wall.