"Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion." ― Michael Shermer Topic(s): Religion More From Michael Shermer "Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training." "Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life’s caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known." "But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths." More In Religion "For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency."― Albert Ellis "After all, is football a game or a religion?"― Howard Cosell "Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That’s a unique claim in the literature of religion."― Josh McDowell