In Reply to: Scientists study power of prayer posted by Alan on January 24, 2004 at 02:09:30:
I worked for a psychologist who was studying the differences between people who said they had a "spiritual life" with those who didn't (actually they had a survey about many "spiritual" things and the decision was based in accordance to the survey).
It showed many interesting things about general well being, happiness, approach to life, expectations of people, life expectancy and longevity, etc. It seems that striving to be spiritual pays in many more ways than one.