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The power of prayer

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The power of prayer
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#11
RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Stop mumbling things to yourself and actually do stuff.

Thank me later.
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RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 4:47 pm
(October 15, 2015 at 4:17 pm)Beccs Wrote: If everything that happens if god's will, why pray to try to change his mind?

It's obvious that God's plans suck and people want a better deal.  One of the earliest examples in the Bible was when Abraham negotiated with the God character over the number of righteous people in Sodom.  But prayer didn't work for Jesus.
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RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 4:53 pm
(October 15, 2015 at 4:05 pm)JBrentonK Wrote: ...

Here's to betting that atheists don't pray.

Here's to betting you're exactly right.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin
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#14
RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 4:54 pm
Disappointed
We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate.
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RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 4:54 pm
Prayer is a worthless waste of time.  All scientific studies on prayer have failed.  Time spent on your knees, mumbling to yourself and begging the ceiling for the petition of the day - ugh.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 4:55 pm
OP, in your estimation roughly how many threads are you going to create and then leave before you get bored, and is there anything I can do to expedite the process for you?
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RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 5:00 pm
(October 15, 2015 at 4:55 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: OP, in your estimation roughly how many threads are you going to create and then leave before you get bored, and is there anything I can do to expedite the process for you?

42 ._.
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RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 5:04 pm
(October 15, 2015 at 4:14 pm)abaris Wrote: A quite lenghty OP, but only one word comes to mind: Idiot.

Indeed.

For me it was more along the lines of trolling-dumbass-fuckface, but "idiot" does have a succinct economy that cannot be denied.
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RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 5:05 pm
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Guess this child didn't pray hard enough, It's cool your god totally helped that guy score a touchdown.
"For the only way to eternal glory is a life lived in service of our Lord, FSM; Verily it is FSM who is the perfect being the name higher than all names, king of all kings and will bestow upon us all, one day, The great reclaiming"  -The Prophet Boiardi-

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#20
RE: The power of prayer
October 15, 2015 at 5:06 pm
Atheists don't pray.

Many of us USED to when we were theists.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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