RE: Experiences with Prayer
October 29, 2010 at 6:54 pm
(This post was last modified: October 29, 2010 at 6:55 pm by Jonah.)
(October 29, 2010 at 6:28 pm)Darwinian Wrote: If god is the alpha and the omega. The begining and the end, knows what has passed and what is to come, like it states in the bible, why do people pray and think it will make any difference.
Mark Fairclough
That's what I don't get. It's not like God really gives a rip if I ask him to help me pass a test. If he knows whether or not I'll pass the test, wouldn't it be better for me to just study for the damn thing and hope for the best?
I guess prayer helps people feel like they have control over an out-of-control situation because they can ask a deity to intercede on their behalf. But, if God answers the prayers of your enemy, couldn't it be said that Satan was working against you?
It's all about self-deception in my opinion.
"If your god has to make peace with me in my final hour when he has my whole lifetime to prove his existence to me...do you think I should bother?"
"But the happiness of an atheist is neither the vacuous enjoyment of a fool, nor the short-lived pleasure of a rogue. It is rather the expression of a disposition that has ceased to torture itself with foolish fancies, or perplex itself with useless beliefs." - Chapman Cohen
"But the happiness of an atheist is neither the vacuous enjoyment of a fool, nor the short-lived pleasure of a rogue. It is rather the expression of a disposition that has ceased to torture itself with foolish fancies, or perplex itself with useless beliefs." - Chapman Cohen
