(November 19, 2010 at 12:21 am)FadingW Wrote: It is claimed that answered prayers strengthen the argument for the existence of God.
1-If that is so, why are unanswered prayers not counted against the existence of God?
2-Can we really accept as evidence a test where negative results are disregarded?
1-They are for me, I don't know about everyone else. I consistantly have a grudge against God for doing things when he wants t and not when I want him to. He hasn't but on a few occasions failed to answer though.
2-No we shouldn't accept it as a test as long as the preconditions are met. We should reject it as a test because that's an emperical proof for something that is powered from Faith. The question is "does God answer prayer" when it shoud be "does God answer my prayer".
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