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Why People Think They Need to Pray

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Why People Think They Need to Pray
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RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray
October 11, 2015 at 3:17 pm
(October 11, 2015 at 1:54 pm)robvalue Wrote: People pray because they think god's current plan could be improved with their suggestions.

I remember thinking about that as a child, when I was still a Christian.  Prayer seemed like blasphemy to me, as it would be doing just what you are saying.  I realized that people around me had this religion thing wrong, but it took a bit longer to realize that all religion is wrong.

Your point illustrates how irrational and inconsistent people are when it comes to their religion.  It does not take a genius to see that most religious people are inconsistent and therefore wrong, no matter what the truth is.  If one wants any hope of being right, one needs to be consistent.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by dyresand - October 11, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 11, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2015 at 2:28 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Pyrrho - October 11, 2015 at 3:17 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 11, 2015 at 5:36 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 8:38 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 14, 2015 at 12:56 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Pyrrho - October 11, 2015 at 3:21 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by dyresand - October 11, 2015 at 3:30 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Minimalist - October 11, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 8:51 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by drfuzzy - October 11, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 6:49 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Ravenshire - October 13, 2015 at 11:24 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 14, 2015 at 9:16 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Athene - October 11, 2015 at 5:15 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Fidel_Castronaut - October 12, 2015 at 3:03 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by robvalue - October 12, 2015 at 3:14 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by ignoramus - October 12, 2015 at 6:09 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Edwardo Piet - October 12, 2015 at 8:29 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 13, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Pyrrho - October 13, 2015 at 9:21 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by MentalGiant - October 13, 2015 at 7:41 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Athene - October 13, 2015 at 10:34 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 14, 2015 at 9:00 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Neo-Scholastic - October 13, 2015 at 10:38 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Ravenshire - October 13, 2015 at 11:26 pm
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Neo-Scholastic - October 14, 2015 at 9:08 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Ravenshire - October 14, 2015 at 9:22 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Rhondazvous - October 14, 2015 at 9:25 am
RE: Why People Think They Need to Pray - by Homeless Nutter - October 13, 2015 at 10:58 pm

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