Evidence God Exists

[AngelThMan]

I don't know about you guys, but I can't ignore things like these. I haven't experienced anything as severe as the examples above, but I've been in situations in which I have felt that my prayers have made a difference. And that's how I know it was God.

2,752 people and their families beg to differ. And that's just for starters.

For every person you can give a "miraculous" result from prayer, I can give you 25 who aren't so fortunate-- including those who are Christian. I work in the ER and gawd ain't got nuthin' to do with it. I suppose you could cop out and say "well, THOSE people weren't true Christians," eh?

Hey y'all, I'm back. Been swamped. But I never forgot about my peeps here and the pile of unanswered replies I have on this thread. I'll start with Entropist...

As I said on another post, Good things can happen to unbelievers, and bad things can happen to Christians. This does not disprove the existence of God, or the power of prayer.

You pointed to the 9/11 disaster to demonstrate that prayer doesn't work, since there must've been many Christians among those who died. But you're failing to acknowledge that while many people died, many others also got away. And no, I don't believe everyone that got out did so because they prayed. But God answered those who did pray. And others, including non-believers, got out because their time on this earth wasn't up.

I can tell you that some 12 members from one church in New Jersey who were supposed to be at the World Trade Center on the morning of 9/11 never made it for one reason or another. Some were out sick, others didn't make it because of car trouble, etc. God has many ways of saving and protecting his people.

So here's how it breaks down:

Thousands of believers got out of the WTC because they prayed.

Others were protected by God, because he didn't allow them to even get to the towers that morning.

Of the believers that died, some, as you put it, may have not been true Christians.

Others may have been true Christians, but prayed without faith. Even if a person is a good Christian, praying without faith will yield no results.

And of course there's the many believers who didn't take time to pray as they were too horrified.

I'm assuming that some atheists and unbelievers got out safely as well, but that's because their time on this earth wasn't up. The algorithm in God's work is very complex, and he sometimes uses unbelievers for his own reasons and purposes.

Being a Christian does not put you in some sort of untouchable club. It's having true faith that will keep you protected. This is God's promise. However, if God feels that your time on this earth is up, then your time on this earth is up.