RE: Evidence God Exists
January 16, 2011 at 3:35 am
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2011 at 3:41 am by AngelThMan.)
TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:Wrong! When I prayed to test whether there was a God or not I was an atheist. And like you, I felt there was no one listening because usually nothing happened.AngelThMan Wrote:Do you even listen? I've said that when I've prayed as a test my prayers weren't answered, but that when I've prayed with faith they have been answered. How do you explain that?TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:Have you ever heard of the self-fufilling prophecy? The placebo effect?
You pray and hope that it is answered and you interpret events in a manner befitting the manner to which you think the supernatural entities you believe to exist work.
You pray as a test to see if the prayer is answered and you don't find an arbitrary sign, you assume it was a failure.
It was only after I became a Christian and prayed with faith that the percentage of my prayers being answered rose significantly. God doesn't grant every request, but there was a definite, tangible change once I had faith.
padraic Wrote:[...I'm terribly sorry,but your personal anecdotes are not evidence except to you...To a degree you're right. Faith is very personal. But if you don't at least try it you're missing out.