The problem with prayer.

[drfuzzy]

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You guys keep saying stuff like this.  I'm here, now, living my life.  If God cannot be persuaded to benefit me or mine, then why should I waste time praying?  How about this-- God can descend from the heavens, tell me He's chosen me, give me energy, health, and wealth immeasurable, and then I'll pray like nobody has ever prayed before.

Until that, I'm gonna continue thinking that prayer is just the adult equivalent of talking to your imaginary friend.  And while I can see the attraction of this, I'd rather talk to one who's likely to answer me.

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You really shouldn't equate GOD to a pez dispenser. Has IT NOT given you life, opportunity, experience?

No. God hasn't given me anything. God doesn't exist.
Saying that material things will have no value in the afterlife is correct.  Because there is no afterlife.
Prayer has been tested many times under scientific method and has never proven to have any effectiveness or benefit 
greater than basic meditation techniques.  You can talk you your imaginary friend all you want, or you can chant "Om" -
it has been proven to ease stress, but nothing more.

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You will be waiting a long time if you demand GOD does anything for your benefit or comfort as if you are greater than GOD.

GOD can do many wonderful things. Really anything. But isn't going to do things simply to make anyone's life easy just cuz they demand it as a term of their Faith.



Faith in selfless Unity for Good.

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