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Prayer
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RE: Prayer
(December 6, 2016 at 10:29 am)Drich Wrote: And AGAIN if prayers is the opposite of begging for favors,

But is isn't, so... Rolleyes

(December 6, 2016 at 10:29 am)Drich Wrote: and it's kinda more like what i described on the first page!

Oh, you mean - it's more like a magic spell? Or a super power? Or like summoning Captain Planet?

Yeah, sport - the day I care to read your tortured apologetics and your convoluted, ad hoc pseudo-explanations of magical sh*t, will be the day Jesus comes... all over your face, neck and chest. Tongue



(December 6, 2016 at 10:28 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Are you not reading what I am saying, or are you purposely twisting it for your own benefit of having something to criticize me about?[...]

Neither. Lol... I'm just having fun watching you dance around my point. Whether you pray or not - it makes no difference to the person you're praying for. The actually helping part - that's for them, The prayer - that's just something for you to feel, like you have magical powers. An indulgence. Sort of mental masturbation, if you will - feels nice, and may be in itself mostly harmless, but is not particularly productive and great number of religious people use it as a substitute for actually doing anything, or even as an excuse to act like holier than thou a**holes.

If you only help someone and neglect to pray - the outcome for that person is exactly the same as if you did the mumbo jumbo thing. You can even still tell them you will pray, if they're superstitious and you think it might make them feel good - and then not pray. No difference. Except for you and the fancy narrative of your existence you've become accustomed to.

(December 6, 2016 at 10:28 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: [...]I'm sorry if what I do in the privacy of my own home bothers you so much, but quite frankly, get over it.

LOL... That's so rich, it just has to be fattening...
I'll get over it the day christians get over what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own bedrooms. Deal? Tongue
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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Prayer - by Athena777 - December 5, 2016 at 9:51 am
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 5, 2016 at 10:01 am
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 10:13 am
RE: Prayer - by Mr Greene - December 5, 2016 at 10:13 am
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 10:17 am
RE: Prayer - by c172 - December 5, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Prayer - by zebo-the-fat - December 5, 2016 at 11:03 am
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 5, 2016 at 11:10 am
RE: Prayer - by emjay - December 6, 2016 at 11:36 am
RE: Prayer - by Neo-Scholastic - December 6, 2016 at 12:34 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 12:38 pm
RE: Prayer - by Neo-Scholastic - December 6, 2016 at 1:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 3:08 pm
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 6, 2016 at 5:18 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 6:17 pm
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 8, 2016 at 3:52 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 6:54 pm
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 8, 2016 at 6:04 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 9, 2016 at 1:23 pm
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 12, 2016 at 10:10 am
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 12, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 11:09 am
RE: Prayer - by Rhizomorph13 - December 5, 2016 at 11:11 am
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 5, 2016 at 11:46 am
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 2:12 pm
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 6, 2016 at 9:37 am
RE: Prayer - by ApeNotKillApe - December 6, 2016 at 1:43 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 5, 2016 at 11:56 am
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 5, 2016 at 1:40 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 12:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 5, 2016 at 12:11 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 12:16 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 12:18 pm
RE: Prayer - by ApeNotKillApe - December 5, 2016 at 12:19 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 5, 2016 at 12:19 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 5, 2016 at 1:41 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 2:15 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 5, 2016 at 2:31 pm
RE: Prayer - by Thumpalumpacus - December 5, 2016 at 3:51 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 3:52 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 5, 2016 at 2:22 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 2:27 pm
RE: Prayer - by downbeatplumb - December 10, 2016 at 6:01 am
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 2:31 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 3:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 3:19 pm
RE: Prayer - by Ravenshire - December 6, 2016 at 12:05 pm
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 5, 2016 at 3:03 pm
RE: Prayer - by ApeNotKillApe - December 5, 2016 at 3:09 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 5, 2016 at 3:09 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 3:16 pm
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 5, 2016 at 3:16 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 3:22 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 3:34 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 3:23 pm
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 5, 2016 at 3:24 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 3:27 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 5, 2016 at 3:31 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 3:46 pm
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 5, 2016 at 3:52 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 3:58 pm
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 6:56 am
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 10:28 am
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 5, 2016 at 4:05 pm
RE: Prayer - by chimp3 - December 5, 2016 at 6:24 pm
RE: Prayer - by Pat Mustard - December 6, 2016 at 7:35 am
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 10:22 am
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 6, 2016 at 10:27 am
RE: Prayer - by Pat Mustard - December 6, 2016 at 12:56 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 11:44 am
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 11:46 am
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 11:49 am
RE: Prayer - by Pat Mustard - December 6, 2016 at 12:53 pm
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 6, 2016 at 10:14 am
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 10:22 am
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 6, 2016 at 10:29 am
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 10:47 am
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 11:52 am
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 11:55 am
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 12:16 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 11:55 am
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 6, 2016 at 3:20 pm
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 3:46 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 10:29 am
RE: Prayer - by chimp3 - December 6, 2016 at 6:46 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 12:36 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 12:38 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 12:48 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 3:51 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 3:52 pm
RE: Prayer - by Crossless1 - December 5, 2016 at 3:55 pm
RE: Prayer - by Jesster - December 5, 2016 at 3:55 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 4:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 5, 2016 at 4:24 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 4:21 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 5, 2016 at 4:38 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 5, 2016 at 4:46 pm
RE: Prayer - by Joods - December 6, 2016 at 3:16 am
RE: Prayer - by tigerlove - December 6, 2016 at 5:14 am
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 6, 2016 at 10:07 am
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 6, 2016 at 5:24 am
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RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 6, 2016 at 7:37 am
RE: Prayer - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 6, 2016 at 7:27 am
RE: Prayer - by tigerlove - December 6, 2016 at 8:04 am
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 6, 2016 at 10:20 am
RE: Prayer - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 12:09 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: Prayer - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 6, 2016 at 12:09 pm
RE: Prayer - by Drich - December 6, 2016 at 4:28 pm
RE: Prayer - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2016 at 12:21 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 12:35 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 12:37 pm
RE: Prayer - by emjay - December 6, 2016 at 12:23 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 12:28 pm
RE: Prayer - by emjay - December 6, 2016 at 12:38 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 12:55 pm
RE: Prayer - by emjay - December 6, 2016 at 4:49 pm
RE: Prayer - by emjay - December 6, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: Prayer - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 6, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: Prayer - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2016 at 12:30 pm
RE: Prayer - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2016 at 12:37 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 6, 2016 at 12:53 pm
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 12:55 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 1:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 6, 2016 at 1:11 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 1:20 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 2:01 pm
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 2:04 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 2:06 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 2:11 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 2:40 pm
RE: Prayer - by Pat Mustard - December 6, 2016 at 7:51 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 2:48 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 3:40 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 4:01 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 4:08 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 4:16 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 4:20 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 6, 2016 at 4:57 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 5:58 pm
RE: Prayer - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2016 at 11:06 pm
RE: Prayer - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2016 at 1:21 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 2:05 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 6, 2016 at 1:27 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 1:36 pm
RE: Prayer - by ApeNotKillApe - December 6, 2016 at 2:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by ukatheist - December 6, 2016 at 2:08 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 4:01 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 4:06 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 4:11 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 6, 2016 at 4:18 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 4:33 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 7:11 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 6, 2016 at 8:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 8:16 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 9:34 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 10:02 pm
RE: Prayer - by Faith No More - December 7, 2016 at 12:42 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 7, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: Prayer - by Cyberman - December 6, 2016 at 8:42 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 6, 2016 at 10:05 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 10:07 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 7, 2016 at 12:22 am
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 7, 2016 at 12:26 am
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 6, 2016 at 11:17 pm
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 6, 2016 at 11:58 pm
RE: Prayer - by The Grand Nudger - December 7, 2016 at 12:10 am
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 7, 2016 at 11:43 am
RE: Prayer - by Catholic_Lady - December 7, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 8, 2016 at 4:44 pm
RE: Prayer - by Minimalist - December 8, 2016 at 6:37 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 10, 2016 at 4:24 pm
RE: Prayer - by Whateverist - December 12, 2016 at 12:49 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 12, 2016 at 5:09 pm
RE: Prayer - by vorlon13 - December 12, 2016 at 7:56 pm
RE: Prayer - by Nay_Sayer - December 12, 2016 at 5:15 pm
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 12, 2016 at 5:46 pm
RE: Prayer - by Pat Mustard - December 12, 2016 at 7:52 pm
RE: Prayer - by robvalue - December 13, 2016 at 4:43 am
RE: Prayer - by Asmodee - December 13, 2016 at 12:38 pm

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