RE: Prayer
December 6, 2016 at 11:57 am
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2016 at 12:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I find it amusing that being granted anything, even emotional strength, by a god, is seen to be "other than supernatural". Of course, some catholics do believe that god can supernaturally grant a person real goods........and then there's intercession - which is theologically non-negotiable as a catholic....so it's a bit disingenuous to say that catholics don't see prayer as a divine wish granting mechanism. That's the whole -point- of saints. Perhaps -some- catholics do not believe that real goods can be wish granted, but that probably has more to do with there being no wish granted goods, than with catholic beliefs. I'm willing to bet that any catholic who thinks that prayer -doesn't- or -can't- supernaturally grant real goods is in the minority. It's increasingly becoming a third world religion, after all. Catholic mothers in african shitholes aren't praying for "emotional strength". That's a first world problem, for first world believers, in a first world god.
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