RE: The truth of Atheism
February 15, 2018 at 12:05 am
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2018 at 12:13 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 14, 2018 at 1:16 pm)Mr.Obvious Wrote: Isn't Crying out to god essentially praying?
No, crying out to god is distinct from prayer. In magic book, and in life..people cry out to the heavens as an expression of frustration and despair at futility.
Prayer, for it's part, is an expectation.
It's sort of an interesting subject..because as much attention as it doesn't get from the faithful for what it is, crying out to heaven is an overt display of doubt and rejection. Even god himself on the cross is said to have done as much. It humanizes what would otherwise be believing robots in a book about cunt-god, and as such it stands as a rare and brutal moment of honesty in the narrative. People cry out to the heavens for the deaths of their children. They know they;ve been lost. They pray that their children will be in heaven..because they expect as much from the god who killed them. God, playing it's role, chastises those who cry out to heaven in anguish, and rewards those who pray humbly. This dynamic isn;t exclusive to christianity, either. We've thought this for some time about many gods. You find the moments in every skillful fairy tale.
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