RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it?
August 9, 2019 at 9:00 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2019 at 9:03 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(August 9, 2019 at 5:31 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: As a Muslim, praying to Allah worked for me many times, and I can't forget how certain prayers got answered exactly for me, it's a kind of response that I would never replace for a belief like the one you are suggesting in the OP.
Well, there is something we should know: Allah -God- is a creator. He is not my maid or servant, or Jinni that I summon to answer my wishes. Thinking about God like that is disastrous, We call him and he responds if he wanted
We need him; not the opposite. When we pray, he listens and answers the way he sees fit, or not answer at all; but he listens. I don't know if he is going to accept my prayers or not; I also don't know if he is going to accept somebody else's.
No, we shouldn't. To "know" this is to deceive oneself in a way that wouldn't have done one credit even in the eighth century, let alone now.
Of course he does not need us. He doesn't actually exist, "We" exist, but to feel such a need is still a disgrace.
Quote:But prayer do work. Lots of Muslims -and even Christians and Jews who prayed to God- can tell you in full honesty and full gullibility that prayer works. That's why the world is so full of theists<- Fixed that for you. Critical thinking doesn't come naturally, especially to the emotionally needy.
