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How Great Thou Aren't
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RE: How Great Thou Aren't
December 8, 2011 at 9:32 am
(December 8, 2011 at 3:56 am)tackattack Wrote: It does seem unfair that he helps me when I don't ask and not others when they do. I don't have the whole picture and I know that when he does help me it seems more serendipitous than happenstance. How do you reconcile suffering you don't control?

It's unfair because it's not really happening. If he was an all powerful "god", he would help everyone that asked him for help. He would not selectivity choose which prayers to answer. My favorite quote from a religious person is god answers prayers in three ways, "yes, no or later." WTF? That makes no sense. Then you can say he answers 100% of prayers. What a stupid argument.

I still do not get how people think prayer works. I will never be able to wrap my mind around the fact that people think talking to a skydaddy will help them. You make your own destiny. You control your own fate. No one intervenes in your daily life. Maybe if people would finally accept this, our world would be such a better place as they would take action to improve their lives versus sitting back and waiting for the answered prayers.

I know we've all seen this study but I like to refer to it often... I wish they would do another study on the power of prayer and that it would be all over the news. I guess that would never happen in America though because "In God we Trust."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html

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How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 6, 2011 at 12:40 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Erinome - December 6, 2011 at 1:31 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 6, 2011 at 3:10 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by tackattack - December 6, 2011 at 6:43 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 6, 2011 at 9:50 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Heather - December 6, 2011 at 10:58 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 6, 2011 at 12:44 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 6, 2011 at 12:15 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 6, 2011 at 4:32 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 6, 2011 at 7:49 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 6, 2011 at 9:53 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 6, 2011 at 10:08 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 6, 2011 at 12:57 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Heather - December 6, 2011 at 3:02 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Mister Agenda - December 6, 2011 at 6:35 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by tackattack - December 7, 2011 at 1:36 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 7, 2011 at 10:12 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by tackattack - December 8, 2011 at 2:25 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 8, 2011 at 4:02 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Heather - December 7, 2011 at 10:47 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 8, 2011 at 3:24 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by tackattack - December 8, 2011 at 3:56 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Heather - December 8, 2011 at 9:32 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 8, 2011 at 8:39 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 8, 2011 at 4:20 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by tackattack - December 9, 2011 at 5:17 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 9, 2011 at 12:20 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by gralbrit79 - December 9, 2011 at 6:31 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 9, 2011 at 6:41 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 9, 2011 at 10:13 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 9, 2011 at 2:01 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 9, 2011 at 2:57 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 9, 2011 at 7:16 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 9, 2011 at 10:22 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 9, 2011 at 10:42 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 9, 2011 at 10:45 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Kayenneh - December 9, 2011 at 11:02 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 9, 2011 at 11:10 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by gralbrit79 - December 10, 2011 at 12:52 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 10, 2011 at 1:41 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by tackattack - December 14, 2011 at 6:56 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 14, 2011 at 1:42 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 10, 2011 at 6:11 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 10, 2011 at 1:03 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by gralbrit79 - December 10, 2011 at 11:45 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by houseofcantor - December 14, 2011 at 8:25 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by tackattack - December 14, 2011 at 9:41 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by houseofcantor - December 14, 2011 at 12:29 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Blackbox - December 14, 2011 at 11:29 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 14, 2011 at 12:47 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Godschild - December 15, 2011 at 5:48 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 15, 2011 at 6:05 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Godschild - December 15, 2011 at 9:35 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by houseofcantor - December 16, 2011 at 4:29 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 15, 2011 at 7:31 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by houseofcantor - December 15, 2011 at 9:23 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 15, 2011 at 5:54 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by frankiej - December 15, 2011 at 5:57 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 16, 2011 at 4:33 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by houseofcantor - December 16, 2011 at 6:11 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by ElDinero - December 16, 2011 at 9:53 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by houseofcantor - December 16, 2011 at 11:35 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Godschild - December 16, 2011 at 6:01 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 16, 2011 at 6:24 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Jackalope - December 16, 2011 at 10:14 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Godschild - December 17, 2011 at 1:05 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Jackalope - December 17, 2011 at 2:16 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Darwinning - December 17, 2011 at 12:15 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Cinjin - December 18, 2011 at 5:09 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Minimalist - December 16, 2011 at 1:50 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by houseofcantor - December 16, 2011 at 2:24 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by The Grand Nudger - December 16, 2011 at 10:24 pm
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Jackalope - December 17, 2011 at 12:58 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Godschild - December 17, 2011 at 7:23 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by Shell B - December 17, 2011 at 2:12 am
RE: How Great Thou Aren't - by The Grand Nudger - December 17, 2011 at 11:39 am

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