The alethiological problem with praying to Jesus (or any other god) is that it is impossible to tell if it was prayer or chance that effected the results.
Suppose someone is stupid enough to be an inveterate lottery player. For years, this person spends thousands of dollars playing the numbers and never even wins enough to cover the cost of the tickets. Then, this person gets on their knees and prays to Jesus for a big win. At the next draw, the penitent wins a fuckzillion dollars. It simply isn’t possible to know of it was the prayer that did it, or if that person would have won the money without the prayer.
There’s really no call to label Jesus a demon - Bierce neatly pointed out the idiocy of prayer over a century ago.
Boru
Suppose someone is stupid enough to be an inveterate lottery player. For years, this person spends thousands of dollars playing the numbers and never even wins enough to cover the cost of the tickets. Then, this person gets on their knees and prays to Jesus for a big win. At the next draw, the penitent wins a fuckzillion dollars. It simply isn’t possible to know of it was the prayer that did it, or if that person would have won the money without the prayer.
There’s really no call to label Jesus a demon - Bierce neatly pointed out the idiocy of prayer over a century ago.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
