RE: Faith healing couple acquitted of manslaughter charges! How can this happen?
July 30, 2009 at 2:01 pm
But what if I hypothetically prayed only thoughts of humble thankfulness and appreciation? That I asked for nothing other than to fully understand what I already have? And because of that mental exercise I felt better? Was able to make better decisions... I know there is a bad side to prayer, and this is a good example of it (what the thread is about). But I have to disagree when you say there is no good side, or that it has no power. It is a tool, an object. It can be as good as it can be bad. And it's moral worth only exists where there are humans to perceive it, the moral dimension is our baggage.
Prayer is not without power... It's like saying cars are useless cuz they don't fly. It can only do what it does.
@Adrian: I meant you can't associate prayer with talking to yourself as you can't associate belief with mental illness. It did turn out a contradiction though, I find that funny. I could site atheism as a mental illness, but it would hardly be appropriate.
Thanks,
-Pip
Prayer is not without power... It's like saying cars are useless cuz they don't fly. It can only do what it does.
@Adrian: I meant you can't associate prayer with talking to yourself as you can't associate belief with mental illness. It did turn out a contradiction though, I find that funny. I could site atheism as a mental illness, but it would hardly be appropriate.
Thanks,
-Pip
