Prayer Death

[Pippy]

Adrian, this is starting down that path we don't want to go. It's not that I won't talk about it... I am just begrudged to make the same exact points that are here in a two week old thread. Let's discuss it, I am not complaining. I think that praying that your kid beats leukemia, or that a coin will flip more than 50% of the time one way, is not prayer. What if the coin happened to flip more heads? What if your kid survived? The prayer was functional? No. But whether or not you agree with the beliefs of people you read about in the newspaper is petty.

My only problem, and it is always a small and specific one, is the all encompasing terms. For a second time someone said "Prayer is useless" and "you're an idiot to pray (in general)" and I have to say that that is your own opinion, and you may be misunderstanding something that is foreign to you. Namely an aspect of belief.

But seriously, we just did this exact conversation. And next there will be an article where some survivor thanks god, and you all flip out. And then another about a prayer death. And another about thanking god. and on and on and on.

We have heard your opinions about these subjects, and when it is a big circle back patting, and someone makes a disingenuous statement, like prayer is useless, I feel like I have to add a little voice of reason...
Thanks,
-Pip