(February 26, 2013 at 11:32 pm)Drich Wrote:(February 26, 2013 at 8:54 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: This whole A/S/K thing is nothing more than a twisted way of making the believer lose another bolt of rationality. As a hypothetical believer, I could be so desperate for a personal revelation that I convince myself that after A/S/King the sudden wind blowing outside my room is the answer and I'll shoehorn my own meaning (derived from my subconscious desires) into what God supposedly said to me in answer to A/S/King, because you know, God speaks in such mysterious ways that we have the task of decyphering it everytime.Without a doubt this happens alot especially when one thinks God is his own personal Genie. However when the wishes stop, and one Earnestly A/S/K God shows up and when He does there is not doubt who He is.
It's all apart of the process of maturing.
When one is earnestly asking, one has already compromised one's reasoning faculties. Prayers are fulfilled through oneself hence why every religious person will tell me they have spoken with their god(s).
The con man wins again.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle