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The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer.
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RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer.
(April 25, 2013 at 5:06 pm)Beardio1 Wrote:
(April 25, 2013 at 4:55 pm)Tex Wrote: Prayer is not so that you get money or a girlfriend or whatever. It to get wisdom or temperance or something much more important. Prayer is about changing things, but prayer is not about changing the external. Prayer is to change the internal. It's actually a lot like meditation, but the focus does not limit itself like in traditional meditation. Prayer is designed to change the person internally by the work of God, not by the work of the person.

Okay, then why do people pray for such things as healing people of a congregation who are ill, or to end starvation or war, or to protect their children? All prayers I've ever been privy to are as such. Those are things that are external, so in relation, you can only pray for yourself? Seems rather a selfish concept.

But praying for a magical barrier between warring nation is a childish way to pray. Praying for the leaders of each nation to halt war and begin diplomacy is a mature request. Protection for soldiers by magically giving them anti-magnetic armor that makes bullets fly away is a childish prayer. Protection for soldiers should include their bodies, but also include their faith, their psyche, and multiple other things.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
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The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Beardio1 - April 25, 2013 at 4:38 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 4:55 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by RobLeach - April 25, 2013 at 4:59 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 5:07 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Beardio1 - April 25, 2013 at 5:06 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 5:13 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Beardio1 - April 25, 2013 at 5:14 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 5:32 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Beardio1 - April 25, 2013 at 9:12 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Godschild - April 25, 2013 at 11:12 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Beardio1 - April 26, 2013 at 8:37 am
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Godschild - April 26, 2013 at 2:03 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Napoléon - April 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 26, 2013 at 2:13 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Ryantology - April 26, 2013 at 8:25 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Neo-Scholastic - April 26, 2013 at 11:51 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Godschild - April 27, 2013 at 2:37 am
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Neo-Scholastic - April 25, 2013 at 9:00 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Nine - April 25, 2013 at 5:02 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Napoléon - April 25, 2013 at 5:09 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 5:49 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Minimalist - April 25, 2013 at 6:03 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 6:07 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Silver - April 25, 2013 at 6:09 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 6:15 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Beardio1 - April 26, 2013 at 4:42 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Neo-Scholastic - April 26, 2013 at 6:01 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Godschild - April 26, 2013 at 7:22 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Tex - April 26, 2013 at 5:21 pm
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Gearbreak - April 27, 2013 at 12:02 am
RE: The ''Illogicality'' of Prayer. - by Neo-Scholastic - April 27, 2013 at 12:14 am



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