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Why pray?
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RE: Why pray?
April 27, 2013 at 1:01 am (This post was last modified: April 27, 2013 at 1:01 am by Darkstar.)
(April 27, 2013 at 12:03 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Without God you cannot do anything at all. All power comes from the Lord. (John 15:5) It only appears to come from ourselves. Prayer acknowledges that arrangement.

I'm not going to just accept that offhand, but if I did I'm sure I could come up with some unwanted implications of it (only one I can think of right now would be that god more actively permits atrocities to happen). Too tired to provide more reasons at the moment...Goodnight
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
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Why pray? - by justin - April 25, 2013 at 10:51 am
RE: Why pray? - by Minimalist - April 25, 2013 at 10:57 am
RE: Why pray? - by justin - April 25, 2013 at 11:03 am
RE: Why pray? - by Minimalist - April 25, 2013 at 11:05 am
RE: Why pray? - by justin - April 25, 2013 at 11:26 am
RE: Why pray? - by Tonus - April 25, 2013 at 11:17 am
RE: Why pray? - by iameatingjam - April 28, 2013 at 1:58 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Minimalist - April 25, 2013 at 11:19 am
RE: Why pray? - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 25, 2013 at 11:34 am
RE: Why pray? - by Paraselene - April 25, 2013 at 1:30 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Raven - April 26, 2013 at 12:44 pm
RE: Why pray? - by L.A.F. - April 26, 2013 at 12:57 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Minimalist - April 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Raven - April 26, 2013 at 1:38 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Tonus - April 26, 2013 at 1:43 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Soyouz - April 26, 2013 at 1:39 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Minimalist - April 26, 2013 at 1:46 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Tex - April 26, 2013 at 2:47 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Darkstar - April 26, 2013 at 2:57 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Raven - April 26, 2013 at 3:26 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Tonus - April 26, 2013 at 7:27 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Raven - April 26, 2013 at 7:32 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Tex - April 26, 2013 at 3:37 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Darkstar - April 26, 2013 at 6:23 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Neo-Scholastic - April 27, 2013 at 12:03 am
RE: Why pray? - by Darkstar - April 27, 2013 at 1:01 am
RE: Why pray? - by Zen Badger - April 28, 2013 at 7:18 am
RE: Why pray? - by Ryantology - April 26, 2013 at 3:49 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Gabriel Syme - April 26, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Soyouz - April 27, 2013 at 5:02 am
RE: Why pray? - by Tex - April 26, 2013 at 4:23 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Gabriel Syme - April 26, 2013 at 4:27 pm
RE: Why pray? - by wwjs - April 26, 2013 at 4:37 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Tex - April 26, 2013 at 4:45 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Raven - April 26, 2013 at 5:10 pm
RE: Why pray? - by pocaracas - April 27, 2013 at 7:29 am
RE: Why pray? - by Raven - April 27, 2013 at 9:57 am
RE: Why pray? - by justin - April 27, 2013 at 10:56 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Minimalist - April 28, 2013 at 12:40 pm
RE: Why pray? - by Minimalist - April 28, 2013 at 2:57 pm
RE: Why pray? - by iameatingjam - April 28, 2013 at 3:17 pm

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