(July 11, 2013 at 4:47 pm)Kayenneh Wrote:(July 11, 2013 at 4:36 pm)whateverist Wrote: It always amazes me when I'm offered a prayer to an omniscient, omni-benevolent god. What exactly does the prayer add for One who already knows and cares about everything? I suppose it always helps to network through someone who is connected?
And why pray? God works in mysterious ways, your pain is a blessing and will turn out for something good. What good does any prayer do in that case?
Exactly. But they really don't do it for comic effect. My own cousin is always writing stuff on fb like "god was good, everyone made it home safe". Would God be any less good if he had a plan that required a train totalling their car on the way home? The alternative is that god is good some days and a rat bastard the next.
No wonder everyone comes to think of theists as stupid. Unfortunately they just attract the dimmer lights. I know for a fact that theists can be bright, insightful, open and interesting. Sadly, so few seem to be.
