Let's have a recap of Drich's posts:
1. Prayer is not a formal wishing ceremony. It's not a way for Christians to change their lots in life, and it is certainly not a way to change the mind of God. Prayer is a tool used to change the mind of the one who is praying to seek and accept God's will and to make it their own.
"But people pray for stuff they want all the time."
2. You're not supposed to pray for things you want.
"The Lord's Prayer asks God for food."
3. That's something God wants you to want, so it's okay.
"So what you're saying is it's okay to formally wish for stuff through prayer?"
This is just the easy stuff on the surface. If you go back through all his posts and compile all the things he has thus far said about prayer, you would come back with an incoherent, self-contradictory jumble of utter nonsense.
1. Prayer is not a formal wishing ceremony. It's not a way for Christians to change their lots in life, and it is certainly not a way to change the mind of God. Prayer is a tool used to change the mind of the one who is praying to seek and accept God's will and to make it their own.
"But people pray for stuff they want all the time."
2. You're not supposed to pray for things you want.
"The Lord's Prayer asks God for food."
3. That's something God wants you to want, so it's okay.
"So what you're saying is it's okay to formally wish for stuff through prayer?"
This is just the easy stuff on the surface. If you go back through all his posts and compile all the things he has thus far said about prayer, you would come back with an incoherent, self-contradictory jumble of utter nonsense.
