RE: Did They Not Pray Hard Enough
August 2, 2013 at 2:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2013 at 2:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
(August 2, 2013 at 10:16 am)ronedee Wrote: I think not. If anything, tragedy increases our prayers to God!
If there were no strife in life, what need would there be to call upon Him?
An omniscient and omnipotent god can't tell for himself that there is strife that may require his assistance?
He needs believers to ask?
What a weak god you believe in.
Quote:And all you saying that God doesn't answer prayers? How would you know anything about prayer?
No, we say there is no prayer answering god.
Quote:It's like blind men commenting on a Rembrandt! No clue.
False analogy.
The painting can be demonstrated to exist, even to a blind man.
Afer you've spent time in fervent prayer and know something, then make comments. Until then...You know absolutely NOTHING.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
