RE: Did They Not Pray Hard Enough
August 2, 2013 at 2:35 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2013 at 2:38 pm by Cyberman.)
(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?
Arguable at best. Deeply condescending at worst. I have seen more than my fair share of tragedy over the last few years; I am also helping to support someone in the process of their own personal tragedies. I know lots of people personally who have experienced/are experiencing some of the most eart-rending tragedies and I know that we all together are not atypical examples of the human condition.
I'll give you three guesses what one single crutch everyone I mentioned above has not resorted to.
Apart from which, pointing out that people may turn to a god out of desperation is evidence on the exact par with letters to Santa proving the existence of the Jolly Old Elf himself.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
