Did They Not Pray Hard Enough

[ronedee]

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.

Thanks for proving my point stimmy! If you don't pray... you don't know!

Its interesting how the venom and contempt flows freely when something extremely "evident" to a Christian can't be understood.... It's an obvious wide divide that atheists dig in an attempt to "portray" some type of knowledge they don't have. Or a complete comprehension of something they've never experienced.

Tell me, how do you get a better understanding of something by moving away from it?

In actuality, the divide gets wider, and wider. Something like the [analogy alert!] chimp in a cage that scraps his hand to the bone trying to get an apple through the bars....when all he needs to do is put it up the bars and take a bite!

The only reason to be angry at me, is because I am speaking the TRUTH.

A truth you have no understanding of. I'll pray that each of you experiences God, in some way. A way that touches your hearts! That's a sincere promise.