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Prayer Studies
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RE: Prayer Studies
(May 17, 2014 at 8:01 am)Heywood Wrote:
(May 17, 2014 at 7:49 am)Esquilax Wrote: Haven't you been listening? Under the conditions you're placing on this, we don't need science to prove prayer doesn't work; by your own thinking, prayer is a logically invalid concept.

Why is it "logically invalid"?

Because it's unfalsifiable: you prayer works? Yay, prayer works! Your prayer doesn't work? Duh, god has his reasons and he didn't want to grant your prayer!

You and a lot of other christians strive to set up situations like this, thinking that they're sure fire, no-lose scenarios for your side, but truthfully you've just broken any hope of keeping your beliefs rationally justifiable. Once again: your moving goalposts aren't anyone else's problem.
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Messages In This Thread
Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 9:09 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Sejanus - May 16, 2014 at 9:16 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:18 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by dafydd - May 17, 2014 at 8:48 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Sejanus - May 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 17, 2014 at 11:15 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 16, 2014 at 9:31 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Minimalist - May 16, 2014 at 9:39 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chad32 - May 16, 2014 at 9:39 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 16, 2014 at 10:15 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:23 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 16, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 17, 2014 at 12:43 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Ryantology - May 16, 2014 at 11:17 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Wyrd of Gawd - May 16, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Losty - May 16, 2014 at 10:05 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:09 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Losty - May 16, 2014 at 10:27 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 16, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Losty - May 16, 2014 at 11:10 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chad32 - May 16, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Minimalist - May 16, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Anomalocaris - May 17, 2014 at 12:14 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:20 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 5:34 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 5:46 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 5:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 6:05 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 17, 2014 at 4:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 17, 2014 at 2:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 3:51 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by max-greece - May 17, 2014 at 3:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 4:35 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:38 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 4:43 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:48 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 4:52 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 4:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 5:09 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 5:16 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 17, 2014 at 5:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 17, 2014 at 7:06 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by BlackMason - May 17, 2014 at 6:21 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 7:29 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 7:49 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 8:01 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 17, 2014 at 8:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 5:52 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 2:46 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 18, 2014 at 2:22 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 2:30 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 18, 2014 at 2:38 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 2:45 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 18, 2014 at 2:58 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 18, 2014 at 3:02 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 20, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Esquilax - May 21, 2014 at 12:13 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chas - May 21, 2014 at 6:26 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Silver - May 17, 2014 at 9:43 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Bad Wolf - May 17, 2014 at 6:57 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tonus - May 17, 2014 at 6:26 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 17, 2014 at 7:10 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by rexbeccarox - May 17, 2014 at 11:22 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tonus - May 18, 2014 at 6:36 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by Cyberman - May 17, 2014 at 11:27 pm
Prayer Studies - by Rampant.A.I. - May 18, 2014 at 12:16 am
RE: Prayer Studies - by JesusHChrist - May 18, 2014 at 1:50 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Chad32 - May 18, 2014 at 3:26 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Elskidor - May 18, 2014 at 2:37 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - May 18, 2014 at 2:42 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by ThePinsir - May 20, 2014 at 2:29 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 20, 2014 at 3:14 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Cato - May 20, 2014 at 3:17 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Heywood - May 20, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by ThePinsir - May 20, 2014 at 3:27 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by RobbyPants - May 20, 2014 at 4:08 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by Tonus - May 20, 2014 at 4:12 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by jesus_wept - May 20, 2014 at 4:15 pm
RE: Prayer Studies - by archangle - May 22, 2014 at 3:18 pm

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