(August 16, 2014 at 11:00 am)Tonus Wrote: Prayer is a form of affirmation, a phrase or phrases that create or strengthen a particular mindset. If you believe that god in on your side in your job search, you may be more confident and more proactive in your search and reach for opportunities that you might otherwise have skipped. There is the other side to this, in that a person may consider that prayer is sufficient, and uses it in lieu of action, which can be very harmful in the long run. Especially if it is paired with the sort of "every outcome is proof" rationalization that many believers subscribe to.
Very well put. I agree with both sides of your argument. Unfortunately, I know the latter a bit better. I know some people who's marriages are failing right now, because of people relying too much on prayer and not enough common sense. Wake up world! Let's stop with the wishful thinking, and get up and do something with positive, proven results!
"That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." -Christopher Hitchens- My Hero
