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The inefficacy of prayer

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The inefficacy of prayer
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RE: The inefficacy of prayer
September 3, 2008 at 8:54 am
The hard part with prayer is that theists are so ready to believe that anything good that happens is an answer to a prayer. My mother is an alcoholic but she's been sober since 2002. She believes God keeps her from drinking, that she couldn't get through her day without praying to God to keep her from drinking. It breaks my heart to think that people with the willpower to fight off alcohol take the credit from themselves. And when the fail, like my dad who is still struggling to stay sober, it's their fault.

I just don't get it.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin

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The inefficacy of prayer

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The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 3, 2008 at 7:23 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Ace Otana - September 3, 2008 at 8:09 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Eilonnwy - September 3, 2008 at 8:54 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Tiberius - September 3, 2008 at 9:23 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Brick-top - September 3, 2008 at 11:06 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by starbucks - September 24, 2008 at 12:01 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 3, 2008 at 9:32 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Tiberius - September 3, 2008 at 11:29 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by StewartP - September 3, 2008 at 11:45 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Brick-top - September 4, 2008 at 9:12 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Tiberius - September 3, 2008 at 11:47 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 3, 2008 at 1:27 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 4, 2008 at 9:41 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Brick-top - September 5, 2008 at 10:02 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Tiberius - September 4, 2008 at 10:15 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Boulat - September 5, 2008 at 4:56 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 5, 2008 at 8:15 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Boulat - September 5, 2008 at 10:44 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 5, 2008 at 11:00 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 6, 2008 at 10:07 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Brick-top - September 6, 2008 at 1:10 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 6, 2008 at 10:26 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Brick-top - September 7, 2008 at 7:30 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Meatball - September 7, 2008 at 7:18 pm
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Edwardo Piet - September 24, 2008 at 12:31 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by FutureAndAHope - September 24, 2008 at 5:11 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Ace Otana - September 24, 2008 at 6:54 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by FutureAndAHope - September 8, 2008 at 6:09 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Ace Otana - September 8, 2008 at 6:19 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Tiberius - September 8, 2008 at 6:28 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by FutureAndAHope - September 10, 2008 at 4:53 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by Tiberius - September 12, 2008 at 5:32 am
RE: The inefficacy of prayer - by chatpilot - September 20, 2008 at 10:50 am

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