What would it take to change your mind?

[puglover]

But why should we need to pray at all?

Does God look down at a sick and dying child and say to himself "I'm not going to do anything unless someone prays to me for help. And even then I may just ignore them?"

If that's the case then what's the point? And surely if God is omniscient then he already knows the outcome of all events and so prayer is pretty pointless as you can't possibly influence him can you?

Well I started agnostic.. when to my friends church out of curiousity - including going on the camps.. the religion teacher was weirdo and was agnostic the whole time.. went to the lutheran school and for a part of my high schooling i got a lil depressed cause dad went overseas to look after his sick mum.. the whole being agnostic in a lutheran school was getting to me.. so i'm like might aswell join 'em... and i dunno it felt innocent enough and my belief was private and never hurt anybody.. i think i got pissed off that nobody really sang in the morning chapel we had every day.. so i used to sing the loudest thinking who gives a fuck the lord will know i am singing lol. and i thought whateva they were praying was a load of crap during the service so i used to pray my own prayers. and it helped. i am i suppose agnostic atheist but i seem to be heading down the path to being an atheist now. even though i am atheist i still pray in a sense because it helps.. i just pray to a different person.. i dont pray to god. i just pray to what i call 'my angels' - those that have past away of whom i love. although, in reality i think they have moved on but i still pray to them anyway.. lol.
When dad passed away I saw this cat that was near me and it was looking at me in a particular way rofl.. so, i thought that maybe it was dad.. i went to pat it but then it ran away.. so i'm like fuck that shit. i aint gonna go chasing after every animal to see if it is my dad lol.
I don't think there is little these days that would convert me to believe.. I might have moments during mental weekness but other then that not really.. even if I saw an image or could hear could i would just think its me going crazy. Dreams can slightly whack me out though. Possibly if the dream was strong enough I might.