If say I lost my parents in a horrible car accident, or got ill, or any of number of things with which a person might be compelled to pray for me, it's arrogant. It's arrogant on many levels, one way I've already mentioned being the fact that they believe a universal creator cares enough about them out of all the billions of people to give them what they want. But there are other ways too. When you say you'll pray for someone it's arrogant to assume they'd appreciate it, that they would believe or show deference to the god you specifically believe in.
And let's take another example, there was an instance where some mayor or governor, I forget which, but he asked the people to pray for rain because they were in a drought. What if there are people who don't want the rain so their roof won't leak, or what if someone somewhere else needs rain more than you do?
I don't don't the sincerity of prayer. I don't doubt for a second that people that pray are honestly praying for good things to happen. It's still arrogant.
And let's take another example, there was an instance where some mayor or governor, I forget which, but he asked the people to pray for rain because they were in a drought. What if there are people who don't want the rain so their roof won't leak, or what if someone somewhere else needs rain more than you do?
I don't don't the sincerity of prayer. I don't doubt for a second that people that pray are honestly praying for good things to happen. It's still arrogant.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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