(January 13, 2015 at 9:35 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote:Yes, people often give up on God. They pray for something and don't get it and it's over.(January 13, 2015 at 9:33 am)strawdawg Wrote: You do not understand religious terminology with is taken out of the Bible.
I think a lot of people that are atheist if they were to honestly look into scripture and the things of God may take a different view.
You're aware the that a large majority of atheists used to be theists, right? Or are you going to pull a Drich and say that we weren't the right kind of Christian, or not Christian enough?
The secret of prayer is to pray for what one needs and never tell God how to do it. I've never prayed and got an answer exactly the way I would have done it, but an answer is a answer.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.