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Fallacies in an "Answered Prayer" explanation?

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Fallacies in an "Answered Prayer" explanation?
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RE: Fallacies in an "Answered Prayer" explanation?
April 25, 2015 at 2:39 pm (This post was last modified: April 25, 2015 at 2:39 pm by Esquilax.)
(April 24, 2015 at 10:58 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: You're a stitch, robvalue. Of course amputees aren't going to grow back limbs. Prayer can only  have influence over outcomes that are indeterminate and even then only move the probability spread within the range of what is possible, assuming those outcomes are consistent with the divine plan.

Or, in real person speak: "An answered prayer is indistinguishable from chance!" Dodgy
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RE: Fallacies in an "Answered Prayer" explanation? - by Esquilax - April 25, 2015 at 2:39 pm

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