You're forgetting that if someone doesn't get well with prayer, "It was all part of God's plan anyway...they're in a better place," so even if prayer isn't effective...it still is...or something.
As an aside, I'd love to know what this "better place" is, because it was always described at temple as the joy you get being in the presence of god and sitting at his feet (does he have feet?) or whatever, and then there are all those "Precious Moments"-esque scenes of white robed people playing harps... That sounds incredibly f'ing boring to me. For one, I already know a few people here on earth whose presence makes me ecstatic, though usually we're not about to do anything remotely considered holy. For another, barring the enjoyment I get out of occasional listening to Loreena McKennitt, my heaven couldn't have harps...I'd have to request Hendrix and Angus Young providing my stringed soundtrack in the clouds. Harps are even more annoying than Kenny G. Who does Satan have on his playlist?
Perhaps more importantly than my personal curiosity though, I would love to know why a god who can whisk someone away to a "better place" wouldn't just cure them of the possibly painful disease that everyone's praying they shake off so that they can enjoy that person's presence a little while longer...except it might be god's will anyway...so I still don't know why they're praying... Dammit, I'm usually good at figuring stuff out and I still can't grasp this one!
As an aside, I'd love to know what this "better place" is, because it was always described at temple as the joy you get being in the presence of god and sitting at his feet (does he have feet?) or whatever, and then there are all those "Precious Moments"-esque scenes of white robed people playing harps... That sounds incredibly f'ing boring to me. For one, I already know a few people here on earth whose presence makes me ecstatic, though usually we're not about to do anything remotely considered holy. For another, barring the enjoyment I get out of occasional listening to Loreena McKennitt, my heaven couldn't have harps...I'd have to request Hendrix and Angus Young providing my stringed soundtrack in the clouds. Harps are even more annoying than Kenny G. Who does Satan have on his playlist?
Perhaps more importantly than my personal curiosity though, I would love to know why a god who can whisk someone away to a "better place" wouldn't just cure them of the possibly painful disease that everyone's praying they shake off so that they can enjoy that person's presence a little while longer...except it might be god's will anyway...so I still don't know why they're praying... Dammit, I'm usually good at figuring stuff out and I still can't grasp this one!
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