RE: Evidence God Exists
October 14, 2010 at 10:20 pm
(This post was last modified: October 14, 2010 at 10:30 pm by AngelThMan.)
(September 16, 2010 at 3:09 pm)TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:AngelThMan Wrote:
TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:It sounds to me like you've picked and choose particularly 'miraculous' situations in which to derieve this 'proof.' I think it ignores the thousands if not millions of times where similar situations such as these ended in disaster regardless of the faith or lack thereof of all involved.It doesn't matter. Only God knows why things happened the way they did in those situations. I can only point out situations in which prayer and faith did work.
Or, more importantly, the similar situations where the survivors or perpetraitors or whatever prayed to a different god or were atheists or agnostic.
Think of a car that goes dead. Most of the time people will get jumper cables and give it a boost. Will that turn on their car every time? Of course not. Are you going to say that jumper cables don't work because they don't always turn on a car? No. If the car won't turn on, most of the time, there's something wrong with the car itself, not the cables. Think of prayer that way. If it doesn't work, there's a reason.
Just because a person says they're a Christian doesn't mean they really are. Christians have been known to lead double lives, lack compassion, make self-destructive decisions, sin, etc. Even if a person is a good Christian, if they pray without faith at any given time their prayers will not be answered.
Most atheists have a very simple-minded view of God. He's supposed to be like some magic wand, and every time you pray to him, the answer has to be yes, or he doesn't exist. That's like saying that every time someone applies for a loan, the bank has to say yes. If not, the only conclusion is that the bank has no money. God is much more complex than that.
Good things can happen to unbelievers, and bad things can happen to Christians. This does not disprove the existence of God, or the power of prayer. God said that he could bless whomever he pleases. But we can be assured that when he blesses someone who is an unbeliever, there is a master plan behind it.
