It never fails to amuse me... the assumption that God must answer prayer and with the answer you want, or prayer failed.
Very scientific.
Very scientific.
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When you prayed did it ever work?
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H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe 
Good to see you popping in fr0d0, hope things are going well.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
Agreed Frodo, why expect a non existent entity to do anything
![[Image: mybannerglitter06eee094.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i118.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo112%2Fpussinboots_photos%2FBikes%2Fmybannerglitter06eee094.gif) If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.  (October 31, 2012 at 4:38 am)fr0d0 Wrote: It never fails to amuse me... the assumption that God must answer prayer and with the answer you want, or prayer failed.I have to admit, "God" is very consistent. Just like the Gospels, the only testimonies I've got of healings through prayer after 5 years at a Pentecostal church are through hearsay. I never once saw even the common cold get healed before me. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
So according to the conditions inferred from Fr00d, prayer is untestable.
Very scientific.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
I never was a believer and I never prayed because I am not stupid enough to be a Christian. But my life is far more comfortable than millions and millions of believers. Obviously it is gods' wishes.
blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” – John 20:26-29
The last time I prayed I was 12. My mom was in an ICU ward following a major heart attack at the age of 42. I prayed, and prayed hard. Not for a miracle cure, but just some sign that she would be okay. I bargained with god, praying that I knew I wasn't a good Christian, and if he would only give me a small sign that she was going to pull through, I'd follow him for life. She didn't even recognize me when I got to go in to visit her. So yeah, it's bunk, and as I said at the beginning, I haven't prayed since.
 RE: When you prayed did it ever work?
October 31, 2012 at 8:15 am
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2012 at 8:33 am by Edwardo Piet.)
What I have prayed for never worked. I was merely lucky that after both occasions on which I prayed I got what I prayed for.
To my suprise I have noticed that i have never realy prayed in my life.
I prayed at my granddads funeral - but mainly because everyone was mumbleing the same crap. I guess I just grew up with the mentality that it is better to work for something, than to wish for something. 
I like to think a "prayer" is nothing more than a "magic spell"... equally ineffective to the desired outcome.
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