Share Your Untestimony: Prayers that God didn't Answer

[Athene]

Didn't pray a lot as a Christian, for various reasons at different times, but I would always become a praying fool whenever I heard of a child going missing. I figured if God answers no other prayers, he would surely answer those to save a child, suffering at the bottom of the world. I would pray for their families, especially the parents because they were suffering a fate worse than death, in not knowing.

[Foxaèr]

Christian ill logic: But he did answer them. No answer was his answer.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The sad thing here is you all prayed selfishly, I want, I want, I want. You should of learned to pray.

GC

I prayed for guidance, asshole.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Also, I prayed for god to not answer the prayer I was making. Checkmate, god!

[Homeless Nutter]

[...]You should of learned to pray.

You should have learned English. There is no such expression as "should of".

[Foxaèr]

There is no such expression as "should of".

Technically, there is such an expression. It is simply not proper grammar.

[Athene]

The sad thing here is you all prayed selfishly, I want, I want, I want. You should of learned to pray.

GC

The sad thing is that you believe in the magic of prayer and that you're a heartless, minimally literate bastard.
You are not kind.
You are not compassionate.
You are totally lacking in self-awareness.
According to your own beliefs, you are guilty of the sin of idolatry, because you have made an idol out of your  
commitment. Your commitment is what truly you worship GC, not your God. You're a fucking heathen by your own definition and too goddamn stupid to see it.

[MTL]

I can't help but wonder about the prayers that were in the very process of being uttered by the devout Catholic pilgrims who were marching in that religious procession in Mexico, back in July, when a truck plowed into them and killed 23, including a four-year-old girl, and injured 50.

[Godscreated]

Didn't pray a lot as a Christian, for various reasons at different times, but I would always become a praying fool whenever I heard of a child going missing. I figured if God answers no other prayers, he would surely answer those to save a child, suffering at the bottom of the world. I would pray for their families, especially the parents because they were suffering a fate worse than death, in not knowing.

This is a good way to pray, first asking for restoration if it be in His will and then to pray for those who are effected by the event, asking God to be with them no matter the outcome, to bring His comfort and His peace and understanding to those who need it.

I'm far from the foolish person you want to believe I am. My rely was to those who stated what they had prayed for and not one until after my post said anything about praying for God to be with those effected through whatever the circumstance might be. Those who as Christians prayed for world peace did not read their Bibles, if they had they would have seen that world peace was never a possibility. Praying for peace in one's own life, in the life of another or for peace in a community, those are all prayers with the possibility of being answered. God never promised an answer to anyone's prayer, let lone answer every pray in the affirmative. There are things that God want answer in the affirmative because they would go against His ultimate will (unchanging will). Tell me why should God answer anyone's prayers, what requirement is there that the creator of universe should have to answer every pray, especially the way we would what them answered? The omniscient God of creation knows what's best for His creation and, it being His I would think He has the right to do what He knows is best. Answer me this, the prayers you said you prayed in the above, were they answered, do you know and do you know whether God answered them in a way that suited the situation for those particular people in a better way than you asked?  I'm ignoring your other post, because I truly do not believe you understood what I was saying in my first post, I stated what I did so someone would have a reaction to it and several did. This allowed me to answer the reactions without there being a bunch of rubbish to filter through, they made simple statements and so there is nothing but a simple explanation to give. This post is in answer to all those who responded to my first post. Let me ask another question of you, do you think it's possible for God to answer to the affirmative to all prayers and do you think it's possible for God to answer to the affirmative to all the prayers concerning one particular situation? Please think this over very carefully before you answer, I don't care if it takes until some time next week. This question is only for you, I want reply to anyone else who tries to answer it. I know you do not believe in God and I know you'll have to assume God exists to answer my questions, I'm hoping you will make that assumption.

A little story for you also, one that brings back a great amount of pain every time I think of it. When my dad was very ill in 2001 and we were pretty sure he would no recover, I had a mother and sister to think of foremost and the many others who loved my dad deeply. I prayed to God first of all to heal dad if it were in His will, then continuing I asked God if this was outside His will to take dad quickly so that he wouldn't suffer and to be with my family and all the others who cared so much for him. Dad had always asked us not to allow him to be put on any machines that would keep him alive unnaturally, he didn't want to suffer through a prolonged illness and especially didn't want us to suffer watching him slowly die. God answered my prayer and dad's wishes in the next few days, dad lived till the last member of the family arrived at the hospital to speak with him, one he cared for deeply and within a couple of hours he was gone. It's not easy to ask God to take someone you love so much and one who made a great mark on and in many people lives and could have continued to if it were in God's will, but that's what I did, because dad loved me so much and I wasn't going to deny his love for my selfish reasons. Maybe you can't understand this and if not that's okay, because it's only important that I and my family do.

GC

[Wyrd of Gawd]

I can't help but wonder about the prayers that were  in the very process of being uttered by the devout Catholic pilgrims who were marching in that religious procession in Mexico, back in July, when a truck plowed into them and killed 23, including a four-year-old girl, and injured 50.

A magic number of believers have to be killed before Jesus returns so the 23 added to that number.  So far it's still not enough.