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is collective prayer any more effective?

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is collective prayer any more effective?
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#51
RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 8:41 am
I saw some prayer requests recently on a christian forum asking to pray for the UK for fuck sake sake! How can you pray for a country, mental arsed.
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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 10:44 am
Praying = Pointing out how God could do his job better
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#53
RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 11:15 am
(June 9, 2016 at 11:42 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: "is collective prayer any more effective?"


Are two elephants trying to fit through a mouse hole more effective than one?

Yeah reminds me of this:

" How do you put an elephant in the freezer?
- Open the door, put the elephant in then close the door.
How do you get an elephant trough a locked door?
-Put it in an envelope and slip it under the door.
What if it doesnt fit?
-remove the stamp.
Whats the coldest animal on earth?
-.....
The elephant you left on the freezer a while ago."

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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 1:43 pm
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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 2:22 pm
(June 9, 2016 at 10:26 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:
(June 9, 2016 at 5:17 pm)Godschild Wrote: Your humanity is about the size of your avatar.

Lol... How so? Because if I see someone in need of help, my instinct is to help them, rather than make them suck my c*ck first, to make sure they REALLY want/deserve the help? Yeah, well - we can't all be christian... Tongue

 Sure, everyone can become a Christian.

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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 2:24 pm
Actually everyone cannot. As far as I can tell, you have to believe in God to be a Christian. Not everyone can fool their brains into believing in things they know to be nonsensical.
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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 2:25 pm
(June 10, 2016 at 2:22 pm)Godschild Wrote:
(June 9, 2016 at 10:26 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: Lol... How so? Because if I see someone in need of help, my instinct is to help them, rather than make them suck my c*ck first, to make sure they REALLY want/deserve the help? Yeah, well - we can't all be christian... Tongue

 Sure, everyone can become a Christian.

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No, you need to believe for that ....  Dodgy
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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 2:28 pm
(June 9, 2016 at 7:42 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
(June 9, 2016 at 5:34 pm)Godschild Wrote:  Well I'm your invisible friend and you talk to me.... usually to much.

GC

We are not friends.  I like my friends.

 Sorry for the mistake, I guess I assumed all those kind words you wrote about me meant we were friends.

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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 2:28 pm (This post was last modified: June 10, 2016 at 3:04 pm by robvalue.)
(June 10, 2016 at 2:24 pm)Losty Wrote: Actually everyone cannot. As far as I can tell, you have to believe in God to be a Christian. Not everyone can fool their brains into believing in things they know to be nonsensical.

It's a difficult one. I'd say that to be a Christian, legally speaking, you just have to say you're a Christian.

I don't see what other meaningful sense there is, since no one has the authority to say who is and isn't a Christian. And no one can (easily) test your beliefs.

So it really means nothing concrete, it's just a statement of being in a certain religion. I can say I'm one right now. Sure, everyone will say I'm not a True Christian™ but Christians say that to each other all the time.
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RE: is collective prayer any more effective?
June 10, 2016 at 2:31 pm
If those praying are congregated, it would make napalm more effective.
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