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Thoughts and Prayers: The Religion Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Slacker, Oct 15, 2019.

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  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Why pray at all if everything is predetermined? Won't help with a thing in that case.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Apr 4, 2021
    #1093
  2. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Paraphrasing Tim Keller...God answers prayers perfectly if we knew what He knew.
     
    Alma, Apr 4, 2021
    #1094
  3. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Exactly.
    And if there is a god that created every atom in the universe and put every atom together are the prayers of 7 billion human on this planet really worthy of any attention.
     
    heyabbott, Apr 4, 2021
    #1095
  4. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Me: Dear God, please don’t let those men rape my baby.

    God: I’m granting the prayers of those men. They prayed to rape a baby before you prayed for help.
     
    heyabbott, Apr 4, 2021
    #1096
  5. Mr._Graybeard

    Mr._Graybeard Well-Known Member

    Yabut, I still don't get whether praying is productive. Or, does God even want us to pray. With millions of the faithful tugging on his sleeve.
     
    Mr._Graybeard, Apr 4, 2021
    #1097
  6. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Does God, that created every atom in the infinite universe, every law of nature, of physics, of mathematics, want to hear a predetermined series of sounds?
     
    heyabbott, Apr 4, 2021
    #1098
  7. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

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    heyabbott, Apr 4, 2021
    #1099
  8. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    The God in the Bible wants us to pray. Further God is not overwhelmed by the volume of prayer.
     
    Alma, Apr 4, 2021
    #1100
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  9. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Link?
     
    Songbird, Apr 4, 2021
    #1101
  10. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    The Psalms. The Gospels.
     
    Alma, Apr 4, 2021
    #1102
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  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Let's go to noted theologian:

     
    Starman, Apr 4, 2021
    #1103
  12. Mr._Graybeard

    Mr._Graybeard Well-Known Member

    Which Bible? The King James? Or one of the other myriad translations (by people, not deities).
    Many versions quote God in Exodus 20:5 as saying, "I am a jealous God." Do you think God is Jealous? Is that why we should pray to Him/Her?
     
    Mr._Graybeard, Apr 4, 2021
    #1104
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