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Can believers intercede on behalf of nonbelievers?
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<blockquote data-quote="directory" data-source="post: 69189575" data-attributes="member: 379484"><p>I was raised Muslim, and read in the Qur'an that one should never pray for nonbelievers, since no member of the faith, no matter how ardent or obedient, could possibly "convince" God to alter the lot of a sinful person.</p><p></p><p>Do Christians hold a similar belief? For example, if a Christian woman prays that her atheist father might find Christ, can her prayers actually have an affect on things, or are they entirely in vain?</p><p></p><p>And, to allude to a narrower topic, do Catholics who believe in Purgatory still hold (as did the medieval church) that living believers can shorten the wait of their deceased loved ones there through prayer and acts of penitence?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="directory, post: 69189575, member: 379484"] I was raised Muslim, and read in the Qur'an that one should never pray for nonbelievers, since no member of the faith, no matter how ardent or obedient, could possibly "convince" God to alter the lot of a sinful person. Do Christians hold a similar belief? For example, if a Christian woman prays that her atheist father might find Christ, can her prayers actually have an affect on things, or are they entirely in vain? And, to allude to a narrower topic, do Catholics who believe in Purgatory still hold (as did the medieval church) that living believers can shorten the wait of their deceased loved ones there through prayer and acts of penitence? [/QUOTE]
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