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<blockquote data-quote="stevil" data-source="post: 71806065" data-attributes="member: 277368"><p>Thanks very much for your response.</p><p>I don't want to debate you, or try to convince you that prayer doesn't work, but I do find the concept of prayer confusing, just want to try to understand from the perspective of a believer. My own thoughts are perhaps just straw on this topic.</p><p></p><p>The confusing things (for me) are this.</p><p>1. We find no statistical advantage for prayed for events.</p><p>Let's say the Christian god is the one. Shouldn't we find that Christians are statistically more likely to recover from things such as cancer?</p><p>2. Miraculous cures seem to be for things that could perhaps be cured on their own through the passage of time.</p><p>For example, we don't have amputees who grow back their limbs, no matter how much prayer is performed.</p><p>3. Why would an all knowing timeless god need people to request things of it? </p><p>If I see a person in danger, perhaps an infant crossing a busy road, I will look to intervene and help the kid out. I wouldn't need some random person to ask me to help the child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevil, post: 71806065, member: 277368"] Thanks very much for your response. I don't want to debate you, or try to convince you that prayer doesn't work, but I do find the concept of prayer confusing, just want to try to understand from the perspective of a believer. My own thoughts are perhaps just straw on this topic. The confusing things (for me) are this. 1. We find no statistical advantage for prayed for events. Let's say the Christian god is the one. Shouldn't we find that Christians are statistically more likely to recover from things such as cancer? 2. Miraculous cures seem to be for things that could perhaps be cured on their own through the passage of time. For example, we don't have amputees who grow back their limbs, no matter how much prayer is performed. 3. Why would an all knowing timeless god need people to request things of it? If I see a person in danger, perhaps an infant crossing a busy road, I will look to intervene and help the kid out. I wouldn't need some random person to ask me to help the child. [/QUOTE]
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