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Started by Kevin, December 16, 2008, 02:36:40 AM

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Kevin

December 16, 2008, 02:36:40 AM
I was thinking, and I have noticed this about prayer:

People will pray to God when a family member is sick a dieing, for God to watch over them and heal them in their time of need. Now, we know that that is going to have no effect on what is going to happen.

Let's say that they get healed: Oh praise the Lord! God Al' Mighty! He has healed my brother/sister/mother/father/uncle! He has healed them and watched over them!

Let's say that they die: Well, God works in mysterious ways and everything happens for a reason. He wanted this to happen for reasons we do not know of, and is in a better place now (NOT).

That is a GREAT way to convince people a lie.
The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike. - Delos B. McKown

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. - Buddha

curiosityandthecat

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December 16, 2008, 03:04:05 AM
I pity da foo'!



This is a major pillar of the atheistic argument. The whole if-it-works-it-was-God-if-not-then-God-wanted-it-that-way thing... not Mr. T pitying people. Though, I suppose it could be... maybe...

 :nerd:
-Curio

Arthur Dent

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December 16, 2008, 05:59:40 AM
Everyone does this though on some level, everyone wants to feel that things couldn't be better.
"In our tenure of this planet, we have accumulated dangerous, evolutionary baggage -- propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders, hostility to outsiders, all of which puts our survival in some doubt. We have also acquired compassion for others, love for our children, a desire to learn from history and experience, and a great, soa

curiosityandthecat

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December 16, 2008, 06:01:49 AM
Quote from: "Arthur Dent"See a pretty girl and she blows you off (in the bad way) "she's a bitch anyway"

-Curio

Arthur Dent

#4
December 16, 2008, 06:38:36 AM
Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"
Quote from: "Arthur Dent"See a pretty girl and she blows you off (in the bad way) "she's a bitch anyway"


Lol... you are too quick for my edit! I assumed there was a better way to word it, I guess not lol.
"In our tenure of this planet, we have accumulated dangerous, evolutionary baggage -- propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders, hostility to outsiders, all of which puts our survival in some doubt. We have also acquired compassion for others, love for our children, a desire to learn from history and experience, and a great, soa

dodgecity

#5
December 16, 2008, 02:32:19 PM
Yes, reminds me of the video of the milk jug who answers prayers in the form of yes, no, or wait.

Wechtlein Uns

#6
December 18, 2008, 01:21:16 AM
sigh... I know what you mean.
"What I mean when I use the term "god" represents nothing more than an interactionist view of the universe, a particularite view of time, and an ever expansive view of myself." -- Jose Luis Nunez.

SSY

#7
December 18, 2008, 06:02:25 AM
This is basically a restating of heads i win tails you lose. whatever the argument, god must exist, exactly the kind of argument theist like.
Quote from: "Godschild"SSY: You are fairly smart and to think I thought you were a few fries short of a happy meal.
Quote from: "Godschild"explain to them how and why you decided to be athiest and take the consequences that come along with it
Quote from: "Aedus"Unlike atheists, I'm not an angry prick
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