Prayer...

[loseyourname]

Cool, then I don't need to pray or believe. Good luck will come my way anyway.

[Inna]

Cool, then I don't need to pray or believe. Good luck will come my way anyway.

That may be so..but its what happens after you die that you might need to start worrying about. But since you don't believe then I'm guessing you dont believe in any kind of afterlife. I'm not judging here..for all I know I could be going to hell. Believing in God, I always have this idea that if I do something bad, whatever that may be, then I'm going down. (this is my own opinion and I am not saying that this is what everyone else should believe in)

[loseyourname]

I do good things because they are the right thing to do, not to get into heaven. If God cares more that you believe in him, then he is petty and selfish. I don't want anything to do with that God. I'd rather go down.

[Anonymouse]

I do good things because they are the right thing to do, not to get into heaven. If God cares more that you believe in him, then he is petty and selfish. I don't want anything to do with that God. I'd rather go down.

That coming from the man who is pretty narcissistic and selfish himself. One can say you're just as bad as that god.

[spiral]

It's not just caring about you, it's also taking care of you. I would rather have God, someone who knows my past, present, and future, some who knows me better than anyone else, to watch over me than my parents or my husband or my best friend.

Lose, those things that you mentioned before happened not because you didnt pray or you dont believe its because people who do pray and do believe pray for those who dont.

Inna, I admire your simplicity.






(I mean 'simplicity' in a good way)

[loseyourname]

That coming from the man who is pretty narcissistic and selfish himself. One can say you're just as bad as that god.

One can say I'm a lot worse. I'm also human. That behavior from a deity is unacceptable.

[Anonymouse]

That behavior from a deity is unacceptable.

Really? According to who?

[loseyourname]

All right, if you're fine with me as God, then I guess you're cool. I expected a little more from the guy.

[Anonymouse]

No, despite your love of yourself, I wasn't talking about you.

[dusken]

One can say I'm a lot worse. I'm also human. That behavior from a deity is unacceptable.

This is where you falter and attempt to define the nature of God which is one of my criticisms of organized religion.

However, for all you people know, the only ticket into heaven is suicide. Or maybe it is eating avocados. Or maybe it is having a lot of money. Maybe heaven is only for blacksmiths. The chances of prayer meaning anything is infinitesimal.

And that whole idea of "other people pray for you and that is why good things happen" is ridiculous. Again, this is trying to make a fact out of blind faith by asserting something that cannot be proven or disproven. God is a grain of sand; seek him out.