Have you ever personally had a Miracle? I have had dozens and dozens, from tooth aches, headaches, aches and pains, witchcraft attacks, and cysts disappearing immediately after praying. I also have had dozens and dozens of headaches that did not go away. No one knows why, but we don't always get healed when we pray. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't. That really is God's business.
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Yes, praying sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, therefore God exists and there is no conceivable way that random chance could play any part in it. God is just randomly picking and choosing who is in pain and when for reasons that we can't understand. Let's worship this douchebag.
"Have you ever personally had a Miracle?"No, not even a capitalized Miracle.
"I have had dozens and dozens, from tooth aches, headaches, aches and pains, witchcraft attacks, and cysts disappearing immediately after praying."
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Witchcraft is not real. None of the other experiences can be shown to be a miracle either. Every credible test of prayer shows that prayer fails at a rate at least equal to doing nothing.
"I also have had dozens and dozens of headaches that did not go away. No one knows why, but we don't always get healed when we pray."
Well, there you go, solid proof that God either performs miracles or he does not.
"Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't."
So why pray?
"That really is God's business."
Even if God actually exists, if God is omniscient and the outcome of your prayer is God's business, what's the point of praying? It may be that your headaches may be clouding your thinking.
Praise the Lord that God healed your toothache, but not the thousands of people that die from cancer every year. And those pesky witchcraft attacks? Well, that's nothing some good old fashion snake handling won't cure!
Sounds like a potent combination of wishful thinking, delusion and a placebo effect to me. Headaches can go away on their own, there's no need for god to intervene there. And Witchcraft is as much as fairy story as the Big Beard In The Sky.
"I also have had dozens and dozens of headaches that did not go away" That is a miracle.
You're an idiot.
No one knows why, but we don't always get healed when we pray.
What are the symptoms of a "witchcraft attack", please?
Well, I've gotten rid of toothaches, headaches, aches and pains, cysts and ingrown toenails.
"You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Joe Pesci. Two reasons; first of all,
I also have had dozens and dozens of headaches that did not go away. No one knows why, but we don't always get healed when we pray. I know why: Your God either doesn't exist, or lied when he said prayers would have an effect.
you have a pathetically small definition of "miracle".
To me a miracle is something that happens even though it could never happen naturally, like somebody's leg regrowing.
If you consider a headache going away a "miracle", then it's no wonder you've experienced so many "miracles".
hmm Prayer is a good stress reliever so and does put the mind at ease so that would reduce headaches.
still, better life through chemistry.
So praying to God is like a slot machine. You pull the arm, but never know if you're even gonna get anything.
Dunno about you, but I'd rather make my own luck, then put myself at the whims of a Chaos God.
I've had a Miracle Blade. Sure it was sharp, but the handle and the edge were too straight-lined for me. I want a bit of an angle between the handle and the cutting edge.
"No one knows why, but we don't always get healed when we pray. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't"don't pray. It's as if God doesn't care whether we pray or not.
Holy crap, this actually works!
I tossed a coin and prayed it would come down heads and God answered my prayers (50% of the time).
If God actually did answer people's prayers, what would happen if you prayed for him not to grant your prayers?
If he didn't grant it then you would have gotten what you prayed for, hence God has in fact granted your prayer. But if God has granted your prayer then he hasn't given you what you prayed for, so he actually didn't grant it.
Man, this beats lifting rocks as a test anyday. If God is all powerful, can he grant my prayer to not have my prayers granted?
Auto-suggestion. It's been programmed into Stan from childhood.
It's cheaper than aspirin, but lacks the quality control associated with proper pharmacology.
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