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Re: The Futility Of Prayers And Trying To "Change God's Mind" by kingxsamz(m): 6:32pm On Jun 30, 2020
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According to the Scriptures, atheists are biggest fools. The fool said it in his heart, the Big fool said it with his mouth, the Bigger fool told others, the Biggest fool had time to type it. Pick your scriptural category.
Alright then, since it's according to your scriptures.
Re: The Futility Of Prayers And Trying To "Change God's Mind" by skywalker240(m): 11:11pm On Jul 08, 2020
You can say what you want, but God is awesome and indescribable


I believe in Jehovah, I believe in his son Jesus cool
Re: The Futility Of Prayers And Trying To "Change God's Mind" by TheSourcerer: 6:51pm On Jul 15, 2020
atheistandproud:
As a child I was taught in Bible school as well as by a man, Uncle Chris, a dedicated JW who taught me the Bible thrice every week that God was omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent.

Omniscient means knowing every thing. To quote a verse, "he that seeth the end from the beginning".

Omnipresent means being everywhere at once. "His spirit moved across the length and breadth of the land searching for one good man".

Anyway according to the same Bible in Job, Satan is also omnipresent as well. Lol.

Then you have omnipotent or all powerful.

These three features are fundamental godlike properties that are only ascribed to the ultimate deity of the Christian pantheon.

Christians have always claimed two conflicting positions.

1. Not knowing the mind of their favourite deity.

2. Knowing what he wants.

Those who have observed very well will tell you that these are interestingly used in varying situations as a cop out from difficult questions and situations.

If YHWH is omniscient and he has a plan and his plan is good, when you pray for something different, you're essentially asking him (hypothetically, that's if he exists) to change his mind. Do you honestly believe as a mere mortal, you know better than the supreme deity of the Christian pantheon so much as to even think his plan is wrong and yours is right? So if you don't know as well as god does, isn't prayer futile?

If your plan and god's are in the same line? Doesn't it make it prayer a pointless effort as god's will is going to be done regardless?

Finally, in the larger picture or on the grand scheme of things, the earth on which we live in is in a backwater solar system on the far side of the galaxy. Do you think that if a supreme galactic overlord exists, a tiny human can change his mind?

God is not perfect, he actually regretted that he had created humans in genesis. Did the all seeing and all knowing dude fail to see the future? That means he's no omniscient then.

Can we imagine now, for example that the lady who was killed in church, that was god's plan for her life from birth because well... mysterious ways blah blah blah?

Don't you think that she believed god loved her too and that bad things are not her portion?

Let me finish with Epicurus...

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