So I was wondering, isn't prayer a direct defiance of god's will? I offer an example.
Tamlandia is experiencing a drought. Crops are withering and people are about to lose money and lives. The leader of Tamlandia implores it's people to pray for rain. Okay, but if god knows all then I'm sure he would already be aware of the dire situation. Not only that, he would be responsible for it. God's will. So who do the Tamlandians think they are to question god's will? Didn't other folks get into plenty of trouble for doing that? The name Job comes to mind.
I once read a statement on a believers website that all prayers are answered. It's just that sometimes the answer is no. So god has listened to all these prayers and yet has said. "Nah, I think I'll let the drought go on until a suitable number of people have died." So it doesn't matter how many people pray thousands of prayers for weeks or months. The answer could be still be no huh? Well then my next obvious question would be......why bother?
I guess people would say you don't know what the answer will be unless you ask. So here's my response to that. If this god is all knowing then you think he would know the obvious. Drought = bad and rain = good. Pretty easy choice. Why would I have to ask this being who loves me and only wants the best for me to provide me with rain to help my crops grow? The whole concept is really just incomprehensible and I really don't see why people bother when they have no guarantee of what the outcome will be. It just points all the more to the randomness of life and the lack of a sky daddy that runs it all.
Tamlandia is experiencing a drought. Crops are withering and people are about to lose money and lives. The leader of Tamlandia implores it's people to pray for rain. Okay, but if god knows all then I'm sure he would already be aware of the dire situation. Not only that, he would be responsible for it. God's will. So who do the Tamlandians think they are to question god's will? Didn't other folks get into plenty of trouble for doing that? The name Job comes to mind.
I once read a statement on a believers website that all prayers are answered. It's just that sometimes the answer is no. So god has listened to all these prayers and yet has said. "Nah, I think I'll let the drought go on until a suitable number of people have died." So it doesn't matter how many people pray thousands of prayers for weeks or months. The answer could be still be no huh? Well then my next obvious question would be......why bother?
I guess people would say you don't know what the answer will be unless you ask. So here's my response to that. If this god is all knowing then you think he would know the obvious. Drought = bad and rain = good. Pretty easy choice. Why would I have to ask this being who loves me and only wants the best for me to provide me with rain to help my crops grow? The whole concept is really just incomprehensible and I really don't see why people bother when they have no guarantee of what the outcome will be. It just points all the more to the randomness of life and the lack of a sky daddy that runs it all.
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