Earl IV

Certainly not, god only does what he wants, it's up to the person asking to guess what that might be

god: "I'm thinking of a number between 1 & 1,000,000,000,000..."

LogDog

Interesting. If you don't mind me asking, what prayers of yours has God found reason to answer?

rhutchin

My prayers essentially follow the form of the "Lord's Prayer" found in Matthew 6. In this, I find that God has provided for me amply over the years, has given me a wonderful family, two fine daughters-in-law, and now a grandbaby. I have not suffered in any way that I can see nor do I have any regrets (other than wanting to replay a few events to erase the dumb things I did).

The difficulty here is that I cannot go back and relive everything but do it without praying and see what would be different.

rhutchin

Not really. God provides specific instruction in the Bible on what people ought to ask of Him in prayer.

JEST2ASK

Would John 15:16 fit into that list of specific instructions. :devil1:

JEST2ASK

Just how did you determine that it was god who made that happen?
Did you pray for a wife and then recieve some divine confirmation.
How many Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Atheists etc can make the same evaluation of their lives and yet did not pray to your god? I know I am being a bit of a twit (?) but you indicated that prayer works for you.

HelpingHand

My prayers actually do not take any form at all, since I don't pray. Yet, I have a wonderful family, two fine children (I admit, no in-laws yet, my children are a bit too young and no grandchildren either). I have not suffered in any way that I can see nor do I have any regrets (other than wanting to erase the dumb things I did).

I have lived a life without praying and seem to have obtained more or less the same result. But maybe I was 'just lucky'. On the other hand, maybe you were just lucky.
The difficulty here is that I cannot go back and relive everything but do it with praying and see what would be different.

Greetings

Walter

Earl IV

So all prayers following these "instructions" are answered then?

Specifically, what are they?
There are a few billion people that would like to know.


As far as "god provides", my life has become much more enjoyable and fulfilling since I've given up the delusion.

...and that's not counting the 10% increase in household income :devil3:

Reason

But Jeebus said you can have anything asked in his name. Is that not true?

rhutchin

Yes. So, what is it that you think I should be asking for given that God seems to have given me everything I need?