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ImGod · 03-13-2002, 09:15 AM

I like the Simpsons episode where Bart prays at dinner, "Dear God, we paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing."

I found it at this site <a href="http://www.snpp.com/index.html" target="_blank">Simpsons site</a>

sighhswolf · 03-14-2002, 03:51 AM

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Originally posted by alek0:
<strong>I've been recently asked why i never pray and don't I feel the need to give thanks. The answer to the latter was simply "No"

I don't see giving thanks any more logical than supplication if there is smth. like "god's plan", though it is definitely less disgusting than "god please take care of my credit card debt" stuff.

If we assume that there is god, I still don't see any point in prayer. If he interferes with what happens on earth, he does it for his own reasons so why give thanks for that. If he doesn't interfere, again why should I give thanks?
All this business with thanking the creator would be like having to thank my father for having sex with my mother which he did for his own pleasure and not for purpose of bringing me into the world.

I really, really don't understand thinking of theists on prayer. Whether for thanks or to ask for something, doesn't make sense at all...</strong>

George Carlin said the prayers he used to offer to god, he now offers to Joe Peche.
And they are answered with about the same frequency rate.

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03-13-2002, 09:15 AM	#21
ImGod Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 6,264	I like the Simpsons episode where Bart prays at dinner, "Dear God, we paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing." I found it at this site <a href="http://www.snpp.com/index.html" target="_blank">Simpsons site</a>

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