What if I sincerely believe that the story of Jesus is made up, and that God became incarnate as a man named Frank, and that Frank was killed and that Frank is the savior of mankind.
If I pray to God in Frank's name, for some thing I lost to be found, say, I lost a pen, and I say God in Frank's name I pray, that I find my pen, and what if I find my pen. Did God answer my prayer, since I asked for it in Frank's name?
What if we statisically analyze prayers made in Franks name with those made in Jesus's name. Is it possible that they would be statisically about the same?
2006-07-13 04:09:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think we can do that because you have to take into consideration that all prayers are answered but the answer isn't always yes. How would you calculate the no's into the formula?
It doesn't matter if it's Frank or Jesus all the prayers would be answered at 100%.
Even though you and I don't see eye to eye on things I do love reading all your thought provoking questions.
2006-07-14 03:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think you're missing the point of prayer altogether. First of all, prayer doesn't work the way that you are describing it. God doesn't answer your prayer because you say, "In Jesus' name I pray, Amen" at the end of your prayer. That phrase is used in prayer to acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the reason that prayer has power because of his death and resurrection which allows for us to have direct contact with our Heavenly Father. In other words, whether or not you use "In Jesus' name" or "In Frank's name", in your prayer doesn't mean God will answer it. It's not techincal like that.
Also, you should check your motive in prayer because it's not a tool for you to use to get something you want. If you don't pray, it doesn't mean that God doesn't know what you're thinking or what you need. He already knows EVERYTHING and knows what you are need of. You may ask, then why the heck do we pray? Well, when we pray, we're actively putting our reliance and dependance on God. When we pray, we're basically saying that we know our lives our not our own and not in our control and we're surrending to God because He is in control of our lives. So prayer becomes a way for us to shift who we're trusting for our problems, we shift trust in ourselves to trusting God.
Honestly, there's so much more that can be said about prayer than what I've addressed, but hopefully this will help you.
2006-07-13 04:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by D.So 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why you choose the name Frank as your god. God, Jesus or a god name Frank does not exist. And pray in the name of wherever you want it to pray for, it's useless, you find your pen because you find your pen, there is no one who answer your praying. God was invented by man.
2006-07-13 04:21:26 · answer #3 · answered by Danny B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I pray, I never say "in Jesus' name" like, I don't include that statement in my prayer...I'm not one hundred percent positive, but I don't think you have to...I think God knows what you're saying and what's in your heart. If you're asking God for Frank to help you, he'll probably just look down at you like you're kind of stupid, which a lot of us are doing right now.
2006-07-13 04:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by sgrjackson1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frank would be as likely to answer your prayer as Jesus
2006-07-13 04:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by mikayla_starstuff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lost my car keys. Can Frank help?
2006-07-13 04:14:41 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It proves there is no proof that God's name is Jesus... and inconclusive about God being real or not. . Therefore, finding your pen would be coincidental..
2006-07-13 04:15:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could his name be Ben? I seem to get alot of prayers answered when I pray to Ben. You know "Ben looking for this, where is it" and the like. Outside of that I think it's all a crap shoot...
2006-07-13 04:29:38 · answer #8 · answered by go_to_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds plausible. it could be that just the act of expressing your desires causes you to be more aware of how to acheive that desire. "please Frank, show me my pen", 2 hours later, you see it where it's been all along, you just didn't notice it. or it could be that thinking of something causes internal forces (like alpha waves, maybe) to be set into motion to realize that dream, like visualization.
2006-07-13 04:15:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're comparing another person to the works that Jesus is able to perform????
2006-07-13 04:13:20 · answer #10 · answered by Yoda Green's Hope 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋