take 2 god fearing men who live in the same town. One promises his young daughter that he will take her to a special one day event in the moring. she is happy. yet it looks like rain. So he prays it does not. the other man prays for rain because his crops needs it. What does that say about prayer?
2006-07-21 05:48:39 · 22 answers · asked by twin city 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It says that God is not in control of every event that happens. This stands to reason, because if God were actually (or even potentially) in complete control of all events, those events would lack genuine being. Genuine being necessarily involves at least some degree of self-determination. So the idea that the world can exist, and that God is actually or potentially in control of everything in the world, is an incoherent and meaningless idea.
However, this doesn't mean that God is an incoherent and meaningless idea: just the traditional construal of divine omnipotence. For my part, I would say that God establishes possibilities, and offers lures for finite beings towards the fullness of life God desires for them. That's how we've gotten from the post Big Bang chaos of transitory energy-events to a planet where there are self-reflective hominids.
As to what God actually wants to happen, I have no idea, but I have to think that God is concerned with a bigger picture than that special event.
2006-07-21 06:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It says that we pray sometimes based on what is best for us. We cannot take God's answer personally when we don't get what we ask for, because He has other variables to consider. We may not get the exact thing we asked for, but He is not the great vending machine in the sky. He is God.
We should include in our prayers that His will be done. I believe that we may influence His will, but if I leave life in God's hands, I trust that He will handle what's best and not just what I want. And He will help me in the disappointments I face in life.
Prayer is not about changing God. Prayer is about changing us.
2006-07-21 06:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a country song called "Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers".
I think when you really look at it in an unbiased (unChristian/unAthiest) manner, you are forced to see that prayer is arbitrary. Whether or not you pray for something, what's going to happen is going to happen. So, for me, I'd have to say my reason for prayer is to keep a positive mindset and hope that I can influence the outcome of things the way I wish for them to fall.
2006-07-21 06:11:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure a lot of people will disagree but I don't think prayer is so much abaout changing God's mind as it is about changing our hearts. Prayer is me expressing my reliance upon God and placing trust in Him. The more I realize I am reliant, the more I'll pray. and the more I pray, the more I'll realize I am reliant.
2006-07-21 05:57:42 · answer #4 · answered by Alex M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It says nothing about prayer. It says a lot about you, however.
I bet you also like to ask other questions, such as "Can an infinite God create a planet too big for Him to move?"
The very question is self-contradictory and thus there is no answer.
2006-07-21 05:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prayer is an odd thing anyway. I mean, if you ask them, they will tell you that God has a plan for everything! So, if you pray for something not in his plan, you're not going to get it. Yet if it is in his plan, you're going to get it anyway, so why pray for it?
2006-07-21 05:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows the needs of everyone, He must choose which is more important that will have an a lasting affect. Everything happens for a reason.
2006-07-21 05:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by kimber g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can answer that. The young girl was praying for herself, and the father was praying for all the farmers. Figure the math. One benefits, or all
2006-07-21 06:05:52 · answer #8 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the child's prayer is really one that is selfish and the farmers prayer is one that is really needed not just for him but his family and possibly others the Bible teaches us not to pray selfish pray he is able to give what-so ever we need if we only believe when we pray
2006-07-21 06:02:40 · answer #9 · answered by jesus freak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 01:20:00 · answer #10 · answered by keys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋