For Non-believers wat u make out of prayers coming true?

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I mean what do Non-belivers think about whenb prayers come true, like people praying to God to ask something or anything in their prayers and they do come true, i have certainly seen this and can tell u from my experiance, people prayed to be financial secure when in trouble and has come true, people prayed to get rid if illness when chances were 99% of failue and they got cured , people pray for making up with sumone, amongts other tings, i have seen this happen and in ma case when ever i prayed for something it has always been asnwered, when i had a tooth ache and cud not get a emergcency dentist in 2 am in da mornign and i prayed for forgines and make ma tooth ache better and suddenly ma toothache stopped and next day got it out, many things have been asnwers so wat do Non-belivers make out of this, cnt be just coincdence.

God answers prayers tho whome he wills, some ppe deserve theri prayers answered , some dont, its all about having faith, God will not make it easy for people , God tests us on how we react and cope to a situation, each of us has test in one way or another, If God made it easy for us to believe him then what wud be the point of life? by the way when eve ri prayed it has always come true and answerd, and i also heard and seen other peopek prayers answers, but i notice that people who are dishonest and do bad things and pray theri prayes dont be answered, Sometimes God tests u to see how much u will pray to get wht u want, if u pray more den once then u have faith, if u just pray once or twice den give up they God does not answers their prayers.

About God restoring legs, amrs and other parts o bodies to amputies, well u have to think about this, dome some deserve to be healed? do some have faith alreayd even if they are amputated? God will not make it easy for people, what we r missing is that God tests us in everyway possible, to see how we wud react to other people who r different, if God made ppl lose their parts of their bodies, den its a test for them to see how they cope and howe hey have faith, this life is TEMPORARY, rember this.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I have yet to see a prayer come true. If you can produce a replicable study where a prayer is answered consistently (ie, pray for a coin to land all heads for 100 tosses, and replicate this 20 times with 20 different people), then you've got something. Otherwise, it's just life.

Edit: Just read your additional comments, apparently you are one of god's "special" people who deserve to have their prayers answered. Your arrogance is incredible, to be able to say this person deserves to have their prayer answered and this one doesn't. Tell you what, I don't believe in god, but I'm doing great in my life. Haven't prayed once. Explain that?

Answer 3

A recent double-blind study on the efficacy of prayer was conducted and concluded that prayer has absolutely no effect. It had a *negative* effect upon a third control group, the only group that was aware that prayers were being said for them.

There are coincidences in this world. You have to think logically. If prayer works, why wouldn't it work in some visible way, such as the restoration of lost limbs to amputees, or the worldwide curing of cancer or AIDS? Prayers are only wishes, and they don't come true. The concept of prayer is dangerous, because when someone prays, and nothing happens, they start asking, "Why didn't God answer my prayers?" That is the sort of mental crap that people don't need in their lives.

The link below specifically addresses the issue of prayer:
http://www.whywontgodhealamputees.com/

Answer 4

Here is a milk jug. I am going to pray to this milk jug. The answer will always be either Yes, No, or Wait.

"Dear milkjug. I need a new job. Help me get a new job." I start looking for a new job, and I get one. The milkjug answered my prayers.

"Dear milkjug. My new job is great, but it doesn't pay enough. Help me get more money." I work there for five years without a raise. Clearly the prayer has been answered... sometimes the answer is 'no'.

"Dear milkjug, fine, I at least need a partner to live with. Help me find one." I go to the bars and other social events, try out a few people, but I'm certain the right one's out there. Obviously the answer is, "Wait."



Do you see how absurd this is? Given the answers, 'Yes', 'No', and 'Wait', ANYTHING can be effectively proven effective to pray to. It's a no-lose scenario.

(many thanks to the GodHatesAmputees site where this is paraphrased from)

Answer 5

There are millions of people who pray to buddah for relief, who pray to allah for a miracle, who pray to Ganesh for money.

Millions of them will tell you that their prayers were answered by these deities. Does that mean they are all true? Unfortunately I could pray to my neighbors cat that the Colts win the superbowl by 10. If it happens, does that mean I should turn into an Egyptian and worship cats? Or did it just happen to work out that way.

You will hear that God always answers with Yes, No, or Wait. The problem with there is that those three answers apply to my neighbors cat at well. If I ask Rodger(the cat) for financial security, and I win the lotto, well that was a yes. If I spiral into poverty, well I guess Rodger is trying to teach me a life lesson about faith with a NO. If nothing happens and I keep floating along, just surviving, then Rodger is teaching me about patience and the answer is Wait.

Same reasoning applies to what you have learned about prayer at church.

Answer 6

Coincidence. How many times have you prayed for something and it didn't happen? What if you prayed every day for 14 years to meet a woman and then you did? Could it be said that the prayer failed 5,109 times. Why do you only get certain things that you pray for? Whay don't amputees get new legs?

Answer 7

of course it can be coincidence, what about all the times you pray for stuff that doesn't happen? do you take that into account or ignore it because it doesn't support your opinion? are you saying that everything you've prayed for has happened? if this is the case then maybe you should pray for some of the poor f***ckers in the third world, end poverty etc. and see how quick the dude upstairs sorts it out. i'm sure if he exists he doesn't give a sh!t about your toothache when people are starving and being killed in his name.
some of the examples you've given, such as making up with someone or getting rid of toothache, is more likely to be a result of focusing on the problem and solving it, mind over matter, meditation, whatever, any number of things. don't give credit to this god of yours. you either did it yourself or it just sorted itself out as a matter of course. praying is a way of focusing but remove the god aspect and the effect is the same.

Answer 8

I am a believer, but I do not believe that we can prove that prayers are answered -- not rationally. I've known a lot more prayers to go unanswered than answered as well -- so even if you have had prayers answered the argument is easily reversible, because if you are honest you've known more prayers to go unanswered than answered too -- that's when the old folk dust off "God always answers, but sometimes the answer is no" -- however, when using your assertion as an argument, that doesn't wash.

*shrug*

Reyn

Answer 9

"A new scientific study shows that prayer didn't seem to help patients who underwent bypass surgery. In fact, some of the people who were prayed for did worse. The results of the study of more than 1,800 patients were published in the American Heart Journal. From Reuters:

The patients in the study at six U.S. hospitals included 604 who were actually prayed for after being told they might or might not be; another 597 patients who were not prayed for after being told they might or might not be; and a group of 601 who were prayed for and told they would be the subject of such prayer.

The praying was done by members of three Christian groups in monasteries and elsewhere -- two Catholic and one Protestant -- who were given written prayers and the first name and initial of the last name of the prayer subjects. The prayers started on the eve of or day of surgery and lasted for two weeks.

Among the first group -- who were prayed for but only told they might be -- 52 percent had post-surgical complications compared to 51 percent in the second group, the ones who were not prayed for though told they might be. In the third group, who knew they were being prayed for, 59 percent had complications.

After 30 days, however, the death rates and incidence of major complications was about the same across all three groups, said the study..."

Answer 10

i've got in no way heard a Muslim announcing that God will advantages non believers who do good deeds in existence, even for Muslims the final advantages that we'd get may well be feeling Allah, God provides funds to believers and non-believers however the sensation that one gets while he's on the factor of God is the real advantages and there is not any longer something that may precise it. And here we are talking approximately rewards we get in our lives. Edit: approximately basically, will that is basically that God advantages somebody who believed in him as somebody who denied his presence? motives why we are here alive is particularly hassle-free, you will the two approve God's presence or deny it and each little thing else is supplied upon those 2 selections

Answer 11

Coincidences, self-fulfilling prophecies, self-hypnosis.

Try using a scientific approach to this. Pick out something that you don't control, but you can verify that it actually happened. Pray that a nasty cut heals overnight, for example, or that the neighbor lady's cancer goes into remission. If you want something smaller, pray that your neighbor's mole goes away, or your dad's gas mileage improves. Do this every day for a week, and see if any of it happens.

I think your toothache was something you convinced yourself would go away, and it did. I think the people who prayed for financial security got it because they went out and worked hard for it, too. They didn't just pray, and sit back and wait for the money to roll in, did they?

Oh, and pray for proficiency in the english language, too.