Another simple YES/NO question that fundies will reply to with either insulting words or unreadable lengths of copy/paste.
2007-04-20 04:57:29 · 14 answers · asked by SHEÖL 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes and no.
2007-04-20 05:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by Sad Saddie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Providence is the unchanging plan of God. Fate is the changing plan of God. So prayers will change the fate, but not the providence.
Wisdom is an inherent potential of life, just as natural laws are an inherent condition of nature. Just as natural laws can not be avoided, but can be used to your advantage, so too prayer does not change divine Providence, but can change the course of your actions.
Good example: prayer may not undo the past, but it might be able to mend a broken heart.
2007-04-20 12:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by Julian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple answer: Yes
Fundi answer: Yes - In reading the book of Amos (ch.6), just yesterday, God TWICE changed His plan on request of Amos.
1) God was going to send a plague of locusts, but repealed His decision based on prayer of Amos -so then,
2) God was going to send a terrible fire, but repealed His decision based on prayer of Amos.
These are just 2 examples. There are others, as well, but these I just read on yesterday and were convenient examples.
2007-04-20 12:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs.M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and don't wish to insult, it's a fair question. The truth is you have a choice not to follow God's plan, He gives us that choice. Also, you may not understand God's plan so we pray for understanding. Prayer is also a way to have a relationship with God and a way to help us understand how God thinks and what is in His will.
2007-04-20 12:05:21 · answer #4 · answered by Scott B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows all. So to say yes is not really correct and to say not is not really correct.
Think of persons in the Bible who God said that certain things would happen to them while alive and they fasted and prayed, etc. Then you read of God changing his mind and pronouncing something else.
Mind you, God already knows how the persons would have taken the news and reacted. Yet God made the announcement that He announced to the persons effected anyway.
2007-04-20 12:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by 1saintofGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The overall plan is worked out (like creation, choosing a people to be an example, to send Jesus as our Savior and Jesus' second coming as King), but our prayers can change if someone gets healed, or helped etc..
2007-04-20 12:10:05 · answer #6 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think anything is planned out by God.
You plan everything yourself
Dont blame god for your follies.
Only an escapist would say that every thing is god's work
So the question of changing his plans does not arise.
Prayer helps you to get peace of mind and decide rationally.
2007-04-20 12:05:44 · answer #7 · answered by Ashok H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer: no, but do it anyway.
The best example I've ever heard was one my wife came up with. When our son was born, he was 3 lbs. 9 oz. He had to be fed on a schedule. He didn't have enough body fat to waste energy crying for more than five minutes, so if we didn't wake up to feed him on the schedule set by the alarm clock, then we might not hear him crying and he might therefore starve to death. (I'm not being dramatic, this was our life.)
Quite often when we woke up, it woke him up as well, and he would make the "hungry cry." (If you're a parent, I bet you knew your baby's hungry cry.) It was his way of asking for food. Since he woke up to the alarm, this usually started just as we were adding powder to bottle. Did his cry change anything? Did our plans (to feed him) change because he stopped crying? If he didn't cry, we would have fed him in a moment anyway. Nothing about our plan changed when he indicated he would like us to feed him. But it was nice to know he wanted it. On the times when it was time to feed him and he didn't think he was hungry, we felt bad force feeding him... but we didn't want him to die, and the reason he didn't think he was hungry wasn't because he wasn't, it was either because he was sick or because he was over-tired. But we knew that if he didn't eat, it would get worse. So we force fed him.
2007-04-20 12:33:32 · answer #8 · answered by Sifu Shaun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Prayer is the elevation of the mind and heart to God:
+ In praise of his glory
+ In petition for some desired good
+ In thanksgiving for a good received
+ In intercession for others before God
Through prayer the Christian experiences a communion with God through Christ in the Church.
"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)
"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." (St. John Damascene)
But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? (Psalm 130:1)
He who humbles himself will be exalted; humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought," are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. "Man is a beggar before God."
With love in Christ.
2007-04-23 00:54:23 · answer #9 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are very negative. Why even pose the question if you think the answers aren't worth your time?
Simply - no.
Prayers will help the individual, not the decision that He has already made for you.
2007-04-20 12:05:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not have it all "planned out" its for you to "write" as you go
2007-04-23 06:06:32 · answer #11 · answered by beautifulvampires_777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋