How do prayers work?

Question

Fact:Believers claims that prayers are answered in a manner of yes, no, or later.

Now assume that you prayed to God for a bad thing i.e. murder to someone for a bad reason, and it came true the very next day. Through the process of elimination we could conclude that the answer to your prayer must’ve been yes.

Now my questions are: If it was just coincidence, why can’t we call the rest of prayers coincidence? If it was God’s work should the murderer/killer be rewarded for accomplishing God’s will?And if the devil did it, then why did their God gave the devil this ability – intervenes who dies or who doesn’t?

My point: Prayers are superstitious; all “so-called” miracles can be explained through science.

P.S.

"so called" miracles are different from real mirracles(curing the amputee, no more crime, winning the lottery 10 in a row, etc.)

Answer 1

"prayers" ,like religion in general ,give weak scared humans a simple, although ridiculous, explanation to a complete unknown

Answer 2

First off, that's not a very good example for a prayer that is likely to be answered. Or one that a "Christian" believer would honestly pray. However, with just working with what you said, could I ask you: Could God work in our daily lives, but do so without breaking the laws of science? And that still be a miracle? Even though something happened that wasn't "impossible" just absurdly "improbable"?

Answer 3

Miracles cannot be explained through science, because the miracles occur in answer to prayer or belief in God. Prayers are not superstitious because God is real.

Prayers and answers to prayer are not coincidence because God is really there, listening to prayers and answering them. I pray that you will find the truth soon.

Answer 4

Prayer is communication between a worshipper and a deity, and is categorized into different types, namely: praise, confession, supplication, intercession, thanksgiving, and worship. You seem to be dealing with only two types of prayer: supplication (asking God for things for ourselves) and intercession (asking God for things for others). Fine. We can ignore the rest for now, and focus on only 2 types.

1. Your "Fact" assertion (yes, no, or later) is extremely simplified, but a good way to understand this situation. If your 5-yr-old child asked you for a glass of water/box of exploding fireworks/keys to your car, you could answer him in the same fashion (since we are understanding prayer in the form of a request that may be directly granted, denied, or delayed). We ARE encouraged to consider God our Father, and ourselves His children.

2. Your second supposition: that a person prays OUT of God's will, and their request is granted anyway...No, it does not automatically mean God granted that request! Unless you have some direct line to God to know His actual will in this matter, your logic simply doesn't apply. We live in a world where things that are NOT God's will happen all the time. Yes, this "instance" could be chalked up to coincidence.

3. You may call all positive answers to prayer (request was granted) coincidence if you like. Strange thing is: those who pray seem to have more coincidences than those who don't. Don't take my word for it. Ask around.

4. Those who do God's will should be rewarded by God, and not by Man. This applies to the great doings, and to the little doings. People who are rewarded by other people for their "godly works" are told to expect nothing further from God, since they have already been rewarded. In the extreme case of God "commanding" a person to kill another (which HAS happened in the OT, but not in the NT), common sense would dictate that the instrument (killer) would submit to human justice without fear. God calls us to respect the laws of the land as much as possible, and to submit to them as long as they do not interfere with or conflict with God's pre-determined will or commands.

5. God gave the devil and all the other demons the gift of self-determinance (free will) long before He gave it to humans. They chose to rebel, and are still doing so. God will not call back the gift of free will, but He will confiscate their EXISTENCE, eventually.

6. If all "so called" miracles can be explained through science, then please explain the following miracles scientifically:
a) Jesus walking on water
b) Jesus rising from the dead (3 days after being professionally killed)
c) John the Apostle surviving being boiled alive in oil....without a single burn.
d) My friend C's continued survival, with no evidence of kidney disease, 20 years after being diagnosed with degenerative kidney disease and being given 6 months to live.

Please be as specific as possible.

Answer 5

Try not breathing and see how the miracle of the human body "GOD formed work's without the breath of life GOD gave everyone.You were formed from dirt everything you eat come's from the dirt even the meat you eat, eat's from the dirt stop eating and see where the dirt goes back to.GOD know's the future we don't ,thy will be done,not mine or your's but GOD"S only. Have a good day,GOD BLESS

Answer 6

Prayers are our way of talking to God. Jesus is the intercede for us. When we pray we are not to ask for evil to happen to a person. God said "vengeance is mine saith the Lord, I will repay. It is not for man to do the evil. God judges us all. He is slow to anger. If He gave us everything we prayed for we wouldn't need Him. He wants us to lean on Him, and talk to Him, and read His Word for the answer. Satan wants us to turn our backs on God. He wants everyone to go to the Lake of fire with him forever and be cut off from God for all eternity. You have to search your heart and know the truth. We all have a will to do right or wrong. The Holy Spirit is what helps us to understand also.

Answer 7

Like most God hating people you don't understand the purpose of prayer. Prayer isn't a time to beg and plead for things. What it is really about is to conform ourselves into the image of God... When we obtain that status everything we ask of Him, He will do.... Jim

Answer 8

You have entirely too much time on your hands........You have the wrong concept of prayer, You pray for somebody else, not for yourself. God answers all prayer if the pray-er is sincere and is not doing it out of mockery as you suggest......Sometimes the answer is NO.........Nuf Said

Answer 9

your wrong.sorry to say.
if you have a personal relastionship with God,then you have a communication with him.sins:they are a barrier between you and God.now. say.. you were in a room. your friend was in the other it was a brick wall how are you supposed to hear them say your name if that wall is between you. sins are the same way. how can God hear you if your sins are blocking the way? think about it..ill be praying for you=)

Answer 10

I think you are a retarded moron. Oh, and how do you call that science. You just came up with some stupid thing to make people mad.