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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends what you define as "working"...
[b]I mean, if you are using God as your personal Genie to wish for what you want and assuming that you have all the answers and if you don't get what you want then that is evidence for there being no God. Then no, prayer doesn't really "work."[/b]

But we have such a limited understanding of God. And we don't have the ability to foresee how adversity and/or tragedy that one person experiences can often open the door for the betterment of humanity as a whole. Suffering of a few often leads to salvation of the many...a better path...a cure...hope. We learn and adapt and pave the way for others. Suffering leads to compassion and love and communion with others and healing. There are millions of examples of beauty that is borne of despair. And if you pray for God to hold you, surround you, and show you the transformational healing of His love, that is where prayer is a gift. We are only human so we can only conceive of the here and now. But existence with God is infinite. A relationship with God is not a wishing well. It's a journey.[/quote]

But but but.. isn't it like most people operate? There is the faithful crowd that gives God something...like worship and then in return they pray and ask.. so it is kind of like bank.. you deposit you withdraw..

Then there is another kind, the best..  people who do not believe in God, do not worship god but  deep down they feel entitled to be his children because when s---t hits the fan they pray their butts off and hope for miracle. The best kind.  :lol:

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