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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have always used prayer as more of a meditative device. God doesn't grant wishes IMO (and experience). However, praying to God does allow me to look inward and to focus and to gain strength to get through some rough times. [/quote]

If you're not asking for God to grant wishes, what are you asking from him?  Why not meditate, instead of praying to someone who you don't think is listening? or is listening, but not dong anything?[/quote]

I am asking him to give me the strength to get through whatever it is I am experiencing. He is not a genie. I do think he is listening. I just don't think his answer is to grant whatever it is I think I need in life. So for example, when my mom was dying I did pray for him to cure her. it did not happen. What prayer did was give me someone to turn to when everything was so horrible. It gave me strength to get through it all. It provided me with peace.  [/quote]

Op  here.  This is what I don't understand.  God apparently could have cured her but simply chose not to.

I'm sorry for your loss, but glad you found peace.[/quote]
For everyone who mentions that God could have cured someone but didn't, do you think we are immortal? We will all die.

But God cured us all through Christ. Those who believe in Him will have eternal life. So yes, God is listening. He gave his only begotten Son for us.[/quote]

Maybe god can't say yes to every prayer he hears but it seems like he could have had more than one son if he wanted to. [/quote]

And perhaps he did.  There are billions of stars with planets capable of supporting life in our galaxy.  Then, on top of that, there are billions of galaxies.  The thought that God's only begotten son just happened to be on one planet at the outer fringe of one of billions and billions of solar systems in nonsense.  Undoubtedly, there are billions and billions of other civilizations who believe the same thing about one of their people.[/quote]

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