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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]

I don't think God could have cured her. I mean I guess that is not really accurate. He is all powerful so he can cure people. But I think God just set the ball in motion years ago and what happens happen and he isn't going to intervene.[b] I don't think God is going around granting wishes or performing miracles because how could an all loving God pick and choose.[/b] It wouldn't be kind of loving for him to cure my mom but not cure a baby with cancer. You know?

So yeah, I guess to me prayer is just there to give me strength and peace.

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But what's so loving about a God who can't or doesn't cure sick people?  It seems like the loving thing to do would be to cure everyone - no need to pick and choose.[/quote]
You mean make everyone immortal?[/quote]

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