Atheists & Agnostics

BigmanPigman

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2. It is so hypocritical when I watched some of the residents effected by the storm on TV

Sat Aug 26, 2017, 05:31 PM

Aug 2017

and they say, "I prayed and prayed and God listened to my prayers. See that tree that fell over and almost hit my house. My prayers worked and that is proof". OK, then why is it that when the same prayers to the same God do not "work" and there is harm or damage to someone? Was he too busy listening to someone else's prayers or maybe you are too big of a sinner to deserve prayer results. What are their answers to this..."It was God's will" or "He works in mysterious ways"?

I shake my head and wonder...."Huh?".

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"something miraculous will take place" re Hurricane Harvey [View all] RussBLib Aug 2017 OP

He will likely appreciate the flooding, predicted to be biblical. Warpy Aug 2017 #1

It is so hypocritical when I watched some of the residents effected by the storm on TV BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #2

Yes, he's basically saying, "Fortunately, it devasted Rockport instead of us." femmedem Aug 2017 #3

They didn't pray hard enough in Rockport. Mariana Aug 2017 #9

Something miraculous did take place: Satellite weather detectors warned him to evacuate . . . Journeyman Aug 2017 #4

That's exactly what I say every time I defacto7 Aug 2017 #5

Corpus Christi (the "body of Christ" for those keeping score). progressoid Aug 2017 #6

This Reminds Me of the Old Joke Leith Aug 2017 #7

You can bet Pat Robertson won't miss a chance to blame this all on some group he hates rurallib Aug 2017 #8

"Only a superstitious fool would believe..." oppressedproletarian Aug 2017 #10