Why God Refuses to answer some people prayers.

[DrJames]

http://www.rtms.netfirms.com/whygodrefuse.html

Brothers jump on this link.

[Rob_Roy_Kowalski]

Why does God appear to answer some prayers and not others?

Simple really, it's all to do with the laws of probability. In reality, as he does not exist, some peoples prayers appear to be answered due to chance, much in the same way as astrology fans will tell you stories of horoscopes predicting events in people's lives with uncanny accuracy.

For instance, in the UK there must be around 5 million people born under any given star sign. It therefore follows that, regardless of what the horoscope for each star sign predicts on any given day, someone somewhere will be shouting about how their whole day went exactly as forecast.

The answering of prayers is therefore, like horoscope predictions, a guarantee in a percentage of cases, but not all.

Another similarity is they are both complete bollox.

[nogginthenog]

There was a boy called George and George all his friends were in the oil industry and they did covet $60 a barrel. And George did pray unto his God. And the Lord did answer George and give him instructions and spake through him for his Lord was a bountiful God.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172948/posts

http://atheism.about.com/gi/dynamic/...mp%3BlistSrc=Y



And lo George`s prayers were answered.

[scotland4ever]

God does answer all prayers... what one needs to understand is that the prayer may not be answered in the manner that one wishes... God ALWAYS gives us what we NEED not necessarily what we WANT. what i have found is that my prayer may seem to go unanswered, but later and there is no time frame for this, but my prayer that i may have forgotten will be answered. All things work together for the good of the Lord. something else that we should remember is to pray for God's will be done... that one is ALWAYS answered and when you pray in the name of Jesus Christ, you are guaranteed the ear of the Lord...

[Celyn]

Originally Posted by scotland4ever

God does answer all prayers... what one needs to understand is that the prayer may not be answered in the manner that one wishes... God ALWAYS gives us what we NEED not necessarily what we WANT. what i have found is that my prayer may seem to go unanswered, but later and there is no time frame for this, but my prayer that i may have forgotten will be answered. All things work together for the good of the Lord. something else that we should remember is to pray for God's will be done... that one is ALWAYS answered and when you pray in the name of Jesus Christ, you are guaranteed the ear of the Lord...

So civil wars, earthquakes, and hurricanes, for instance are all doing the work of Jesus Christ? I think there might be, or in several cases, *have been* some people in Louisiana who might now have trouble with that concept.

Likewise axe-murderers, drunk drivers, people with guns and bombs .... etc ....... are all doing the work of Jesus Christ?.

[scotland4ever]

Civil wars are the works of man and man alone... but the natural disasters are a different story... it is a very unfortunate thing to see happening and i know that there are probably a lot of folks thinking that God was not with them during the terrible disasters.... God was with them to spare their lives. i have no real answer for the ones that have lost their lives to this terrible thing. God knows all and knew before we were all born how our life would turn out. some of the things that happen are things that He actually gives us the free will to choose. i know that it doesn't always make sense. i suppose it isn't really meant to make a lot of sense. when my dad died, i was devastated... i still am 2 years later... but i look back and i see the good my dad did... i see how he suffered, but in his suffering he became a stronger person and so did we. like i said, all things happen for a reason and it may not become known to us in this life time, but it will eventually become known how it worked in God's ultimate plan.

[Polwarth]

Well, that's all right then.... I mean, if it will all become clear to us at a later date.

Now I know WHY I'm a non-believer.