Does Anyone Hear Prayers?

[goodlife]

A Englishman says: I used to say that I didn’t believe in God because I thought that religion was invented to control people and to make money. Also, if there were a God, I reasoned, then there would not be so much injustice. Yet, sometimes I would sit quietly and talk to ‘something.’ I would also ask myself, ‘How did I get here?
Each person with such feelings has his own reasons for doubting whether prayers are answered. In many cases, the doubts may be fueled by unanswered questions, such as the following:

▪ Is there a Creator?
▪ Why is religion so often an influence for bad?
▪ Why does God allow suffering?

If you could know the answers to those questions, would you feel more confident about praying.

Becaus a survey of 10,000 people on four continents showed that of the respondents who describe themselves as atheists, almost 30 percent pray.
From WT on line library

[jomifl]

Khandro, of course, whatever you wish, whatever is in your head..

[beso]

Christianity might well be on the increase in some places. However in South America, one of the bastions of the faith, it is losing millions of followers annually.

The inevitable trend as people become more educated is away from faith.

Hardly surprising when you consider that religious belief, by definition, is unreasonable.

[naomi24]

Khandro, //Do you think God has blood-stained hands, naomi?//

Yes, I think he 'did' rather than 'does' - and before you say 'oh, but you don't believe he exists', I think he did. Long dead now though.

[goodlife]

Khandro-you can see the scriptures being fulfil today Psalm 14:1 says The senseless one has said in his heart: There is no Jehovah, and apply it to atheists and agnostics. But this could include more than such people whom they have no wish to be accountable. But such thinking is as foolish and senseless today as it was when the psalmist wrote his words over 3,000 years ago.

[Khandro]

naomi; This is an interesting development. So I no longer have to prove his existence, just that he is still alive! :-)

[naomi24]

Khandro, I didn't realise you had to prove his existence. Is that your mission, then? How interesting. Do let me know how you get on.

[Khandro]

//I didn't realise you had to prove his existence.// I don't know how many times you have asked for that. Well, anyway, this is some sort of advancement; you now accept that he existed(and presumably created the universe), but has somehow passed away. That's not a bad compromise naomi :-)

[naomi24]

Khandro, //I don't know how many times you have asked for that. //

You don’t. I’ll tell you. None.

//Well, anyway, this is some sort of advancement; you now accept that he existed(and presumably created the universe), but has somehow passed away. That's not a bad compromise naomi :-)//

You're wrong to presume. I said I think he existed and that I think he’s long dead. I said nothing about creating anything.

[naomi24]

... oh ... and I'm not compromising.