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prayer works but not for the reason most believe. people tend to give a higher being more credit and short their own abilities.
Things aren't going my way, does Praying work for you?
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antonlavey
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Ok, me voicing my opinion is starting %%$#. Turning the tables, maybe your belief in prayer offends me as well?
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I find that odd, I just prayed for Lauren London to appear....and she did
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This is not faith.
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Yeah. Praying does work for me.
It's weird because, sometimes I feel lazy to even pray
It's weird because, sometimes I feel lazy to even pray
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So am I supposed to pick one? What if I have faith in all those Deities equally? In your opinion what qualifies as faith?
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Common sense says joking about s someones belief's is different then someone praying in their privacy
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Hmm......you right you right. Sry guys I can be a tool sometimes.
But all jokes aside, how do I make prayers work INSTANTLY?
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Anyhow prayers and faith can be powerful but not in the way you guys think. It's psychosomatic, the same phenomena that governs the placebo effect. Faith/ prayer can have a huge impact in recovery from disease and surgical procedures.....or simply just staying positive.
Prayer however, will not make Megan Fox appear on top of my erect penis. Doesn't work that way.
Prayer however, will not make Megan Fox appear on top of my erect penis. Doesn't work that way.
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So does cursing. Holy @%%% does that make it twice as helpful
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Ok, I'll take it.Originally Posted by AntonLaVey
Anyhow prayers and faith can be powerful but not in the way you guys think. It's psychosomatic, the same phenomena that governs the placebo effect. Faith/ prayer can have a huge impact in recovery from disease and surgical procedures.....or simply just staying positive.
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Prayer + Faith =
count it done and expect it
count it done and expect it
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You can also wish on an airplane which you are pretending is a shooting star, same effect.
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It won't work for anyone who prays and questions the faith.
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Hmm I don't mean to be a %##% again....but so everyone who doesn't get their prayers answered is questioning their faith? I find that kinda hard to believe. History has shown the most religious of people are usually the most desperate....a lot of times/ most of the time their prayers do not get answered.
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Do people still get on their knees for God? (No mystical-$%!#)
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Word? It's so simple, why didn't I think of this. Thanks fam.
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Originally Posted by AntonLaVey
Anyhow prayers and faith can be powerful but not in the way you guys think. It's psychosomatic, the same phenomena that governs the placebo effect. Faith/ prayer can have a huge impact in recovery from disease and surgical procedures.....or simply just staying positive.
Prayer however, will not make Megan Fox appear on top of my erect penis. Doesn't work that way.
I agree with this one very much.
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Prayer works. This is coming from someone who didn't believe in God for most of his life.
It works....
It works....
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How are ppl gonna say prayer works when they have no proof? Example:My leg hurts, I pray to God to heal BUT I go to the doctor to get it checked out and he gives me medicine. In the end my leg gets better, is that the result of prayer? or the doctor's medicine? How do you even prove that the act of you praying made your leg heal, I think most ppl use prayer as an excuse to say God is powerful/almighty/etc and as it has been said 1 million times. Prayer: the act of doing nothing but still think you're doing something.
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Everything takes time to work itself out. I find that praying gives people hope and that's all you can really ask for. Works for me.
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people do whatever they need to do to get in the prayerful/spiritual mood.
OP just ignore all of AntonLavey's posts in this thread, he's pretending to answer your question but clearly just wants to stir up debate.. yes, prayer works for me. i cant even count the number of times me and my family/friends have been pulled out of tough situations due to prayer and faith in God. someone could say it was all luck or human perseverance, but with the frequency of prayers i have seen answered, i'm not buying that.
you can always go to God with a contrite heart.. just lay down your problems in life, make the heartfelt effort to commit everything into His hands and strengthen your faith everyday, and also to give God the glory when your prayers are answered instead of assuming the credit for yourself.
There are also non-religius folks like myself who consider themselves pretty damn lucky in life (for the most part), is this a result of God's blessings as well?
The answer I gave about the placebo effect/ hope/ staying positive was my genuine opinion...i wasn't trying to stare up debate with it.
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i feel like praying helps
im pretty faithful btw
im pretty faithful btw
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yuku can die
