Anonymous Coward User ID: 14526160 Switzerland 08/04/2017 03:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What is the point of people praying to ask God for health or the affection of others if they live in a way that makes them ill or disagreeable? For many believers, prayer is a matter of expressing their grievances to God. However, they should instead realize that the Creator has given them all the means, both physical and spiritual, to look after their needs and even those of others, and prayer should simply serve to help them rise within themselves to discover those means. One might say that God already did his part for us long ago. It is not for him to give humans what they lack, but for humans to search for it. What is the point of people praying to ask him for health or the affection of others if they continue to live in a way that makes them ill or disagreeable? And what good is it to pray for peace if, wherever they go, they continue to carry a veritable battlefield within them? Prayer is, undoubtedly, an expression of faith, but faith must be understood as the force that incites human beings to surpass themselves, to transcend themselves. There are two kinds of faith: one is inspired by effort and activity, and the other is inspired by laziness, and this faith, which should rather be called naivety, is useless, and even harmful. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75308241 United States 08/04/2017 03:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: What is the point of people praying to ask God for health or the affection of others if they live in a way that makes them ill or disagreeable? What is the point of asking God for anything. What makes you think God cares about your health any more than the health of kids who get raped/murdered? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73812410 United States 08/04/2017 04:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: What is the point of people praying to ask God for health or the affection of others if they live in a way that makes them ill or disagreeable? praying is not for God, it is actually for "us" and our benefit. God doesn't need some schmucks to bow down to him! He wants us to trust Him and be in His Will and then once we are in His will we will want to do His will and we will be aligned to what blessings He wants to bestow upon us. It's that simple really...... |