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Logician Man

Logician Man

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Credence into a prayer from a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or any other person of faith who is a non-Christian than a prayer put forth by a Christian ?
 
That's one of the great mysteries.

Does God ignore prayers from atheists? IDK

Maybe we'll find out after we die and go to Heaven.
 
Logician Man said:
Credence into a prayer from a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or any other person of faith who is a non-Christian than a prayer put forth by a Christian ?
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If one believes in a single, all powerful God, than this God must hear all prayers. Whether he answers all of them, I don't know. I like to think he loves all of his creation and so answers all prayers.
 
Logician Man said:
Credence into a prayer from a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or any other person of faith who is a non-Christian than a prayer put forth by a Christian ?
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Words of wisdom.

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bearpoker said:
If one believes in a single, all powerful God, than this God must hear all prayers. Whether he answers all of them, I don't know. I like to think he loves all of his creation and so answers all prayers.
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I would think that would the fair thing to do Bear, but what about this hypothetical. What if a good, peace loving Christian is praying for ill will against a good,peace loving Muslim, while at the same time, the Muslim is also praying for ill will against that Christian. Doesn't that create a paradox of sorts, if the One God is fair and just ?
 
Logician Man said:
Credence into a prayer from a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or any other person of faith who is a non-Christian than a prayer put forth by a Christian ?
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:popcorn2: (This should end in all kinds of epically bad mess, but sure to be entertaining too.)
 
Logician Man said:
I would think that would the fair thing to do Bear, but what about this hypothetical. What if a good, peace loving Christian is praying for ill will against a good,peace loving Muslim, while at the same time, the Muslim is also praying for ill will against that Christian. Doesn't that create a paradox of sorts, if the One God is fair and just ?
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I don't think you're supposed to pray for bad things to happen to people.
 
swing_voter said:
I don't think you're supposed to pray for bad things to happen to people.
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Hence why I interjected the term 'hypothetical' into my post. However, I have seen many post that there are circumstances where it is appropriate for people to pray for bad things to happen to other people....war being a good example of such.
 
Logician Man said:
Hence why I interjected the term 'hypothetical' into my post. However, I have seen many post that there are circumstances where it is appropriate for people to pray for bad things to happen to other people....war being a good example of such.
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Isn't the case of British people praying for victory a case of wanting something bad (ie: a defeat) to happen to the Germans?
 
Rich2018 said:
Isn't the case of British people praying for victory a case of wanting something bad (ie: a defeat) to happen to the Germans?
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Yep...I addressed just that type of thing in my previous post.
 
swing_voter said:
That's one of the great mysteries.

Does God ignore prayers from atheists? IDK

Maybe we'll find out after we die and go to Heaven.
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I think the answer lies in the fact that there is only one God. When you pray, if you pray, are you praying to the right one.
 
Integrityrespec said:
I think the answer lies in the fact that there is only one God. When you pray, if you pray, are you praying to the right one.
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That is the standard Judeo Christian belief. Let's see you prove that to be true.
 
Integrityrespec said:
I think the answer lies in the fact that there is only one God. When you pray, if you pray, are you praying to the right one.
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Even the Bible speaks of other gods...it states that Satan is a god...1 John 5:19...
 
Logician Man said:
I would think that would the fair thing to do Bear, but what about this hypothetical. What if a good, peace loving Christian is praying for ill will against a good,peace loving Muslim, while at the same time, the Muslim is also praying for ill will against that Christian. Doesn't that create a paradox of sorts, if the One God is fair and just ?
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Then neither is peace loving.
 
Logician Man said:
Hence why I interjected the term 'hypothetical' into my post. However, I have seen many post that there are circumstances where it is appropriate for people to pray for bad things to happen to other people....war being a good example of such.
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Well, in the Christian faith you're dealing with Jesus who wants you to be nice no matter what, war or no war.

If Jesus were to get a revenge prayer, he'd roll his eyes at the very least.
 
swing_voter said:
Well, in the Christian faith you're dealing with Jesus who wants you to be nice no matter what, war or no war.

If Jesus were to get a revenge prayer, he'd roll his eyes at the very least.
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So a German and an American are standing face to face in WW2, both armed and both wanting to shoot the other first in order to survive, and both praying to the same God that the other gets the short end of the stick. Does Jesus favor one's prayer over the other, roll his eyes, or do something else ? Kinda hard to be nice when someone is praying and aiming their weapon to kill, wouldn't you agree ? IOWs, the prayers aren't about revenge, the prayers are about survival.
 
Logician Man said:
So a German and an American are standing face to face in WW2, both armed and both wanting to shoot the other first in order to survive, and both praying to the same God that the other gets the short end of the stick. Does Jesus favor one's prayer over the other, roll his eyes, or do something else ? Kinda hard to be nice when someone is praying and aiming their weapon to kill, wouldn't you agree ?
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If they are spiritual brothers, they would not allow themselves to be put in that position in the 1st place...many of my brothers were imprisoned during the wars because of refusing to take up arms against their brothers...
 
Elvira said:
If they are spiritual brothers, they would not allow themselves to be put in that position in the 1st place...many of my brothers were imprisoned during the wars because of refusing to take up arms against their brothers...
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I remember Muhammad Ali refusing to take up arms against other human beings.
 
Logician Man said:
I remember Muhammad Ali refusing to take up arms against other human beings.
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Just think if everyone would refuse to do that, what this world would be like, LM...
 
Elvira said:
If they are spiritual brothers, they would not allow themselves to be put in that position in the 1st place...many of my brothers were imprisoned during the wars because of refusing to take up arms against their brothers...
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Sometimes war is necessary. Or should we have let Nazi Germany take over the world? What shape would your religion be in now if that had happened?
 
devildavid said:
Sometimes war is necessary. Or should we have let Nazi Germany take over the world? What shape would your religion be in now if that had happened?
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The were put in Nazi concentration camps, yet they refused to take up arms...some lived, some died, but they held their integrity...
 
Elvira said:
Just think if everyone would refuse to do that, what this world would be like, LM...
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Well, you probably wouldn't be living in this country if that were the case. And that means your religion would never have been invented. And that god's plan to make a blood sacrifice of his son would have failed.
 
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