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Originally posted by Fitzpatrick
Ive always thought as prayer/meditation as a way of quieting the mind and becomeing more aware of yourself.
Originally posted by chief_counsellor
Yes, God does know all...and He knows what you will pray for. It is not God that needs our prayers, it's us that need to pray to God.
You pray for thanksgiving, for petitions, for the dead, for all types of things. You build a relationshiip with God when you pray.
It's communicating, speaking with God. If you love someone, you spend time with them, you communicate, you talk. If a person loves God, they will spend time in prayer and contemplation. It's a matter of US developing that time and relationship with the creator. Prayer is never a waste of time. God keeps account of all the time you spent asking for his help, or thanking him for things he's provided you with.
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Originally posted by apw100
I'm not asking what "the point" is, I'm asking someone to challenge the apparent contradiction that is "Human Free Will vs. Infallibility of God".
Since my original post about prayer, people have refused to address the question...
If God has a perfect plan in place and knows everything that will happen in the future, then how can man have true free will?!!!? This is a contradiction!
Originally posted by apw100
This is killing me. My question has still not been answered. Does no one else see the contradiction between prayer and God's infalibility?!
Example...
1. God is all knowing, never wrong, and has the perfect plan for the world. Little Timmy gets sick and is going to die. His parents pray to God to save him. Now, if God's original(perfect) plan for the world included having Timmy die, then he certainly wouldnt change a perfect plan just to save a little child! If he changed his mind, then that would mean his original plan wasnt perfect! That in turn, would mean that he isnt perfect, and therefore, not a God.
Originally posted by apw100
This is killing me. My question has still not been answered. Does no one else see the contradiction between prayer and God's infalibility?!
Originally posted by apw100
This is killing me. My question has still not been answered. Does no one else see the contradiction between prayer and God's infalibility?!