MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin

Quick question, did you happen to watch the video I posted in the original topic? I'm curious as to yours, (and others) thoughts on it. Specifically about the praying to an object, instead of God.

To basically break it down, whatever the result of your prayer can be credited to God. For example:

- Ask for something and get it = God answered your prayer
- Ask for something, and get it much later = God answered your prayer, you just had to wait or practice more faith, humble yourself, etc...
- Ask for something, not get it or didn't go your way = God works in mysterious ways, and knows what's best for you.

I'm sorry you and yours suffered through those ordeals but I have to ask, what if the outcome would have been different? What if your father would have died? I don't want to speak for you but I can only assume the answer would have been something along the lines of "God chose for him to return" or "We have to trust God knows what he's doing".

You see what I'm saying? With either outcome, your prayer would have been answered and God is credited for either outcome...or stated more eloquently in the video I provided,

"The likeliness of a prayer request coming true, seemed to be directly proportional to the likeliness of it happening without prayer"

What do you think the outcome would have been if you had just relied on prayer, instead of taking your father and son to the hospital?

My father had a brain aneurysm a few years ago that should have killed him by all accounts. Fortunately he was flown to a hospital that specializes in strokes and aneurysms and they tried a relatively new procedure to stop the bleeding. Had he had that aneurysm even 3 years prior I'm pretty sure the outcome would have been much different. He's fully recovered today and you can't even tell it ever happened to him. I've personally thanked each doctor and nurse that saved his life and give them all of the credit they deserve.

Now, having said all of that I'm not against anyone praying, because to me prayer is more or less meditation. A time for you to seek and search for answers within yourself for whatever it is that's concerning you. Every person could benefit for even 15 minutes a day of quiet, self meditation, reflection, or thought.