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LeftishBrit

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28. I remember that after the 2006 Senate elections...

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:41 PM

Oct 2012

someone posted a picture of Rick Santorum making his concession speech surrounded by his grieving family, which was headed SADNESS, and had the comment underneath, 'Because sometimes someone else prays twice as hard for the opposite result'/

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If you pray to your deity for one outcome and I pray to the same deity for the opposite outcome... [View all] NightWatcher Oct 2012 OP

Here's how it works if you're a Christian nichomachus Oct 2012 #1

That may be true for a narrowly defined set of christians, but it is inaccurate cbayer Oct 2012 #4

It certainly isn't true of all Christians, but nichomachus Oct 2012 #6

What percentage would you imagine that is? cbayer Oct 2012 #7

Well in my adult lifetime it was 93% dmallind Oct 2012 #12

That's a high number and I what I find more recently is still up cbayer Oct 2012 #13

Cite would be interesting. Sudden drop there. dmallind Oct 2012 #14

Fox poll and specific to prayers about sickness/health cbayer Oct 2012 #15

fundamentalists are as Christian as any other Christian Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #21

But not all christians are fundamentalists. cbayer Oct 2012 #25

Are you saying not all Christians are equal?? Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #26

No. I am saying that not all christians are the same. cbayer Oct 2012 #27

Did anyone make that claim? trotsky Oct 2012 #30

Are you a person who believes that a deity hears and directly answers your requests? cbayer Oct 2012 #2

It means neither of us has a clue about prayer. rug Oct 2012 #3

I'm praying that the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers lebkuchen Oct 2012 #5

God answers all prayers. cloudbase Oct 2012 #8

Oh boy! beam me up scottie Oct 2012 #9

Not all of us regard our religions as cosmic vending machines struggle4progress Oct 2012 #10

Not all, but most US Christians do. trotsky Oct 2012 #16

You carry around a lot of baggage in the form of stereotypes about people you've never met struggle4progress Oct 2012 #17

I carry around data from surveys I've read. trotsky Oct 2012 #20

For the most part... rexcat Oct 2012 #23

If the other side wins, you didn't donate enough. russspeakeasy Oct 2012 #11

Whose side is God on? mrsadm Oct 2012 #18

Did you remember to include a stamped self addressed envelope? n/t dimbear Oct 2012 #19

So many gods Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #22

Nothing wrong with talking to yourself, I guess, if it makes you feel better. mr blur Oct 2012 #24

I remember that after the 2006 Senate elections... LeftishBrit Oct 2012 #28

That deity has outsourced its prayer center to a high-rise call center in Mumbai. MineralMan Oct 2012 #29

This would be interesting to propose to a group of people who worshiped a ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #31

I just pray for the strength and wisdom and courage to handle the situation. jeepnstein Oct 2012 #32