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Did you miss the part where I mentioned I'm agnostic?
That has nothing to do with the fact that you left out half of the equation.
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My point is, regardless of what I think, I don't agree with bashing on people who find comfort in religion and prayer.
I agree, but "taking comfort" is not what the OP is doing here; instead, he's gloating that his prayers are more effective than anyone else's prayers. Hardly a Christian attitude.
My very devout Catholic grandmother had a huge picture of Christ over her bed. He was blonde with blue eyes. I'm sure that's what most pretend Christians think Christ looked like.
It always struck me as funny, that level of willful ignorance. Have those people ever looked at a map? Is their bias against brown-skinned people that strong?
Right after 0bummer won re-election, I was despondent. I had prayed sporadically, but wasn't living my best life. Then when the result happened, I decided to clean things up a bit, and become fervent in my prayers. So I said the Rosary every single day for the next four years, without exception. Every day. Took me 20-30 minutes a day. I offered the Rosary as prayer as I requested various things; protection for my family, well-being for friends and those who were sick, for the souls of loved ones. But I always ended by praying for the country, specifically for the 2016 election, that Hillary would lose.
I was FERVENT in my prayers. "Please, God. PLEASE spare the country. PLEASE don't allow the Supreme Court to go nutty left. Please help the unborn, God. Please. You can't possibly allow that evil woman to win. All the hatred and lies and criminal activity by her CANNOT be rewarded, God. PLEASE!!!!"
So all during 2015 and 2016, the media had Trump in trouble. Couldn't win the nomination. About to quit. This new scandal will be the one that does him in. On and on it went. They had him with a 90% chance to lose. Even the day before the election, they had him ten points down. No chance of winning. The exit polls, according to the early evening telecasts, had a huge Hillary win.
Still I kept on praying.
Then the tide suddenly turned. The most unlikely thing happened. From the ashes, Trump emerged the victor. Prayer worked. Fervent strong prayer every single day.
That episode confirmed for me the power of prayer and existence of God for me. God listened and answered. And I suspect a lot more than me were praying just as hard.
Said every NASCAR driver in victory lane. “ The Lord was with us today as I drove the Cheetos, ExLax, Viagara, Bud Light Special, to victory today.”
People always find a reason to rationalize their beliefs.
The most inane part of all this 'praying for' is nobody ever gloats about how many of their prayers didn't result in their preferred result.
Always an excuse for why not
.Suitable for this forum ? Yeah well, controversial, I suppose, but when prefaced with political/Controversial? Yeah, it's a stretch
I've invited the op to the religion boards but, as far as I can ascertain, that did not result in any conversations there
That has nothing to do with the fact that you left out half of the equation.
I agree, but "taking comfort" is not what the OP is doing here; instead, he's gloating that his prayers are more effective than anyone else's prayers. Hardly a Christian attitude.
I honestly don't believe that the comment was made in support of the OP's claim about his prayers deciding the election. TWIS and I could not possibly be further apart, in terms of our wishes about how that had turned out, but I've read all of her posts to this thread, and I saw nothing to indicate agreement with OP's extremely arrogant claim.
It pains me to delve into this at all, because I think the OP is trolling, but I have to call things as I see them. She's asking that others refrain from bashing all people who choose to pray: nothing more and nothing less.
Right after 0bummer won re-election, I was despondent. I had prayed sporadically, but wasn't living my best life. Then when the result happened, I decided to clean things up a bit, and become fervent in my prayers. So I said the Rosary every single day for the next four years, without exception. Every day. Took me 20-30 minutes a day. I offered the Rosary as prayer as I requested various things; protection for my family, well-being for friends and those who were sick, for the souls of loved ones. But I always ended by praying for the country, specifically for the 2016 election, that Hillary would lose.
I was FERVENT in my prayers. "Please, God. PLEASE spare the country. PLEASE don't allow the Supreme Court to go nutty left. Please help the unborn, God. Please. You can't possibly allow that evil woman to win. All the hatred and lies and criminal activity by her CANNOT be rewarded, God. PLEASE!!!!"
So all during 2015 and 2016, the media had Trump in trouble. Couldn't win the nomination. About to quit. This new scandal will be the one that does him in. On and on it went. They had him with a 90% chance to lose. Even the day before the election, they had him ten points down. No chance of winning. The exit polls, according to the early evening telecasts, had a huge Hillary win. Still I kept on praying. Then the tide suddenly turned. The most unlikely thing happened. From the ashes, Trump emerged the victor. Prayer worked. Fervent strong prayer every single day.
That episode confirmed for me the power of prayer and existence of God for me. God listened and answered. And I suspect a lot more than me were praying just as hard.
I can't figure out if you're serious or not. Of course, to me, anyone who uses insulting slurs as you do ("Obummer"), doesn't deserve to be taken seriously.
But apart from the obviously absurdity of your illogic, if you're serious - do let us know of any dying people miraculously cured by your prayers. In fact, are you aware that a study was done showing that people got worse if prayed for?
And I must add a perfect retort that I ran across somewhere: If God really favored Trump, he would have won the popular vote, too. He didn't. Lost by millions. And I'm trying to imagine how you'll justify your stance as it's shown more and more that the election was undermined by Russians. By your illogic, that would mean that God favored Russia more than America.
So the Lord said, “ Sure Cheesemont, I’ll grant you your prayer, I’ll put someone in office that will rip away children from their mothers at the border.” Makes sense to me.
Right after 0bummer won re-election, I was despondent. I had prayed sporadically, but wasn't living my best life. Then when the result happened, I decided to clean things up a bit, and become fervent in my prayers. So I said the Rosary every single day for the next four years, without exception. Every day. Took me 20-30 minutes a day. I offered the Rosary as prayer as I requested various things; protection for my family, well-being for friends and those who were sick, for the souls of loved ones. But I always ended by praying for the country, specifically for the 2016 election, that Hillary would lose.
I was FERVENT in my prayers. "Please, God. PLEASE spare the country. PLEASE don't allow the Supreme Court to go nutty left. Please help the unborn, God. Please. You can't possibly allow that evil woman to win. All the hatred and lies and criminal activity by her CANNOT be rewarded, God. PLEASE!!!!"
So all during 2015 and 2016, the media had Trump in trouble. Couldn't win the nomination. About to quit. This new scandal will be the one that does him in. On and on it went. They had him with a 90% chance to lose. Even the day before the election, they had him ten points down. No chance of winning. The exit polls, according to the early evening telecasts, had a huge Hillary win.
Still I kept on praying.
Then the tide suddenly turned. The most unlikely thing happened. From the ashes, Trump emerged the victor. Prayer worked. Fervent strong prayer every single day.
That episode confirmed for me the power of prayer and existence of God for me. God listened and answered. And I suspect a lot more than me were praying just as hard.
So then you prayed to God that we would have a Russian agent for a President instead?
Right after 0bummer won re-election, I was despondent. I had prayed sporadically, but wasn't living my best life. Then when the result happened, I decided to clean things up a bit, and become fervent in my prayers. So I said the Rosary every single day for the next four years, without exception. Every day. Took me 20-30 minutes a day. I offered the Rosary as prayer as I requested various things; protection for my family, well-being for friends and those who were sick, for the souls of loved ones. But I always ended by praying for the country, specifically for the 2016 election, that Hillary would lose.
I was FERVENT in my prayers. "Please, God. PLEASE spare the country. PLEASE don't allow the Supreme Court to go nutty left. Please help the unborn, God. Please. You can't possibly allow that evil woman to win. All the hatred and lies and criminal activity by her CANNOT be rewarded, God. PLEASE!!!!"
So all during 2015 and 2016, the media had Trump in trouble. Couldn't win the nomination. About to quit. This new scandal will be the one that does him in. On and on it went. They had him with a 90% chance to lose. Even the day before the election, they had him ten points down. No chance of winning. The exit polls, according to the early evening telecasts, had a huge Hillary win.
Still I kept on praying.
Then the tide suddenly turned. The most unlikely thing happened. From the ashes, Trump emerged the victor. Prayer worked. Fervent strong prayer every single day.
That episode confirmed for me the power of prayer and existence of God for me. God listened and answered. And I suspect a lot more than me were praying just as hard.
God is a vending machine. You put your dreams in the slot, and make your selection.
Then you open the door and reach in, and pull out the antichrist.
Got it. Hard pass, thanks. I'll stick to drawing pentangles and sacrificing virgins.
This thread is hilarious. Why would God choose an adulterous, lying swindler to lead a nation? That's three commandments broken right there.
+7 According to christian tradition the seven deadly sins are: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, & wrath.
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