Friday, June 19th 2009 at 00:56 AM
I've just been over on How good is that? (side note: if you've not got it bookmarked, then you really should!) reading a very good article questioning whether prayer demonstrates a lack of faith in god.
Without wanting to give too much away, here are a few interesting snippets giving you an idea of the direction of the article.
...the belief that God is omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent means that He is always going to do whatever He feels is in your benefit and that, as a person of faith in Him, despite that these ways might not immediately seem to be stacked in your favour, you should accept that He knows what is best and accept whatever is thrown at you, safe in the knowledge that the big guy is taking care of it.
Praying that He change these meticulously planned events in your life, just at the moment your puny brain realises you’re being screwed, seems like an awful lack of faith to me. It’s tantamount to politely reminding God that He’s been standing on your foot for the last 20 years, without wanting to sound ungrateful for the reinforced shoes.
You can read the full article here.