▲ | WorkerBee28474 19 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> It may not exactly be the most highbrow philosophical or theological treatise you've ever encountered It's worse than that, it's bad theology on a topic that has been discussed for millennia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | slfnflctd 16 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I've studied a fair amount theology, it was my original college major. I am aware of this. The most salient point he made as far as I'm concerned is that there are very specific claims made throughout the Bible and other Christian literature about what exactly prayer does-- and there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that many if not most of those particular claims are false. I am not opposed to people praying, and in fact wholeheartedly support it in many cases. What I am opposed to is making unreasonable assertions about what is happening when someone prays, and what kinds of results are to be expected. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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