Posted by Sassy on February 8, 2000, at 21:12:25
In reply to Re: Question for religious people, posted by Abby on February 1, 2000, at 22:17:52
> > The one thing I`ve always found most difficult to comprehend about religion is the concept of prayer. People say they`ve got everyone they know praying for their sick child. The kid in the next bed in the hospital has no one praying for him, so God should just let him die? And if the prayers don`t work and the prayed for child dies anyway, people say it must have been God`s will-so why did they bother praying in the 1st place if God is going to do what he wants anyway? Just curious.
> That whole "God willed it" stuff really offends me.
>
> Maybe there are people like that, but I think that's just crap. I only know about Anglican services, but we have something called the prayers of the people. Where you read off set prayers--e.g. "for our families friends and neighbors and for those who are alone."
> "for the poor, the sick and the oppressed" etc. And then usually the reader syas "especially Mary, Sarah and Joseph" all of whom are members of the congregation. It isn't that you don't care about others but that they are part of the community and are known to people.
> Praying is not about having God fix someone who is sick. As it has been presented to me, it's about one's own relationship with God which makes you a (I don't mean this word) better person, reinvigorated to change the world.
>
> Same thing with the eucharist. By coming together as a community you are realizing the promise of God and beginning to create His Kingdom on earth.
>
> It's not about voodoo.
>
> AbbyAbby,
I've read one or two things from here and may be
commenting prematurely.I don't think people can believe unless they go
through their own experience and I think we can
talk till we are blue in the face.All of this has to do with WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE.
Also, it is not the will of God for someone that died after we prayed. That is what man said, not God.
Maybe we don't know enough. You have to really
be in the faith to understand what I just said.A person knows the Words, which is also
translated as LOGOs who is Jesus, it states
through out the scripture it talks about health and healing the sick. Why do they die after we
prayed, did we really believe, or were we hoping.
What did we hear and talk about more was in
life or death? Life and death are in the power
of the tongue as the word states.Some Christians are very radical and militant.
I think they are at a place others don't understand.When Christians talk about Christianity, people think we are crazy.
When people want to ask Christians a question,
I think they really make their point.You can never understand until you want to understand.
Please don't put us Christians in a box. Some
religious people don't even know they are Christians because they don't have a personal
relationship; they were raised with doctrine.One day we will all have our questions answered, and we all have a long way to go.
If you want to know the truth, you will find it
if you seek with all your heart.Peace,
Sassy
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