Monday, February 16, 2009

Power of Prayer

"For weeks they prayed for rain." Then it rained. Thank god.

If parents practice faith-healing and their child dies, does that mean their faith is imperfect, their entreaties are undeserving, or their god is otherwise preoccupied?

Wouldn't a true believer stop praying once god had ignored or rejected his petition?

We seek comfort and consolation from prayer, like a perseverating laboratory rat continuing to press the lever long after all the food pellets have been consumed.

Obdurate acolytes will be praying on Doomsday.

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