BFett wrote:Dino, it probably has something to to with humans having free will and also having a tendency to want to do our own thing.
That's not actually an answer to what I said.
And if people's free will means a god can't influence people, then he won't be able to if people pray either.
IronDuke wrote:Dinosawer wrote:I've never quite understood why, if god is omniscient and allwise, we still have to ask him to do the right thing before he wants to do it
*runs*
Probably the same reason parents insist you say "please" before they give you the candy.
The consequences of what people would pray for are somewhat more grave than candy. I'm kinda sure that if anyone would've had the power to, say, not let my best friend get run over and killed by a car when we were 16, they would've done that without anyone saying 'please'.
Also, I'm not 5 years old anymore. I don't have to ask my parents to please make food, just like they don't have to ask me to please clean the kitchen. We just do it.
sorry tal, but they're asking for it