This question is not meant to be condescending. I want people to consider both positions and give honest answers.
Is it reasonable to believe in a god who answers prayers, believe in a god who doesn't meddle in people's lives or no god at all.
I've heard testimonies where people have prayed to land a new job, have a successful surgery, make mortgage, get approved for a loan, cancer go into remission and they believe these were prayers answered by a god.
Yet we can look at many other circumstances where a child dies from cancer, a house gets foreclosed, a surgery end in death, a tornado wipes out a community. Many sincere prayers appear to fall on deaf ears.
Is it more reasonable to believe all the so- called answered prayers have natural explanations and that god does not intervene.
Or is it reasonable to believe that these requests were truly answered by a god even though there maybe plausible natural explanations.
Does god make his choices based on the requests of his followers or are all of his decisions preordained by his own will.
If you believe you have had a prayer truly answered and there can be no natural explanation please share it.
On a side note. I hear people say they pray only if it's god's will. If something is god's will won't it happen regardless of who prays for it?
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