MY QUESTION: -
Does it make sense that God answers only tearful prayers? Evangelists make us believe so. Is God that cruel?
More on this question:
I am a little sadistic. I get maximum entertainment viewing blessings-brokers parading the healed to add to their credibility, claiming that God answered their prayers through tearful prayers. When they pray, they cry, - no tears please - and distort their faces and features and raise their hands copying Jesus Christ in His prayers. Is our God that cruel that He makes us cry? Evangelists say that Satan sow diseases and Christ runs after and heals the victim - only after registering their tearful prayers. Why Jesus Christ allows Satan to do this evil? We believe we were His creations and does He not have a duty and responsibility to look after our welfare, as we did not choose this life we possess? Our earthly fathers take this responsibility far more seriously and are to be emulated by Heavenly-beings. I believe in the Ultimate that is our God and I am unable to digest this senseless nonsense? The image of God is tarnished by His own creations and they indulge in faith abuses.
ANSWERS: -
1. No, he most certainly does not have a duty to us. I'm sorry your only exposure to prayer has been of the tearful, mournful kind, but that's like asking why all rock and roll songs are about politics. They aren't, and much prayer is done with a joyous, grateful spirit. What I see you doing is what I did most of my life, which is to presume that God should or shouldn't do such and such a thing. You're just looking at the wrong believers, that's all. We are not all like that. Why not just recognize that imperfect people are going to respond to God in a variety of ways, most often imperfectly, and instead of assuming their God is not the real God, accept that they, me, and even you might not perfectly represent Him in our lives? Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, with prayer and petition, make your requests known to God, and the peace of God which surpasses understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
2. Jesus never told his followers to act like idiots, or say stupid things...
If someone is sorry for their sins, doing their best, and needs help.... God will answer the prayers....they do not have to cry on TV for god to hear them...
3. God hears the sincere prayers of those who are His... He dose not hear the prayers of the non-believers who have not come to Him in The Way He prescribes... and he dose not hear the in-sincere prayers of the believers either.... God dose not answer every prayer with an affirmative.
4. Evangelists are money grubbing, hair spray using, liers, cheaters, embezzlers who will take every cent from the naive and gullible.
5. How could a creation reveal anything but a "tarnished" vision of its creator? A pot can hardly reveal the slight curve on the potters fingers let alone imagine the make of intentions of its creator outside of its own being. for us to truly know God we can but believe to know. God by definition being perfection and the all to obvious assumption that humans are flawed means again we cant truly "know" in perfection what is perfect.
Tearful prayers are a sad outcome of our society. When things are going good we take care of ourselves, when its tough we don’t want to deal and pass down the burden to a simple idea of someone who listens and takes away our pain that we so rightfully deserve. So my advice, when you encounter pain cleave onto it learning to love it for what it is for through pain come true pleasure.
6. TV Evangelists are all on the Forbes 400 list of richest men in America. They are really good at what they do to get on TV.
They are super rich and have multimillion-dollar mansions and whole fleets of jets and cars and servants and they are the highest paid movie stars on record. So they say what causes you to send money! They are all about the money and do very little good with the money except get rich. Have gold faucets and the Bakers had air-conditioned doghouse.
They build hospitals and colleges but they are not free. They to make them money and remember it is all tax-free. They try to sound respectable by being against something we all are like abortion or Gay's but there is very few of the viewing public that are that or do that.
So it doesn't really hurt their contributions. They are for big business and the Republican party, who is also for big business.
They say be good but carefully staying away from what good means. Like adultery or lies or fornication. Knowing most of the viewing public is doing those things. They are the modern day snake oil salesmen. But hardly authorities on what God does.
7. I believe God loves us & when we pray he some times says yes , no or wait . some times we cry & other time we don't . I don't think that matters. When we pray in an unforgiving state it blocks our prayers from getting to God .
He does not controal us or others . Some times others do bad things to us & our familys . Bad things started to happen when Aden & Eve were cast out of the garden of eden . They did not obey God .
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom comes. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
I know life isn't always what we want it to be, but prayer always helps, putting us in the right frame of mind. Open to Gods will
God Bless You .
8. To logically challenge your mind about the existence of God check out godisimaginary.com. It offers 50 logical questions to cause believers to think.
I think careful deliberate thought has more credibility than blind faith in emotional prayers. Read godisimaginary.com and then decide what you believe.
Also, read whywontgodhealamputees.com
9. You are right in the sense the image of god is tarnished by his own creation by exactly not knowing him self. Supreme god father paramapita shiva is point of light energy speaking now through medium of prajapita brahma, saying that my sweet children i am your almighty father, I am love full, I am bliss full, peaceful. he never be a cruel. he will not sent a Satan on his creation to do evil to his children. Satan is in our thoughts. now god is liberating us from that Satan thoughts with clear knowledge. he is saying that i am the care taker of all the universe.
he does not answer only our tearful prayers. god will show kindness on all his children. we may not mercy for him. its our birth right.
10. Tears make us realise where do we stand. Knowledge of where do we stand helps us a lot to be less confused so that we can be clearer in our prayers. By praying we give indirect suggestion to us to fulfill our desires which finally leads to" Answers".
11. God is Truth and so He only understands the language of Truth. Happiness is a sign purity and spirituality whereas sorrow is a sign that some impurity is there. Being the Source of Purity He is also blissful so He naturally wishes see us Blissful also because He has so much Love for us. Some truly pray to God only when they are in trouble and have to cry. Anyway it is enough to ask God once with truth in your heart, then if it is meant to be He will fulfill the wish in His own way and at His own time. Just have full love and trust for Him and regard for whatever, whenever and however He gives, because He would naturally give what, when and how it is best for us, no? Of course, there is also the good advice "Do your best and leave the rest for God". Sometimes our eyes may become little watery because of happiness when we think of God, but i am sure no one would be disturbed by that....:)
12. The Creators strength is made perfect in weakness.
Doesn't it take a lot of pain to make a hardheaded man
turn to Our Creator?
However, the Source of Life doesn't want basket cases
as followers!
I say something often which offends people, But I'm trying to make a point. King David said, "I WILL LOOK
UP!"
I tell others all the time. Don't stand there with your head down, looking into hell. LOOK UP! For you are a Child
of God!
13. Have you ever heard a child in a store saying “Gimmie, I want that, I want it now! I gotta have it. Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie!”? Then he or she falls on the floor, screaming, kicking and crying. What does that make you feel like giving that child? Probably not what he/she is asking for.
Then there is the child who picks up something and says “Can I have this please...please...?" But when he or she is told no, he looks at it and puts it back. You know he/she is thinking “I know we don't have the money for that now even though I really want it. Maybe we will get rich someday and I will get everything I always wanted just like that kid at school.”
Now which child would you be most likely to give something to? Yet, aren't we all the children of God, (i.e. Creator, All-That-Is, Father, Allah, the Buddha, Universal Force, Jehovah, Goddess, Master, Sam, Joe, Joan) It doesn't matter what name you call your God, He or She is allowing your soul to use your body for a reason. He hears your prayers. Which child does He hear the most? I know His love is unconditional but do we ever listen to ourselves as God hears us? And do we ever sit still quietly enough and long enough to hear His answer?
Some people only turn to God in a time of need or crisis, they make promises or beg for help then they feel guilty afterwards because they had not given God a thought for such a long time. After the crisis is over, they will again forget to turn to Him or acknowledge God in their lives. God understands and really does not hate any of us no matter how often we do or do not talk to Him.
God is with us and in us every moment of our lives. He feels, understands and experiences everything we do. He has a sense of humor, a compassion and a love that is Omni (ie-greater than a human can experience). He hears us even when we are not speaking to Him and even when we do not think He is listening. He is always present.
Just as we may hate what our children do sometimes, we could never really hate our children. So it is with God. We are His children, He may hate what we do sometimes, but He never really hates us for doing it. He understands that we are souls in a human body using a limited capacity human brain and we are going to make mistakes. He knew that when he allowed us to come here. He did not make us perfect for a reason. We have to learn and He teaches us just like we teach our children.
Talk to God when you think of Him. You can call him whatever you want, He will understand. It does not matter what name you call a friend as long as you keep in touch sometimes, you will remain close friends. And a real friend understands that you have not had time to call lately but you still remain friends. So it is with God. He is our Friend. No matter how often we do or do not call Him, no matter what we call Him (or Her if that is your preference) and no matter what we say, God is always listening. He is listening even when we don't think He is. We are His children. He is our Father and our Friend. Thank God
More on this question:
I am a little sadistic. I get maximum entertainment viewing blessings-brokers parading the healed to add to their credibility, claiming that God answered their prayers through tearful prayers. When they pray, they cry, - no tears please - and distort their faces and features and raise their hands copying Jesus Christ in His prayers. Is our God that cruel that He makes us cry? Evangelists say that Satan sow diseases and Christ runs after and heals the victim - only after registering their tearful prayers. Why Jesus Christ allows Satan to do this evil? We believe we were His creations and does He not have a duty and responsibility to look after our welfare, as we did not choose this life we possess? Our earthly fathers take this responsibility far more seriously and are to be emulated by Heavenly-beings. I believe in the Ultimate that is our God and I am unable to digest this senseless nonsense? The image of God is tarnished by His own creations and they indulge in faith abuses.
ANSWERS: -
1. No, he most certainly does not have a duty to us. I'm sorry your only exposure to prayer has been of the tearful, mournful kind, but that's like asking why all rock and roll songs are about politics. They aren't, and much prayer is done with a joyous, grateful spirit. What I see you doing is what I did most of my life, which is to presume that God should or shouldn't do such and such a thing. You're just looking at the wrong believers, that's all. We are not all like that. Why not just recognize that imperfect people are going to respond to God in a variety of ways, most often imperfectly, and instead of assuming their God is not the real God, accept that they, me, and even you might not perfectly represent Him in our lives? Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, with prayer and petition, make your requests known to God, and the peace of God which surpasses understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
2. Jesus never told his followers to act like idiots, or say stupid things...
If someone is sorry for their sins, doing their best, and needs help.... God will answer the prayers....they do not have to cry on TV for god to hear them...
3. God hears the sincere prayers of those who are His... He dose not hear the prayers of the non-believers who have not come to Him in The Way He prescribes... and he dose not hear the in-sincere prayers of the believers either.... God dose not answer every prayer with an affirmative.
4. Evangelists are money grubbing, hair spray using, liers, cheaters, embezzlers who will take every cent from the naive and gullible.
5. How could a creation reveal anything but a "tarnished" vision of its creator? A pot can hardly reveal the slight curve on the potters fingers let alone imagine the make of intentions of its creator outside of its own being. for us to truly know God we can but believe to know. God by definition being perfection and the all to obvious assumption that humans are flawed means again we cant truly "know" in perfection what is perfect.
Tearful prayers are a sad outcome of our society. When things are going good we take care of ourselves, when its tough we don’t want to deal and pass down the burden to a simple idea of someone who listens and takes away our pain that we so rightfully deserve. So my advice, when you encounter pain cleave onto it learning to love it for what it is for through pain come true pleasure.
6. TV Evangelists are all on the Forbes 400 list of richest men in America. They are really good at what they do to get on TV.
They are super rich and have multimillion-dollar mansions and whole fleets of jets and cars and servants and they are the highest paid movie stars on record. So they say what causes you to send money! They are all about the money and do very little good with the money except get rich. Have gold faucets and the Bakers had air-conditioned doghouse.
They build hospitals and colleges but they are not free. They to make them money and remember it is all tax-free. They try to sound respectable by being against something we all are like abortion or Gay's but there is very few of the viewing public that are that or do that.
So it doesn't really hurt their contributions. They are for big business and the Republican party, who is also for big business.
They say be good but carefully staying away from what good means. Like adultery or lies or fornication. Knowing most of the viewing public is doing those things. They are the modern day snake oil salesmen. But hardly authorities on what God does.
7. I believe God loves us & when we pray he some times says yes , no or wait . some times we cry & other time we don't . I don't think that matters. When we pray in an unforgiving state it blocks our prayers from getting to God .
He does not controal us or others . Some times others do bad things to us & our familys . Bad things started to happen when Aden & Eve were cast out of the garden of eden . They did not obey God .
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom comes. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
I know life isn't always what we want it to be, but prayer always helps, putting us in the right frame of mind. Open to Gods will
God Bless You .
8. To logically challenge your mind about the existence of God check out godisimaginary.com. It offers 50 logical questions to cause believers to think.
I think careful deliberate thought has more credibility than blind faith in emotional prayers. Read godisimaginary.com and then decide what you believe.
Also, read whywontgodhealamputees.com
9. You are right in the sense the image of god is tarnished by his own creation by exactly not knowing him self. Supreme god father paramapita shiva is point of light energy speaking now through medium of prajapita brahma, saying that my sweet children i am your almighty father, I am love full, I am bliss full, peaceful. he never be a cruel. he will not sent a Satan on his creation to do evil to his children. Satan is in our thoughts. now god is liberating us from that Satan thoughts with clear knowledge. he is saying that i am the care taker of all the universe.
he does not answer only our tearful prayers. god will show kindness on all his children. we may not mercy for him. its our birth right.
10. Tears make us realise where do we stand. Knowledge of where do we stand helps us a lot to be less confused so that we can be clearer in our prayers. By praying we give indirect suggestion to us to fulfill our desires which finally leads to" Answers".
11. God is Truth and so He only understands the language of Truth. Happiness is a sign purity and spirituality whereas sorrow is a sign that some impurity is there. Being the Source of Purity He is also blissful so He naturally wishes see us Blissful also because He has so much Love for us. Some truly pray to God only when they are in trouble and have to cry. Anyway it is enough to ask God once with truth in your heart, then if it is meant to be He will fulfill the wish in His own way and at His own time. Just have full love and trust for Him and regard for whatever, whenever and however He gives, because He would naturally give what, when and how it is best for us, no? Of course, there is also the good advice "Do your best and leave the rest for God". Sometimes our eyes may become little watery because of happiness when we think of God, but i am sure no one would be disturbed by that....:)
12. The Creators strength is made perfect in weakness.
Doesn't it take a lot of pain to make a hardheaded man
turn to Our Creator?
However, the Source of Life doesn't want basket cases
as followers!
I say something often which offends people, But I'm trying to make a point. King David said, "I WILL LOOK
UP!"
I tell others all the time. Don't stand there with your head down, looking into hell. LOOK UP! For you are a Child
of God!
13. Have you ever heard a child in a store saying “Gimmie, I want that, I want it now! I gotta have it. Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie!”? Then he or she falls on the floor, screaming, kicking and crying. What does that make you feel like giving that child? Probably not what he/she is asking for.
Then there is the child who picks up something and says “Can I have this please...please...?" But when he or she is told no, he looks at it and puts it back. You know he/she is thinking “I know we don't have the money for that now even though I really want it. Maybe we will get rich someday and I will get everything I always wanted just like that kid at school.”
Now which child would you be most likely to give something to? Yet, aren't we all the children of God, (i.e. Creator, All-That-Is, Father, Allah, the Buddha, Universal Force, Jehovah, Goddess, Master, Sam, Joe, Joan) It doesn't matter what name you call your God, He or She is allowing your soul to use your body for a reason. He hears your prayers. Which child does He hear the most? I know His love is unconditional but do we ever listen to ourselves as God hears us? And do we ever sit still quietly enough and long enough to hear His answer?
Some people only turn to God in a time of need or crisis, they make promises or beg for help then they feel guilty afterwards because they had not given God a thought for such a long time. After the crisis is over, they will again forget to turn to Him or acknowledge God in their lives. God understands and really does not hate any of us no matter how often we do or do not talk to Him.
God is with us and in us every moment of our lives. He feels, understands and experiences everything we do. He has a sense of humor, a compassion and a love that is Omni (ie-greater than a human can experience). He hears us even when we are not speaking to Him and even when we do not think He is listening. He is always present.
Just as we may hate what our children do sometimes, we could never really hate our children. So it is with God. We are His children, He may hate what we do sometimes, but He never really hates us for doing it. He understands that we are souls in a human body using a limited capacity human brain and we are going to make mistakes. He knew that when he allowed us to come here. He did not make us perfect for a reason. We have to learn and He teaches us just like we teach our children.
Talk to God when you think of Him. You can call him whatever you want, He will understand. It does not matter what name you call a friend as long as you keep in touch sometimes, you will remain close friends. And a real friend understands that you have not had time to call lately but you still remain friends. So it is with God. He is our Friend. No matter how often we do or do not call Him, no matter what we call Him (or Her if that is your preference) and no matter what we say, God is always listening. He is listening even when we don't think He is. We are His children. He is our Father and our Friend. Thank God
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