Brent Meeker writes:
> You mean like this: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12345b.htm That reference has an interesting take on prayer: "In hearing our prayer God does not change His will or action in our regard, but simply puts into effect what He had eternally decreed in view of our prayer. In other words, prayer doesn't make a difference because will do what he was going to do anyway. Moreover: "Indeed, so numerous and so helpful are these effects of prayer that they compensate us, even when the special object of our prayer is not granted. Often they are of far greater benefit than what we ask for. Nothing that we might obtain in answer to our prayer could exceed in value the familiar converse with God in which prayer consists. The author seems to be implicitly aware of the empirical challenge presented by all the unanswered prayers. By this process, theism is watered down until it looks much like deism, the position of most modern theologians with a broad philosophical education, which excludes the fundamentalists who believe in the literal truth of their religious books. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
