Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  wahoo59 writes:  in
response to MIOCEN:  Here is the real story of PRAYER; for those
of you who have the patience to read it.  Let's take an
objective look at prayer, analyze it, and apply it to how the
clergy exploits prayer as a NUMBERS GAME.  Each day, hundreds of
millions of people PRAY for something. In a LOTTERY of this size
it is only a matter of time before a random number of faithful
realize their wishes simply because of the LARGE NUMBER of
tickets (or prayers) in the pool.  The REST of the prayers are
the losers; and we never hear about THEM. (ie. A relative is
near death and the family prays for recovery. The relative
recovers, and BINGO; the lord heard our prayers.  Yet the
fortunate ignore the thousands of OTHER deserving people in the
same circumstance; who DIED after prayer.  (The Christian
Science Clergy and spokespeople are notorious for this
exploitation of the miracle number’s racket)  So each time a
person PRAYS for something, that person becomes