Honestly I don't think I would. Although it's not such an extreme scenario I didn't pray for my mum when she went into hospital for her operation(she had cancer, surgery to remove it), I was 13 at the time. Basically because so many people die of cancer every day, I'm sure many of them are mothers with children, wouldn't be surprised if many single parents died of cancer each year.(I mean a lot of people do die of it each year) |
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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
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Who would I pray to? Vishnu? Allah? |
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you would think so but I'm saying I wouldn't be harsh on someone who did say a prayer as a just in case, although obviously I'd question if they were actually agnostic. |
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The problem is that the concept of God is so vague I'd just be praying to a word... and I'm not a superficial person. I wouldn't be able to do that, I'd just be praying to some vague set of mutually contradictory ideas... some people can manage that, but I refuse. |
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Well as I said many don't, I have explained why I wouldn't. But an example might be you in a plane as it is plummiting to the earth. Obviously those who are religious will pray for their God to somehow intervene and save them, although surely they are looking forward to the positive afterlife all believers seem to think they will be rewarded with?, but also some people who have had no faith may whisper "God if your out there please save me", for example. |
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I didn't pray when ... something bad ... happened to my family a few years ago. I somehow doubt I would break down and delude myself that my beliefs were false all these years, just because I was dying. |
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Last edited by Photolysis; 05-05-2009 at 11:59 PM.
i can see me trying to use mental powers while dying |
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I'm a theist and I wouldn't. God gave us freedom and it comes with a price. If God intervened all the time, what would be the point of life? We wouldn't have free will then. |
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I mean... fear makes people do irrational things. So, I think there's a possibility I would pray to some kind of higher power in an extreme case. And I wouldn't be embarrassed or ashamed about it or anything. I mean I'm human, after all. |
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What would be the point of praying for intervention from dying? If it's God's will to end a life on Earth, do you think he's going to change his mind because the lowly human pleads to stay alive? Even so, the promise of heaven seems more than enough incentive to accept fate. |
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This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
- " Could you see yourself praying for Gods intervention were you dying?(for atheists)" |
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I often pray to a generic god when people who I know are religious are asking for prayers and such. But I do it in the same vain as when I tell people good luck. |
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I suppose being scared to death and seeing if you pray or not would be the atheists ultimate test. |
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This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
I guess the only reason to pray is because it naturally makes you feel better. I mean, isn't that what little children do? They talk to their toys even though these toys are obviously not alife. And lets not forget imaginary friends. I think that Gods might just be an adult version of an imaginary friend (well, for the praying part of religion). I mean, talking/thinking to something somtimes makes you feel better and I think that this is what believers feel after praying. They feel that feeling of comfort a kid would feel after telling their little teddy bear good night. |
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I'd not. |
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I would pray for any big event. |
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If I had a terminal illness I don't imagine putting faith in myself would help much, though determination may help in some ways, I don't think there is anything you can do when you have that type of illness other than try your best to keep moving and hope for the best. |
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Last edited by Sandform; 05-28-2009 at 12:50 AM.
This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
Birth -> Life -> Death |
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This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
There are a few research teams in the world actually trying to figure out how to make people live forever. I think someday it might be possible, but it would need a lot of thought before it became practical. |
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