Prayer - Better Than Broadband?
This sign appear outside my local church the other day.
And I just wondered, does anyone actually believe this? Do the people in this church really believe it? I know that in my more evangelical days I had a more 'hotline' view of prayer - but surely this idea that we can have immediate access to God is just a bare-faced lie? I'm tempted to 'go inside and find out more,' because I'd be interested to know how they would explain to someone who was sick and got immediate access to God that God was very likely to tell them to just deal with it.
Perhaps some people do have this sort of day-to-day experience of prayer. I'd have thought most were on some sort of dial-up. Or worse. We are obsessed with immediacy of connection, of course - higher speeds and more wide coverage. But its helping no one to try to pretend God behaves the same way.
i'm inclined to complain to my service provider.
Posted by: saga | June 26, 2008 at 12:30 PM
I would too, but didyou see thesurvey in the US where nine out of 10 people in the US believe in God, including some atheists. And nearly 60% of Americans pray to God every day, a with a third saying their prayers are answered once a month.
That's not a very good hit rate
But what would the "service provider" do if you complain - get back to you within a month if you`re lucky?
Posted by: dave | June 28, 2008 at 10:14 AM
I would too, but didyou see thesurvey in the US where nine out of 10 people in the US believe in God, including some atheists. And nearly 60% of Americans pray to God every day, a with a third saying their prayers are answered once a month.
That's not a very good hit rate
But what would the "service provider" do if you complain - get back to you within a month if you`re lucky?
Posted by: dave | June 28, 2008 at 10:14 AM