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**devonin** · 06-14-2007, 12:30 PM

I've always been interested in the psychological basis for prayer.

I mean, properly devout christians generally ought to be of the impression that God gave free will to humanity to do with what they please, and that for God to directly interfere in the acts of man would be to subordinate our free will to Him, and yet they are constantly praying asking for intercession, for direct effecting of the world...

As famously defined in the Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce:

Pray (Verb): To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

06-14-2007, 12:30 PM	#139
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 10,120	Re: God. I've always been interested in the psychological basis for prayer. I mean, properly devout christians generally ought to be of the impression that God gave free will to humanity to do with what they please, and that for God to directly interfere in the acts of man would be to subordinate our free will to Him, and yet they are constantly praying asking for intercession, for direct effecting of the world... As famously defined in the Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce: Pray (Verb): To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.