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Originally posted by Eisenschwarz:
Have you carried out scientific experiments to prove any of its presumptions?
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Most certainly. Of course I have. That's what I've been saying all along.
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Originally posted by Eisenschwarz:
Do they for example test to see how powerful different types of praying are or similar?
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There are different types of prayer yes, with different sucesses.
One can assess the success of each by comparing the Word of God to the effects in peoples lives, the way people pray to the effect in their life, the way oneself prays and it's effect. The effects of intercession against self prayer. The effectiveness of communal prayer. The effects and differences between petition, praise, prophetic prayer, and the continuance of faith.
Observances of the material world in general, compared against the bible, or ones own inner self, and others inner selfs can result in the realisation that it is somewhat futile to pray that God will remove someones free will for example.
"God, make him love me" is not effective prayer, as deduced from those realisations.
[ 01-28-2003, 12:39 PM: Message edited by: Yorick ]