Why Prayers won't work - Personal Opinion

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1.0 
This is addressed to a God with omniscience, omnipotence and omnibenevolent divine attributes. 
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If you found this too long to read, you can skip to 3.0 for the reason why it doesn't work.
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2.0 INTRODUCTION
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I found the concept of prayer is rather strange as there are many contradictions that are in the Bible. 
Here I present about why asking God for something to happen are USELESS
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2.1 The Bible Verses
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2.1.1 GOD'S PLAN
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Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
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Proverbs 19:21 ESV
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
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2.1.2 PRAYERS
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Mark 11:24 ESV
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
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Philippians 4:6 ESV 
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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Luke 11:9 ESV 
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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Matthew 21:22 ESV
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
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3.0
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The God's Plan is PERFECTED and it is PREDETERMINED for us. 
We cannot argue with that as the believers believe this to be right.
God's Plan will NOT BE CHANGED for it is the MOST PERFECT PLAN.
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Prayers on the other hand is something you can ask about God. For example, in Matt 21:22, it says whatever you ask, you will receive if you have faith. There are prayers for thanksgiving but I'll focus on one particular prayer.
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4.0 THE PARADOX OF PRAYER
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Prayers is asking God for something you want to happen. For example, you ask God to guide you in passing your exam, or you ask God to heal your sickness. It is asking God for your desired outcome.
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Let's have a THOUGHT EXPERIMENT.
1. Assume that your mother is DYING.
2. You prayed to God for your mother to live.
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In this experiment, we can expect ONLY TWO OUTCOMES.
This is a TRUE DICHOTOMY.
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The two outcomes are:
1. Something you asked did happen [Your mother is ALIVE]
2. Something you asked did NOT happen [Your mother DIED]
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Remember the God's Plan?
God's Plan should not be changed for the fact that it is the Most Perfect Plan.
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So here's the PARADOX.
A. Suppose that God has already planned that your mother will LIVE.
B. You asked God that your mother to LIVE
C. Since God's Plan is UNCHANGEABLE, your mother will be ALIVE.
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::Therefore, something you'd asked did happen.
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Here's a second take on the PARADOX
A. Suppose that God has already planned that your mother will DIE.
B. You asked God that your mother to LIVE
C. Since God's Plan is UNCHANGEABLE, your mother will be DEAD.
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::Therefore, something you'd asked didn't happened
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As it is shown on the thought experiment, the conclusion of the experiment is DEPENDENT on Variables A and C.
The variable B, which is the PRAYER didn't have any impact on the end results.
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THEREFORE THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION is that PRAYERS ARE FUTILE and SERVES NO PURPOSE TO CHANGE ONE'S DESIRED OUTCOME.
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5.0 GROW UP
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Accept that some things are NOT IN OUR CONTROL. Grow up, if you want something to happen, you can make it happen. But also there are some things that are not in control, WE MUST ACCEPT IT. 

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I think it's a hasty generalization to say that prayers won't work. Prayers are not just for asking things.

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3 years ago

Yes, I agree... There are two kinds of prayers, the Prayers of Intercession, which is the asking for something. And prayers that talks to God. I'm talking about prayers of intercession. But when you ask something about God, this prayer thing doesn't work or in other words He will not grant it for the reasons I presented in the article... Pero, if you just want to talk about God, it works obviously. <3

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3 years ago

Then you're saying anything you ask from God will never be fulfilled since prayer never works?

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Yeah, but He has a plan so no need to pray... Because His plans are better than my plans. By asking something to God, it's like I'm telling what should God do...

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3 years ago

When we ask something from Him, it doesn't mean that we're dictating Him, if what you pray for doesn't come true it means He has a better plan, asking Him through prayers give us lessons and guidance❤, He has plans and prayers works;)

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Sure, it depends <3

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