(Serious Question which needs answering)...'Now a question I would pose, and we all know the answer to it, Would they ever have dared mock Islam in a similar way. Would they ever have dreamed mocking in this gross and public way, a scene from the Qu'ran.
And as I say we all know the answer."
(media.greatawakening.win)
🤢 These people are sick! 🤮
If you think we're going to pray the evil away, you can sit at home while everyone else fixes the problem.
Prayer is invaluable, but action is a necessity, as God evidently doesn't just delete evil people from existence. He certainly hasn't at any point in history for the last 2000 years. Instead, what we see throughout history is that evil is beaten back when Christians have turned their cheek one too many times and eventually strike back with force.
Pacifism is Satanic and unchristian.
Your underestimating prayer. And saying things like “God doesn’t do things”…How do you know? The God I know can do anything. And for any of us to have the Father measured up by our own standards, that’s very foolish.
No, I said "Prayer is invaluable".
What you're doing is pretending that observable reality doesn't exist and that sitting at home praying will magically make everything better, when it's clearly evident that God doesn't operate like that.
Again, it's certainly not a bad thing to pray and trust in God, but it won't make the world a better place, which yes, should be our goal here. If you're ok resigning yourself to prayer, become a monk or something. Nothing wrong with that. But don't pretend it's how the world will become a better place, because it isn't.
And while God can do anything, He doesn't do plenty of things.
So praying is magical? It’s what you just said. And I’m not pretending anything about the teachings of Jesus. Why can’t a Christian pray for all these problems man has ZERO chances in fixing? We have to become monks? Once again, you severely underestimate the power of prayer. Follow Christ, see what He did. This is the way. Jesus prayed. Is that not good enough for you? Wasn’t for Judas Iscariot either.
Of course there is more than just praying…we should be out teaching the world the gospel about Jesus. I assume this is what you’re referring to. I agree. It’s something Jesus commanded of us. I definitely should be doing a better job, imo.
Jesus did much more than just pray. He took action and prayed. He didn't sit at home and pray everything the way He wanted it, He went out and affected change in the world around Him through action.
What I'm saying to is this: I think the idea that we're meant to just teach and convince and pray and be passive and so on and so forth is totally and completely wrong. It's a modern conception that no one held for most of Christian existence. We should be actively attempting to solve the very problems you claim we could never solve, and we should be praying as much as we can while doing so, because it is ultimately God that enables us to perform miracles on the Earth.
And to be clear, I would be absolutely comfortable in saying that if the monastics who dedicate themselves to worshiping God weren't here, then the world would certainly be a far worse place. My intention with mentioning monks wasn't to be derisive or to invalidate the concept of resigning oneself to the worship of God.
I suppose I could admit that I leaned a bit too far away from prayer having an effect. The monks don't take action in the world like I've been suggesting we do, but I'm certain that what they do has an effect because I'm certain that the effect of prayer and worship is real. However, it's also the case that certain things require action as well as prayer. At least, the action helps, especially when God has our backs.