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Old 09-05-2008, 14:59   #188
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Re: Christians told to treat atheists and agnostics with "deep esteem"

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Originally Posted by frogstamper View Post
OK then my question is this, if people of faith believe in the power of prayer it follows that their god intervenes in our lives, if this is so, and people claim he has cured their cancer or other debilitating illnesses, why does he not intervene in more substantial catastrophe's like wars or genocide?, which presumably many more people are praying for.
Perhaps He already has and you haven't seen it? How many potential wars have been called off due to intervention? Just because it didn't come from a finger pointing from a massive thundercloud does not mean the intervention was not of God.

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Do you agree that it could be the reason why some people have died, that because no one prayed, they were not brought back to health?
In some instances that may be the case. Do you think God is fair?
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