Post: #61

Whenever I hear a siren I think
"Lord please help that poor person."

And when I feel anxiety for myself or my family I think
"Lord please keep us safe and protected."

But mostly I just think "Thank You."

That's about the extent of it for me

Post: #62

FreedomStands  Wrote:

I'll pray another one!

Master of destruction! Lord of Chaos! Giver of disease! Bringer of pain!

It is you alone who allows some to stray, while guiding others!

You are the one who decides the lives and ends of all! Terrifying master!

It is you alone who should be feared! With you alone is the power to harm and bring misery!

None can escape you master! You are the one who brings death and destruction! You are the one who takes life and returns it at will!

Spare me from all pain, hardship, and misery! You are the controller of all emotions! You can bring sadness to anyone! You can utterly destroy anything you want! Please save me from your punishments and the harm that you can bring!

You have created everything! The decision in all things is with you alone! Please save me from confusion!

You are the one who humbles people, and shows those who think they are self sufficient that they are nothing but your creation under your complete control! You can bring anyone to their knees! Please spare me from such harm as you've brought upon civilizations in the past, or will bring upon those now or in the future! It is you alone who brought the end to all civilizations when their time was completed! It is you alone who measured their term! None can return them to their former state other than you if you wish it! You are the one who leaves whatever you wish in ruins!

It is you alone who controls what good and harm comes to us! It is you alone who can punish anyone you wish for any reason or no reason at all! It is you alone who can create hell and fill it with those who wish to disobey you! Might King! You are in complete control! Your dominion is everywhere! Have mercy please! Never let me be among those who earn your punishment or experience the harm which you alone can bring!

Please have mercy on all those who love you! You are the one who defines everything! You alone are full of justice and mercy! Please shower your blessings on your clients who depend on you for everything! Thank you for all your mercy!

It was always in your power to bring harm at any time to anyone or everyone, and none can stop you! It is you who gives long periods of ease! It is you who continues to make things easy through technology and other creations of yours! Please make everything easy for me, and never let me experience pain or hardship master! If you do bring harm, none can remove it save you! Thank you for creating medicines, doctors, and other things which benefit us! You are the balancer!

Thank you for healing me whenever I've been sick!

Anything you decide for us, is what is! Blessed King, Controller of all diseases, please spare me from any diseases! Master of all emotion! Please spare me from any harmful intentions from anyone or anything! Please keep my life filled with happiness, peace and ease! Please make happiness, peace, ease, beauty and beneficial bounty surround me everywhere! You are the all powerful master of everything, creator, originator, activator, animator of everything! Please shower me with all your blessings and all the best, and never take away any of the good and beauty you bestow upon me, and give me all the best always in this life and in the afterlife and always!

FreedomS, allow me to preface this post by saying that I really like you, and I really do not mean disrespect.

But, I must inquire: if you step outside of your emotion-driven paradigm for just one brief second and take a view from a position of logic, does the above even sound sane to you?

Based on your 'teachings', are you really worshiping the "Lord of chaos," "giver of disease!," "the master of destruction" and the "bringer of pain"?



(I know I will live to regret this inquiry. )


ETA: an important overlooked title.

Post: #63

DEAR LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS.....

Post: #64

and good luck TX P

Post: #65

ashesandsackcloth  Wrote:

Like most churches the place is evil and smells bad.

But with a few good people in the mix

Post: #66

*still rolling around on floor*..... *beginning to drool now*

Post: #67

Hey God, it's me.
I know you only give us as many trials and tribulations as you know we can handle, so this month it's okay if you don't have quite so much faith in me. Thanks.
Talk to you again in March!

Post: #68

SaltWaterTaffy  Wrote:

Whenever I hear a siren I think
"Lord please help that poor person."

And when I feel anxiety for myself or my family I think
"Lord please keep us safe and protected."

But mostly I just think "Thank You."

That's about the extent of it for me

Pretty good! That is more than many people pray or think.

Are you married?

Post: #69

WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO GO OUT WITH YOU AFTER THE FRUM-UNDER CHEESY STUFFF YOU JUST WROTE...
KEEPER OF ALL EVIL, GOD OF DISEASE...
MAN,,,,
IF YOU WANNA DATE....
YOUR GONNA HAVE TO LAY OFF THE DISEASE STUFF ATLEAST...
GOD OF ALL DISEASES...
GOD CALLED AND SAID STOP SAYING THAT...
KINDA SELLS HIM SHORT IN HIS OVERALL EFORT ...
JACKSASS..............
PS. ARE YOU MARRIED...

Post: #70

LIFE SPEAKING  Wrote:

GOD CALLED AND SAID STOP SAYING THAT...
KINDA SELLS HIM SHORT IN HIS OVERALL EFORT ...

That.made.me.REALLY.LOL...<<my sides hurt>>

Post: #71

Rubba Dub Dub, thank Jeebus for the grub.

Post: #72

Dear Lord, please flood the Earth once again with waters that specifically target liberals.

Post: #73

TX PATRIOT  Wrote:

FreedomS, allow me to preface this post by saying that I really like you, and I really do not mean disrespect.

But, I must inquire: if you step outside of your emotion-driven paradigm for just one brief second and take a view from a position of logic, does the above even sound sane to you?

Based on your 'teachings', are you really worshiping the "Lord of chaos," "the master of destruction" and the "bringer of pain"?

(I know I will live to regret this inquiry. )

Wow! Thank you for asking such a nice, thoughtful question!

I don't mean to sound like I'm making anything difficult but, what teachings are we talking about?

I understand that second prayer was radical sounding, but I wanted both prayers to kind of make some points that I thought were important for people to understand.

The main reason was probably to show that in monotheism there shouldn't be dualism, with two opposing forces, good vs evil in perpetual battle.

I wanted to show the idea (which is confirmed by all religious scriptures in their earliest forms, especially the vedas, the ancient world religions such as Egyptian and Akkadian religion, the scriptures of the Bible such as Isaiah, and the Qur'an, as well as ancient Chinese religion practiced in Early Han China) that an all powerful God holds all the power of fortune and misfortune. Later, developments occurred which personified misfortune as demons, and then as the act of demons in many religions while only goodness was reserved for God. I think this is a dangerous belief, and really just starts a whole line of confusion and a polytheism of numerous warring powers.

To simplify things, I think it is best to say God controls everything absolutely and has complete power. God has all the power to execute whatever God wants without question, and can define things in any way also. So the idea of good and evil become kind of arbitrary in an ultimate sense, since God can be considered entirely evil from our current perspective but still have all the power to bring us good or harm, so the only option would be to try to ask for the good and avoid the harm.

It doesn't matter to me if it isn't really true that God has all the power or not. I think it is the most beneficial belief and brings most personal peace to realize or think that there is an all powerful sustainer maintaining, controlling, and animating reality alone. It simplifies spiritual appeals to one source, it denies the powers of demons and other such things over our fortune, and also takes away the pressure of feeling like we are ultimately responsible for the functions of the universe that seem clearly out of our control.

The other options are:

Thinking we are in control of all things with our mind. Here, great stress comes upon us for worrying about what we think, our "negative" thoughts having "negative" influence on the world, and even worrying about things that we didn't think or some beliefs we didn't even really have but blaming ourselves for everything.

Thinking we ourselves and others are all in control "co-creating" which creates the problem of other people's thoughts causing problems. This makes it a great concern that other people are thinking negative things, and causes a partial loss of control that creates great stress as well. The only version in which this is best is in a literal sense of actually working together but still knowing that if anything doesn't happen it is because of God ultimately.

Thinking there is a system of absolute "karma" and feeling that we can't escape the automatic "punishments" or recompense. Included is also the idea that there is "reincarnation" where our past as someone else is to be blamed for the misfortune happening to us.

Thinking that God is just neutral or doesn't interfere and the forces of evil are left to do whatever they want, and we have to actually work to combat them or convince them not to be evil. In that case the forces of evil should to be appeased since they seem to have the real power.

I mean none of the other options seem as good to me as believing that God alone holds all power and authority over all things. That God alone brings all harm and fortune. To seek the fortune and avoid the harm. That if the harm happens not to really think it is punishment but rather know that there is at least the option of asking God for relief, rather than thinking an uncontrollable demon is inflicting it. Basically it makes a person realize their state of utter surrender to reality, that things are not really in our control at all, that even our prayers might not be answered (though I really think they seem to be for many people), but that what happens in the world or what bad things aren't really in our control and all these things are from God ultimately for whatever reason.

I mean it doesn't matter to me if it is true or not, because I don't believe there is any way of knowing what is and what isn't with certainty. I do believe that it is the most beneficial and least risky belief system.

The belief system of not believing in an ultimate and all powerful God is riskier than believing in one. The belief system of believing in numerous powers is complicated and riskier seeming than believing in just one ultimate all powerful all encompassing sustainer and animator of reality.

What are the risks? Well by believing in one ultimate God, the most religious systems are fulfilled, leading to the most potential benefit according to the most systems. If none of this is true, and we die forever, then all we did was live doing good things hoping for the best from God. But if the promises of many religions are true, then our belief and devotion to God will benefit us later too, while atheism would lead us to a life with an incomplete seeming explanation and a possible afterlife with dire consequences from the perspectives of many potentially true religions.

Post: #74

ButtonsArentToys  Wrote:

and good luck TX P

Post: #75

FreedomStands  Wrote:

SaltWaterTaffy  Wrote:

Whenever I hear a siren I think
"Lord please help that poor person."

And when I feel anxiety for myself or my family I think
"Lord please keep us safe and protected."

But mostly I just think "Thank You."

That's about the extent of it for me

Pretty good! That is more than many people pray or think.

Are you married?

I'd like to add that the first one ... that's not just "when I hear sirens" but when I see something or read something ... I've been saying it a lot today because of Lybia.

Yes, I'm married.