Me VS God, Part III: Prayer Debunked

A look at the power of prayer and why people believe so strongly in it.

Prayer does not do anything externally tangible, and a few casual experiments are all it takes to show this. The reason people believe so strongly is because they are psychologically conditioned to do so.

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[AntiCitizenX]

@meloinfamous1

If a con artist came to your mom's door and sold her a bridge, you would sit idly by while he took advantage of her and scammed her out of her money?

[psilocyberspaceman]

I was almost about to dislike this video when I didn't get my rocket ship, pony, and hot babe. Obviously, a few other than me actually got so pissed off that they did dislike it.

[157626]

Clearly, a correct reading of the bible confirms that the only unselfish, morally-correct prayer is to pray that all prayers except your own are answered. ...oops... Now we know why prayer works; but doesn't work, because it works..because.....

[1nemindgypsy]

False prophets...gotta love em

[outlaw87100]

@bravelion2009 Can you prove that the supernatural even exists? Let me answer this for you; NO! You CANNOT prove that the supernatural exists, so stfu about it! You felt some weird shit, and wrongfully assumed that you were being possessed by a spirit or God himself. But, once again, prayer is just talking to yourself, without ANY shred of evidence to support it.

[kittyloaf]

@bravelion2009 This statement you made here just makes Anti's point. This is confirmation bias, you are protecting your belief by changing the original theory slightly so it doesnt fail

Theory: Prayer works

Evidence: Most of the time nothing happens

New Theory: Prayer works, but only mysteriously, not all the time, and only on some requests, and not measurably by any study.

[BigKittyVideos]

I think you are bias. I ask a priest about the lost prayers and he said it is because we need to eat a banana before we pray. You did not eat a banana before praying which is why your prayer did not come true. My priest also mentioned that donating to a church $120 dollars will increase your chances by almost 20%

[AntiCitizenX]

@bravelion2009

Finally, I challenge you to consider something: If a man was trying to sell you a used car and he told you it gets 80 miles per gallon, would you believe him? What if he also told you that it gets 80 mpg ONLY AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IT DOES. Or maybe he tells you that it won't work if you should ever attempt to calculate your mileage at the pump. In any non-religious context you would call this fraud, so please don't insult yourself by acting like this is compelling.

[AntiCitizenX]

@bravelion2009

"You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."

This statement is nothing more than a dubious tool for ducking the burden of proof. The whole point of that pesky "testing" is to differentiate between things that are real versus things that you conjured out of your own imagination. The Bible is basically telling you that you must be a gullible fool in order to exercise proper faith. I will have no part of it, and you would be wise to do follow suit.

[AntiCitizenX]

@bravelion2009

Read Mark, 11:23-24. Anything you ask shall be given to you through prayer, if only you believe. Period. There are no caveats to this statement. Either Jesus is telling the truth, or he is full of crap.

[bravelion2009]

I have read the Bible. In what sense would Jesus disagree with me in that prayer is not part of the physical realm of science to be disected and tested? Remember when Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness for forty days and satan told him if He was the Son of God to command this stone to become bread? Satan wanted to test Jesus power, to see if he really was the Son of God. How did He reply, "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."

[AntiCitizenX]

@bravelion2009

"It can't be treated as such."

Jesus himself disagrees with you. Or have you not read the Bible?

Look Brave, the issue here is your ability to validate your claims. You are categorically stating as FACT, who God is, what God is, what God does, for whom, and under what conditions.  Yet you have nothing to back this up except for the warm fuzzies it makes you feel. You are certainly free to continue believing, but don't be surprised when the rest of us call it "fraud."