How skeptics pray?

[Guest]

It is a fact....some skeptics pray to an unknown God.
Also Mr. Harold Bidlackk do it, if you read the latest week`s commentary.

Anybody here know or have an idea about how skpetics pray?



Thank you

Sorry for my english.

 

[triadboy]

Anybody here know or have an idea about how skpetics pray?

Through their lawyer

 

[evildave]

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

 

[jimmygun]

Obviously they don't.

 

[CWL]

Anybody here know or have an idea about how skpetics pray?

Not at all.

Although I do lash out like Basil Fawlty sometimes, saying "Thank you God, thank you so bloody much".

 

[Tricky]

I actually used to think they said this:

Our Father, who aren't in Heaven...

(I didn't worry much about subject-verb agreement back then.)

 

[Upchurch]

I actually used to think they said this:

Our Father, who aren't in Heaven...

(I didn't worry much about subject-verb agreement back then.)

Actually, that being a Christian prayer and God being a trinity, the subject and verb almost agree.

 

[Guest]

Dear all,

It is interesting that the responses, so far, have not been serious.

It seems like a reasonable question. Bidlack is a self-proclaimed skeptic who says that he also prays to a God he believes in. The mind wonders how he does that. I suppose we'll have to wait for him to get back to answer.

Sincerely,

S.H.

 

[KelvinG]

Dear all,

It is interesting that the responses, so far, have not been serious.

It seems like a reasonable question. Bidlack is a self-proclaimed skeptic who says that he also prays to a God he believes in. The mind wonders how he does that. I suppose we'll have to wait for him to get back to answer.

Sincerely,

S.H.

Why is it so difficult for you to believe that he could be a skeptic and pray to a God he believes in?

 

[Tricky]

Dear all,

It is interesting that the responses, so far, have not been serious.

It seems like a reasonable question. Bidlack is a self-proclaimed skeptic who says that he also prays to a God he believes in. The mind wonders how he does that. I suppose we'll have to wait for him to get back to answer.

Sincerely,

S.H.

From Hal's commentary, it appears that he doesn't really expect the deity to listen to his prayers, and he expects even less that the deity will do anything about them. In my mind, it is hard to call this a "prayer". It seems more like a "wish".

Joshua Korosi, another deist skeptic, seems to believe that the "watchmaker", once he has set it in motion, has absolutely no further intervention in the universe, thus prayer is useless. (Apologies, Josh, if I have misrepresented you.)

Of course, all people, including skeptics and atheists, wish and hope for favorable outcomes to each situation. Only if you have belief that possibly somebody/something will hear your wish and act on it does it become a prayer, IMO.

So I think (in all respect for Mr. Bidlack) that Hal is inaccurately using the word "prayer", since he believes, somewhat like Ambrose Bierce

PRAY, v. - To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

 

[whitefork]

For me prayer serves the same function as composing a satisfying post to this forum, and then - not posting it.

 

[Guest]

Why is it so difficult for you to believe that he could be a skeptic and pray to a God he believes in?

Dear Mr. G,

It isn't difficult for me. However, reading the comments of a few extreme skeptics, it is difficult for them to see how a critical thinker could believe in a fairy or a Santa.

Sincerely,

S. H.

 

[Guest]

Dear Mr. Tricky,

From Hal's commentary, it appears that he doesn't really expect the deity to listen to his prayers, and he expects even less that the deity will do anything about them. In my mind, it is hard to call this a "prayer". It seems more like a "wish".

(Below is the argument of some skeptics. For what it is worth, I don't have a problem with anyone praying.)

The fact remains that he makes prayers to his "sky daddy", which is in no way skeptical. Of course, he still reserves the right to debunk and poke fun at others' claims and beliefs, just not his own apparently.

Sincerely,

S.H.

 

[Tricky]

Dear Mr. Tricky,



(Below is the argument of some skeptics. For what it is worth, I don't have a problem with anyone praying.)

The fact remains that he makes prayers to his "sky daddy", which is in no way skeptical. Of course, he still reserves the right to debunk and poke fun at others' claims and beliefs, just not his own apparently.

Clever deduction, Holmes. Yes, all of us imperfect skeptics reserve the right to needle people who are non-skeptical about things that are different from the things we are non-skeptical about. I think it is important for me to realize this and not be offended when people needle me. I am guessing that Hal has a pretty good sense of humor about his "beliefs" too.

Still, I try to keep my sig in mind.

 

[Cleopatra]

Re: Re: How skeptics pray?

Through their lawyer

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

And what if they are lawyers?


Ohhhh Charmion... Mr.Tricky enjoys the readings of Ambroce Bierce too... go tell him that I ordered him to place his stool a bit closer to my throne...

 

[Guest]

Dear all,

It is interesting that the responses, so far, have not been serious.

It seems like a reasonable question. Bidlack is a self-proclaimed skeptic who says that he also prays to a God he believes in. The mind wonders how he does that. I suppose we'll have to wait for him to get back to answer.

Sincerely,

S.H.

Serious the fans ?????? never

Back with the answer????

He was at the forum 3 days after the week`s commentaries and he was "misteriously" in silence..then he is doing I don`t know what ?¿?¿?¿?¿?.....maybe he need more time to give a skeptical answer to his believes.

 

[Kally]

I always thought it said, "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
HOWARD BE THY NAME." Now I know it's true. I met Howard.

Kally

 

[Guest]

I always thought it said, "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
HOWARD BE THY NAME." Now I know it's true. I met Howard.

Kally

Howard or Harold?

 

[woodguard]

A skeptic would learn to pray two seconds before the bus hit them.


But would a skeptic buy a lottery ticket ?

 

[Tricky]

A skeptic would learn to pray two seconds before the bus hit them.

LOL. This recalls an old thread started by Jedi Knight. The final consensus was that atheists would not pray. Speaking from personal experience, I can verify that this is true.

But would a skeptic buy a lottery ticket ?

I wouldn't, as I regard the lottery as a tax on people who are bad at math. However, skeptics do some silly things. I myself have been known to shout at a television, in the ridiculous belief that I am influencing a game being played many miles away.