Why prayers are sometimes unanswered?

[iBerg]

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dli mn tanan time answeron ang imung prayers... just keep praying all the time.

[Scott Bernard]

Basin wala ka nanguros pag sugod nimo ug pangadye....

[anneganda]

kasi hindi lahat ng gusto mo makukuha mo

[imyourninja]

Unanswered prayers are often the greatest gifts.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

Prayers are always answered , its juts that we are not expecting it the way we intended our wishes for.

That is why , there is something what we call , " BLESSINGS in DISGUISE " .

[slabdans]

unsa man pud imong prayer? kay ako na lang tubag hehehe

[leo_trams]

they are not answered because you were not listening to your brethren.
just dont be selfish in everything and anything you do.

be thankful when you pray...dont ask for something that is impossible.

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[Bears Grill]

I did see you as an atheist but then , it would contradict now since you implied on believing a Supreme Being through conceptualizing it rather than not acknowledging it . The latter makes you one in the truest sense . Arguments within the religious and God being not so perfect and etc is in a different league of what has being tackled now.For us, God intervenes unless you are referring to the purpose of what is FREEWILL I do want to emphasized though that if we gather our basis from it , then indeed it would be a not so perfect God hence the thread title courtesy of different point of views .

Let me ask you one more time for clarification , is your CONCEPTION of a GOD a form of your own understanding or is it what you thought of what GOD should be ? Do you recognize the QUALITIES of GOD or you dont ACKNOWLEDGE it at all ?

I'll tackle this in reverse. Yes, my conception of a God is my understanding of it. The concept God has a rather vague definition, as admitted by many intellectuals and philosophers. The moment you start to define God you'll run into various contradictions. Even the First Cause definition seems meaningless. As Hawking puts it: Asking if causality has a beginning is the same as asking if a circle has an edge. So, people invariably are left with giving adjectives: the Omni-somethings. And even with the purported "QUALITIES of GOD", one would still run into contradictions...and in order to explain without really explaining, theists invoke the word "MYSTERY".

It would be ridiculous for someone to say something about a god and that person is a self proclaimed ATHEIST . Not that its a bad thing nor a good thing , it just contradicts and what makes it more odd , the entire statement carries no validity yet it was displayed without flaws . Not that I stopped you from expressing it but its also rightful to label it as an absolute on your part. Why ? Because you stood firm on proclaiming it. That would be the irony of ironies.

In principle, anyone who doesn't believe in a particular God is an atheist. I mean there's not much difference between believing in the wrong God and not believing in the God(s) of any of these religions. There's about equal condemnation traditionally heaped on the following groups: Deists, Infidels, Heretics and Atheists. And yes, you can count me in.

Secondly, it isn't an irony for an atheist (although I would object to labels, personally) to say something about a God. I don't suppose you're familiar with the great intellectuals in history who are atheists and who had plenty to say about God. In the same way, it's not an irony for me to enjoy watching Harry Potter movies as a non-believer in the existence of Hogwarts.

I did shows you the statements ( the highlighted red statement ).

Mao lage ni . This is the MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION hehehe . How did you know all of these ? Specially coming from you ? At least a waiver could be displayed and that is the basis why butted in . That is also the reason why I said YOU HAVE GOOD INPUTS NOW . Try to compare your very first statement and now , dako ang kalahian . At first , you are displaying ABSOLUTES like God talked to you and wants you tell us whats up, then karon you are displaying it but reminding us that this is "From what I understand" . The latter makes more sense specially coming from an ATHEIST . PLease do correct me if you are not kay all the while I have been labeling you as one based from previous interactions.

I hope your act of labeling is not to restrict what I can say.

The question "How did I know all of these?" suggests either a difficulty in following a rather simple train of thought or you are just interpreting my statements as expression of arrogance. I'm very sorry you feel that way, but making statements that disagrees with your worldview shouldn't be taken as arrogance. The omission of phrases "From what I understand" or "In my opinion" shouldn't be construed as arrogance either. This is almost tantamount to nitpicking...which I hope is beneath you.

From where I come from , we believed in FREEWILL , from what you are trying to point out , you are implying now about FATE and DESTINY masked as the " DIVINE PLAN " which is entirely against what Christians believed in. I said Christians rather than theist because HINDUISM believes in Karma and REINCARNATION.

Care to enlighten me on what you mean by "Divine Plan" as a Christian?

This is not what I disagree about , I did not at all disagree with you , I merely questioned your position why you have those statements and what is the validity of it.

No nothing at all . You are good , you are intelligent and smart. This is only between your ideas and mine . Purely discussions lang ta diri sir.

Well, discussions would be more interesting and stimulating if there's an exchange instead of questioning motives. It's like playing tennis and asking why the other player made a serve and then calling him "ironic" and "atheist". You're supposed to get the ball to the other side of the court. Game, set, serve....stop asking why I say what I say...hehehe

Peace, @spring.

[reyscott1968]

Prayers are always answered , its juts that we are not expecting it the way we intended our wishes for.

That is why , there is something what we call , " BLESSINGS in DISGUISE " .

nice one....

[kageron]

mangadji ra tingali og ting kaon ingon ani pajud

bless ass oh.....etc etc etc