Okay, so the evolution topics kind of led me to this. I'm often troubled by things I hear in church, the main thing being God's desire for us to pray about everything. Pastors (I've heard it from at least two) say that God wants us to pray about not hitting red lights, and praying that milk will be on sale, or praying for a parking spot. Why? This completely confuses me. Why would God want to trivialize himself like that?
Secondly, I've heard a lot of people say that all you have to do is accept God, or accept Jesus or whatever (depending on denomination) before you die. Of course, there's more to it, but that's the basic jist of what's necessary to be saved. Why? It seems to me that God would care for those who have lived a life of morallity than simply those that believe in him. I mean, it seems kind of arrogant of him.
Thirdly, the statement "The lord works in mysterious ways" just pisses me off. Even forgetting the fact that we were created (or evolved into
) his form, this still seems like BS. I just dislike this statement. It's so close to the whole "God has a plan for everyone", or "God had something better in mind for you"....Well, then, why pray?
Okay, I don't think I phrased any of this very well, but I just wanted to get some different discussion going...other than just evolution and the validity of the bible.
Cheers,
Enzo