12/17/09
Today I finished reading an awsome little essay by my favorite author, C.S. Lewis. It was a great examiniation of prayer. He sums things up very nicely stating some things such as: "Prayer is by definition, a request. Unvariable success with prayer would not prove the existence of God, it would prove something more like magic." How does one prove that a God exists? Richard Dawkins has said that the fact that God many times doesnt answer deserving, devout peoples prayers is good enough evidence that he doesnt exist. There certainly seems to be scriptures in the bible that talk about ever working prayer. But that cannot be what they mean because, "We see the greatest, most holy of petitioners in the garden of gathsemeny, praying 'Lord may this cup pass from me' yet his prayer is not answered. If prayer is a request, we must leave it up to a infinitely wise, and powerfull God to grant, or deny our prayer".
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