If you know god, then what?

Rich said:
There are roughly 2.3 billion Christians in the world. If even 75% of them say a single prayer each day, that adds up to about 1.7 billion prayers daily—nearly 72 million every hour. It’s hard to imagine any entity processing that much simultaneous input. For me, the scientific explanation seems more coherent than the faith-based one
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If one believes in God, creator of the world and all it holds, and the universe itself, surely they would accept that he could process more simultaneous input than Google.
 
Jim M said:
It took a while to repair because even in 1980 the engine, a Hallscott, overhead cam, horizontally mounted in-line 6 cylinder engine, was obsolete even then. I took me about 3 months of Saturdays to get all of them up to par. When I felt they were, I took a Saturday off. The next Saturday when I showed up to the Church to make some checks, the pastor call me in his office and said, "I want you to take your tools home with you. You said you'd be here every Saturday and you didn't show up last Saturday."
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Wow.
First church I went to there was a guy who very often lead the worship. He was always so happy and enthusiastic. 2 years later or so I saw him while I was biking. I had gone to another church. He had left church altogether because he had to wear a tie and he didn't so he wasn't allowed to sing anymore. Unbelievable.
 
When I was young, I went to church every time the door was open so to speak. Outside of the few that were the churches gossips, most of the congregation was nice. What turned me off about church back then is, the elders wanted to do the thinking for you and tell you how you're supposed to think and act.

I kind of blew that off until a certain evangelist came to our church and not once, not twice, but three times he drug me down to the altar. I do not know why. I was a good teenager back then (he should have seen me after I left the church and started sowing a few wild oats!) I think evangelists are like cops, they must have a quota system. He literally turned me against going to church. Even today (after 50+ years), I could pick him out of a line up and I can still smell his foul breath as he was dragging me down to that alter.

Several years went by after that, that I did not attend church. I just recently this past year started going back to church with a different denomination. The congregation is friendly, and they don't try to push their beliefs on you. They preach from the Bible and leave it for you to decide what you feel drawn to believe in.
 
TeePee said:
When I was young, I went to church every time the door was open so to speak. Outside of the few that were the churches gossips, most of the congregation was nice. What turned me off about church back then is, the elders wanted to do the thinking for you and tell you how you're supposed to think and act.

I kind of blew that off until a certain evangelist came to our church and not once, not twice, but three times he drug me down to the altar. I do not know why. I was a good teenager back then (he should have seen me after I left the church and started sowing a few wild oats!) I think evangelists are like cops, they must have a quota system. He literally turned me against going to church. Even today (after 50+ years), I could pick him out of a line up and I can still smell his foul breath as he was dragging me down to that alter.

Several years went by after that, that I did not attend church. I just recently this past year started going back to church with a different denomination. The congregation is friendly, and they don't try to push their beliefs on you. They preach from the Bible and leave it for you to decide what you feel drawn to believe in.
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I haven't gone to church in years. Lately I found one and was finally ike: yes! Great kind couple, lovely people, prayer, good preachings, everything was great and then their son preached. I'm too old for that nonsense. 30 y o kid starts to bark. They're African. The dad only spoke English and his wife translated and he talked way too quick but okay, she was fine with it. The son did the same. He kept yelling and she had to hurry up to translate it all to Dutch. Hello. That's your mother and then some accusive barking. Bye. I pray along with an African church in Africa online with a lovely woman, but for the rest neh. It's always either boring or crazy.
 
Rich said:
There are roughly 2.3 billion Christians in the world. If even 75% of them say a single prayer each day, that adds up to about 1.7 billion prayers daily—nearly 72 million every hour. It’s hard to imagine any entity processing that much simultaneous input. For me, the scientific explanation seems more coherent than the faith-based one
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Having to spend time to listen
to about 1.7 billion prayers daily—nearly 72 million every hour.
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might explain why so many aren't experiencing this.

Jeremiah 29:11: This well-known verse states, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
 

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