It's a Great Day for the World!

[Rakaia]

Mockery of someone else's beliefs when they don't align with your [lack of] belief is not a good look.

Is this a race to the bottom?

 

[MACKTEXAS]

To have the wisdom to know the difference between the things I can and cannot control.

I didn't think you were in favor of prayer. Maybe I was mistaken.

Either way, thank you for quoting a portion of the Serenity Prayer. The entire prayer is below.

God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time,
enjoying one moment at a time.
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as he did, the sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that he will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

—Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971

 

[Lara]

A prayer sent to our intelligent designer and creator is helpful for the things we cannot control...no?

 

[Rakaia]

I didn't think you were in favor of prayer. Maybe I was mistaken.

Either way, thank you for quoting a portion of the Serenity Prayer. The entire prayer is below.

God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time,
enjoying one moment at a time.
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as he did, the sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that he will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

—Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971

I can see the wisdom in the first verse and that alone is a source of comfort. Yes I'm cherry picking.

 

[Rakaia]

A prayer sent to our intelligent designer and creator is helpful for the things we cannot control...no?

Do people still believe in the concept of intelligent design?

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I can see the wisdom in the first verse and that alone is a source of comfort. Yes I'm cherry picking.

Maybe you can also find some comfort in the start of the second verse as well - this part:
"Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time."

By the way, I was sorry to find your new thread posted just moments ago.

 

[MarkD]

A prayer sent to our intelligent designer and creator is helpful for the things we cannot control...no?

Sure but it need not be a wish-list for God. Petitionsry prayer may not be its best use.

 

[CallMeKate]

Do people still believe in the concept of intelligent design?

Sometimes I wonder (this is my personal belief, so mock away at will) how elderly people with their remaining time on earth diminishing so rapidly can *not* believe in the concept.

 

[Lara]

Do people still believe in the concept of intelligent design?

If the intelligent designer and creator is God, and I believe He is, then yes of course.

 

[Messy]

I can't find anywhere in the thread that anyone has said we should pray for war. Praying for "Thy will be done, Thy Kingdom come" yes. God has a plan to rid the world of sin. He's not a happy camper about all the sin.

I was thinking of Paula White who cheated with Benny Hinn and let her man preach that you should watch porn to spice up your marriage. She prays and lays hands on and then you get the imbecile 'doctor' pic and my normal christian mom listens to this nonsense and thinks he's sent by God.

 

[Jackie23]

My only hope for an answer to this constant chaos and wars, constant lies and corruption and total madness will be in the voting booth...people are fed up and all the polls are looking good for this to happen.....hopefully the very real push to interfere with American citizens' right to vote (to hold on to power) will fail.