I do seem to recall -- from 'way back in the days when I was getting religious instruction -- that God would, indeed, grant requests made in prayer. There was a trick to it, though, and that was to get the wording exaaaaactly right. He seemed to be fond of granting what the mark was praying for, but with an unpleasant twist. Kinda like, "Okay, you prayed that Uncle Harry wouldn't die, so I'll grant the request ... so he'll be in a coma for ten years."
This was taught to us by way of getting us not to pray that way, but it did make it seem that God acted like the Marx Brothers. With a really twisted sense of humor.
You mean sort of like those stories about asking for wishes from djinni or efreeti's?
This was taught to us by way of getting us not to pray that way, but it did make it seem that God acted like the Marx Brothers. With a really twisted sense of humor.
If God id supernaturally intelligent and powerful, then wouldn't his sense of humor also be supernaturally well developed ;) I'm sure nobody appreciates a good gag like God.