> As one example, they love to see the difference that faith has made in the lives of people they know.
While this is true... it's true of virtually *every* religion ever dreamed up. This means that either all religions are true (a logical impossibility given the mutually exclusive nature of the big ones), or faith is simply another mental mechanism.
> one perspective might be the pertinent one to correcting the problem.
Correct. A plane crashes on takeoff. Turns out the plane was on the wrong runway. There are suspicions the pilots were drunked up. Might there be a proper perspective to examine this issue?
If you don't believe in God, then why are you so concerned with a request for prayer thread?
I would respectfully ask you to please stop badgering the people of faith who have so kindly responded. God bless you.
I've been down that route myself. (Telling myself, "There are so many world religions, how can just one be correct?")
I was about 24 when I had that bright idea and I held to it for quite a while.
Then I realized that all we know, from the "successes" of so many religions, is that Providence (i.e., God) shines on all His children.
God's love of all His children is totally independent of God's preference for us to worship Him in a particular way.
Even if we aren't worshipping Him the way He prefers, we see evidence of His love. That's one of the ways that many people are drawn to Him.
The more we become aware of His love, the more we look for His suggestions of ways to do things; the more we try to worship Him, thank Him, praise Him, and beseech Him in the way He wants.
It's a humbling experience, submitting to reality -- whether scientific reality or spiritual reality.
There's more than one perspective to look at anything in life.
One perpective examines human error.
Scientists have often disagreed on very important issues. (Still do.)
Does that mean all scientists are correct?
Does that mean all scientists are wrong?
"I known them all. I am right; again."