COSMO@TRIUMFER (02/13/90)
> One team wins, of course. The player on that team thanks God > for answering his prayer in the affirmative. The other is > disappointed, thinking that God answered his prayer in the > negative. > Is this a fair conclusion, or did God find the request > frivolous and allow the outcome to follow without His > intervention? Ya ya, you do like to stir it up, don't you. You realize, of course, that now megabytes of bla bla are going to fly about to the tune of: 1) Of course it was frivolous, people should only pray for what's important, whereupon it will branch: a) Oh no, it's okay to pray for trivial things... b) Oh yes, people should only pray for important things... 2) Only God knows their hearts, so maybe one of them was more spiritual that the other, 3) God's plan is big and mysterious, and maybe He was answering one guy's prayer by letting him lose the game (teach him humility etc). You watch. Why do you ask such a question when you know there cannot be a resolution to it? Peace David