Prayer Challenge Update

Mark L. Bakke errancy@infidels.org
Sun, 02 May 1999 12:45:44 -0400 (00925681544, 372C8138.A279B484@bakkster.com) 


>  REV. BAKKE

> 

>  About a month ago, I posted a message here mentioning a prayer challenge

>  that I had made on my web site (and in private e-mail) to a debate

>  opponent.  In short, I challenged my opponent to prove that God exists

>  and that the believer will receive what he prays for by praying that God

>  would reveal himself to me in an undeniable way prior to 01 May 99. . .

>  Well, friends, the first of May has now come and gone and no revelation

>  has taken place.  I guess that one of two things has happened.  Either

>  God isn't out there or he doesn't listen to the prayers of those who

>  believe in him.

> ===============

> Joe Alward:

> 

> Now, hold on there.  The way I read it, your friend's god acted just the way

> his Bible said he would:

> 

> 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,

> and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

> 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep

> thee:  11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou

> dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is

> said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.


REV. BAKKE
My prayer challenge is not directed at God, nor does it seek to tempt or
cajole God into doing anything.  It asks a believer in God to pray that
God will be revealed to a person who would gladly accept him if such a
revelation were to take place.  Since Xianity claims that God will be
revealed to all who seek him and since it also says that God answers the
prayers of those who believe in him, my prayer challenge is a way to
find out whether or not any of that is true.  It also eliminates any
possibility that I might be lying about any efforts which may or may not
be made on my part.
The challenge is simple, it asks nothing other than what Xianity claims
God already wants to happen, and it requires nothing more than the truth
of Xian doctrine in order to be met successfully.  The challenge has
failed yet again.  I submit that the challenge will *always* produce a
negative result.  The reason is simple -- the Xian God does not exist.

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