A Possible-Worlds Solution to the Puzzle of Petitionary Prayer
If the thing he prays for doesnt happen, then that is one more proof that petitionary prayers dont work; if it does happen, he will, of course, be able to see some of the physical causes which led up to it, and therefore it would have happened anyway, and thus a granted prayer becomes just as go...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2017]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 179-186 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Prayer of petition
/ Effectiveness
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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Summary: | If the thing he prays for doesnt happen, then that is one more proof that petitionary prayers dont work; if it does happen, he will, of course, be able to see some of the physical causes which led up to it, and therefore it would have happened anyway, and thus a granted prayer becomes just as good a proof as a denied one that prayers are ineffective. C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters |
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Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v9i1.1856 |