A Possible-Worlds Solution to the Puzzle of Petitionary Prayer

If the thing he prays for doesn’t happen, then that is one more proof that petitionary prayers don’t 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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Published in:European journal for philosophy of religion
Main Author: Parker, Ryan Matthew (Author)
Contributors: Rettler, Bradley (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2017]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Prayer of petition / Effectiveness
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
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Summary:If the thing he prays for doesn’t happen, then that is one more proof that petitionary prayers don’t 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
Contains:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v9i1.1856