Scathing remarks from Atheists

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Since the thread has deteriorated into the discussion of cannibalism, time to inject some new life into it. Ambrose Bierce, the great American writer had a wonderful book titled the Devil’s Dictionary, in which the following entries appeared:

Pray (v.): To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.

Koran (n.): A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, but which Christians know to be a wicked imposture, contradictory to the Holy Scriptures.

And before anyone would get upset that these are caricatures… they are certainly sarcastic, but that does not make them incorrect. A good caricature can reveal much more than a dry, scholarly analysis. It is quite funny to see the indignant exclamation that something is a caricature… because it is the surefire indication that there is no valid, logical rebuttal to it. The cheap shot: “that does not deserve an answer, since it is just a carucature” only reveals the impotence of the poster.
 
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Pray (v.): To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.
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That is a poor definition of prayer. Prayer does not change God or the will of God because God is perfect, and as such, cannot change (Mal. 3:3). Prayer can, however, change the person who is praying, and may “trigger” a preordained dispensation from God. This is because God can and does will people to be saved, and so prayers that are conducive to salvation get answered, and this may involve such a dispensation from the ordinary course of the universe.

There are times when the physical laws governing, say, lotto balls conflict with God’s will that, say, an atheist be saved. When that happens God may permit the salvation of the atheist to take precedent over the laws of physics.

However, most people do not need to win the lotto in order to be saved, and winning the lotto may in fact be harmful to the salvation of most people, and so I don’t recommend trying this at home.​
 
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