Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 6/24/2025 2:56 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Fri, 30 May 2025 11:20:07 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:
 

What you describe is called the instrumentalist view of prayer.
(if only you pray enough you deserve a reward)
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AFAIK the catholic church is firmly against all this,
but some kinds of American protestants still firmly believe in it,

 Not the ones I know.... one of the key facets of Protestantism is
personal dependance on the grace of God on a daily basis. And that the
volume of one's own prayers doesn't enter into it as one simply cannot
bludgeon God into doing something. (I've actually heard that argument
made)

Reminds me of this recent Oglaf webcomic:
https://www.oglaf.com/sponsor/
Warning. Most Oglaf strips are wildly NSFW. This is one of the few
SFW ones.
pt