Do you think there are lots of people praying as hard as they can every day for the bloodshed in Iraq to end?
825637
How do we know that "answered prayers" are illusions? We simply perform scientific experiments. We ask a group of believers to pray for something and then we watch what happens. What we find, whenever we test the efficacy of prayer scientifically, is that prayer has zero effect: \n\nIt does not matter who prays. \nIt does not matter if we pray to God, Allah, Vishnu, Zeus, Ra or any other human god. \nIt does not matter what we pray about. \nIf we perform scientific, double-blind tests on prayer, and if the prayers involve something concrete and measurable (for example, healing people with cancer), we know that there is zero effect from prayer. Every single "answered prayer" is nothing more than a coincidence. Both scientific experiments and your everyday observations of the world show this to be the case every single time.\n\nDon't hold your breath on Iraq.
67859
Some teens at my church went to ATF and I heard some of it. I agree there is a battle and it's not getting any better, but it's also not new. The war has been raging since the beginning, but by no means does that make it any less serious now. Just as those before us, we are called to fight the good fight. \n\nEph 6:12\n"For our struggle is not agianst flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms."\n\nEph. 6:17-18\n"Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. WIth this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
934340
I'm sure it will get better. We all go through rough spells in our lives. Why don't you pray?
1023010
nope, you have already proven yourself too smart to be one! LOL!\nseriously, they need many, many prayers.. they need to be saved.
985389
It is their belief and they are praying. If their prayers are yeilded it is good only and there is nothing wrong. At least we should understand and appreciate their good intentionand trying  for peacem, though there is no authantic evidance that prayers will stop war. Then why people all over the world inrespective of their religion and faith pray for something or other.
286718
Yes, and any other country where there are people willing to pray the Rosary every day as our Lady of Fatima requested for the conversion of sinners.Also to meditate on the life of Christ and a devotion in honor of the Virgin Mary.
756981
unfortunately no, he still has way too many followers who are looking to reinstate the "old" ways. Until the insurgents are gone, Iraq will still be a mess.
1036909
Yes.  \n\nThe debate over the reasons for being there and was it right or wrong really mean nothing now - it is done.\n\nNow the focus should be on providing the time and opportunity for the Iraqis to form and protect some form of stable government that is satisfactory to all the factions in the country.\n\nCan this happen?   Probably not.  I personally see little hope for a country where the religious leaders control the minds of the people as they do, have their own militias, and can murder the leader of a rival sect and get away with it.
1055862
Yes, pray everyday and ask for good leaders but also thank God for being blessed an American.
1174901
Hee Hee Hee! I do believe a lot of them are!....either drunk, high, mentally distubed, and /or possesed by the devil!.....The horrible things that many of the people say against God and His servants will be sorry one day when judgment day comes....but it will be too late for many of them! (Matt. 7: 13,14)
1187243
All extremists???? Definitely no. JIHAD is a "Holy War" they had launched. It won't stop. It's too inappropriate to say, but it is the same thing as "Hatred". It may even go on for generation. . . The only means to stop this is for the whole Islamic Community all over the world of moderate ideas to unite and SEND A STRONG MESSAGE and convince their extremists brothers that US has genuine intentions for the good of people in Iraq. They will listen to them because they have high regards to their elders. They will never listen to the others and to the bullets, rockets, missiles, etc.. (you name it). These extremists are very much willing to die for their belief.
1161135
We had 5 killed today! It isn't going to stop, and the Muslim world is a big one, and they don't view life the same as we do.\n\nThe Iraqi's don't even want us there.\n\nTime to go!! ANother great victory!\n\nDon't be surprised when we don't even get any of the oil Bush was after!
274171
May God be with them,,,, no one can help Iraq more than Iraq's people!
1003600
All i can say as a christian is that if this is true i would pay with my life to fight against such atrocity. I pray the Muslim people can pray to Allah at there place and way of choosing.
777521
Maybe. Depends on how things go over the next few months/years. Every day that passes is another day of peace or could be interpreted as another day to prepare for violence, etc.\nIts hard to know, sort of depends on how relations go in the next while.
318264
It isn't being dealt with at all,and won't be until the citizens have had enough, and clean-house. When it happens, as it must, I just hope it's done without bloodshed, but I doubt it. Those people up there aren't likely to give-up without a fight. They have had too much power for too long, and continue usurping more from the people, to which the power in this country lawfully belong.
723054
I so agree, nothings getting done over there except hundreds of people keep getting killed, there's no reason for us to be over there, your so right, we went there looking for nuclear weapons and they still haven't found any so enough already..haven't we lost enough of our soldiers?...we do need to back off and just declare peace before things get out of hand, till then let's just pray...God bless