Bob,

Here are some comments from the prayer request thread, ( by the way, I have no problems with prayer requests).

“If God allowed the fires, what good will it do to ask Him to stop them?”

“Great question, Bud. I've asked this question and others similar to it countless times. Job in the Bible asked these types of questions to God when God allowed disaster upon disaster to come against Job's family. Prayers often seem futile. Very often; more often than not I would say. And yet we are challenged to bring our requests before Him. I'm not saying that I understand God and His ways. If I could really comprehend that then He could be contained in my or others' understanding of Him and frankly that would be a god not worth believing in in my opinion. I couldn't really look to Him to fix my brokenness or to be my source of hope, if I could really understand everything about Him.

It's really a great question.”

“Because we are fallen.

ALL of us.”

“Excuse me! Scott started this thread asking for prayer by those so inclined. Seems to me that those not so inclined should have tuned out then.

Scott then answered Rubberball's question regarding the need for prayer. All in the context of the original post. If Scott started the thread, he has every right to handle it as he sees fit.

Is the very mention of God so upsetting? I would hope not.”

By anyone’s standards, that’s a religious discussion. Now rubberball felt compelled to throw in some snide comments, which Scott misunderstood as a legitimate question.

Please hold the derogatory comments. Once again, contention isn’t the purpose of this thread. Clarification is the purpose.

Bob
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