The Logical Flaw of Prayers

[tolu619]

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

tolu619 said:
Another thing I should point out. The OP makes the "prayer" sound like "asking God for stuff" and that's wrong. Prayer is communication. Communication is a two way thing. You talk, He talks. It's usually when one is praying that he hears from God. In fact, sometimes God may want to tell you stuff but you can't hear Him unless you do some serious praying. God was already talking to Moses, why did Moses still have to seclude himself on a mountain to converse with God properly? Why are there things you can't tell some people (or they can't tell you) unless you two are alone? Again, I speak from personal experience, as well as the experiences of those around me, and the Bible.

You are looking at it from an understandable point of view (which I believe Jay also brought up), where the actual prayer is a way of showing God that you trust Him.

However, "Thy will be done" remains the optimal prayer. God has the perfect will and knows what is best for everyone. Trying to work against it is a bad idea (like for example asking Him to feed the poor, as mentioned in the OP), because you cannot possibly know whether God wants certain parts of the world to starve or not.

       You may also not have realized that God can, and does change his mind concerning things sometimes. He created us so he would have someone to "hangout" with, not someone to command around.