About praying...

Someone I knew from school is a 'friend' on Facebook. While she's not technically a 'friend' anymore after 35 years, she's somewhat friendly. She posted the following statement as her Facebook status: "Pray to end abortion today".

This is not going to be about abortion. We all have our beliefs, and so be it. This is going to be the response I would like to send, but won't. She has the right to her opinion, and the right to voice that opinion. I'm not going to hammer her in public. Or maybe I'll change my mind someday. Here it is:

How's that working out for you? It's been since 1973 that Christians have been praying to end abortion... how come it hasn't happened yet? The bible says that god will answer prayers...

John 16:23 has Jesus saying "I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name." In Matthew 21:22, Jesus tells his followers: "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." And Mark 11:24 says the same. Matthew 7:7 continues the bribery by attributing this unfulfillable statement to Jesus: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you", and so does Luke in 11:9. How does this compare to reality?

Matthew 18:19 goes further by saying: "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven."

Well, it's fair to say that MORE THAN TWO christians have prayed to end abortion. In fact, it must be the most prayed about topic among all believers (along with winning the lotto). But abortion is still legal and still happening. Does it really take 40 years and millions of abortions for god to get around to answering all these prayers?

Why pray "today"? Praying up until yesterday has resulted in absolutely nothing! Why pray at all? If there's an omnipotent god, surely he knows what's going on. Every abortion happens by the express consent of god. And if god allows people to act on their free will, and will punish those who offend him, and the souls of the aborted fetuses are in heaven, then what the hell are you so upset about? It all sounds like god's plan. Who are you to beg for him to change his plans? He could have ended it any time he wanted to... no need for all this pathetic man-made legislation!

START THINKING! This is EVIDENCE. Explicit claims were made in the bible, and they have proven to be false. The reason why abortion-- the most prayed-about issue of our time-- continues to occur is that there is no one listening to your prayers. Heaven has no ears to hear, no hands to help. It's just cold, empty sky, people!