Not all religions are created equal. To narrow our search, we should rule out any dead religions. Most of the people in the world are adherents of dead religions. Their gods dont answer their prayers, and aren't expected to. If a god is silent, it is a good indication that he doesn't exist...
There are laws that even God must abide by. I suppose that if someone did something like regrow an arm, you would still pass it off as due to science, or call it an unsubstantiated fable. Our lack of knowledge concerning the attributes of God does not prove anything, except our own ignorance.
I agree with you; I rather think it is more a lesson on clean living, than effective prayer, but then again I was diagnosed with a terminal disease - 19 years ago.
That isn't quite true; I'll bet you have seen your mother bake a pie, or your father build a fence or some such contrivance. Organization is a sign of intelligence at work. Now if you are talking creation out of nothing, then I am with you 100%.
There is no question that Joseph Smith was charged with a crime; but the fees prove it was just a hearing, and not a trial. It never went to trial. No jury was ever called and no conviction was ever entered.
Total nonsense. You should try getting your information from a non-biased source. In 1826 he was arrested on charges of "glass looking". He was given a hearing before a judge. Witnesses were called. The witnesses testified that he could actually do the things that he claimed to do. The...
There are some well publicized events that fall just short of that. Mary Johnson had a use-less withered arm when she went to see the Mormon prophet. Joseph Smith commanded that her arm be made whole. Who has that kind of confidence? Apparently he did, and the arm was made whole. She...
There are people who believe, from their own experience, that prayer can be predictably counted on. I rely on prayer to give me answers to my questions. I am rarely disappointed. Some people are better at praying than others. Studies on prayer are mixed; some show an advantage and others do not.
Gravity is a good case in point. Few would argue that gravity does not exist. Yet no one has proposed why two objects would be attracted to each other. There are no obvious strings, and no pressure in the empty space pulling things together. It is common, yet extraordinary at the same time...
Which of course is fine as well. I would hope that compelling evidence would be given, and that you would be open to receiving it. In my experience, atheists tend to find excuses to ignore all evidence, such that you could give them a mountain of evidence, but none of it would meet their...