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Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
"Prayer" is an offense to any notion of an omnipotent diety with a supreme plan. The prayer is second-guessing the supreme plan and in doing so, challenges the supremacy of the diety.
Prayers for thanks are similarly pointless - if the manner of events transpiring was ordained by such powerful and infallable divine decree, why be thankful for it? It would have happened regardless of whether we're "thankful" for it or resentful of it.
I'll stop now. . . 
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I'm not christian, and have not real faith in practice, but isn't the idea behind the christian god that he/she gave people free will? to create and/or destroy as they choose? Basically, I didn't think there was a supreme plan or divine decree? And, really people are hoping (see: praying) for some moral guidance from what is deemed a higher power? and giving thanks (see: praying) for any unseen help they got?
personally, I take everything I do as me own decision. I pay the cost if there is one, but claim the reward as my own for the rest!
It takes a long time, but god dies too,
but not before he sticks it to you.