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Unanswered Prayers
In Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Voices of Disbelief. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 118–122 (2009)
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Christine Overall ‐ unanswered prayers going blind ‐ always been a fear of mine God cares about me and will help me God answers children's prayers ‐ just as he answers adults' prayers kneeling by the bedside ‐ Christopher‐Robin style understanding one can speak to God anywhere at any time talking to God inside one's head, every night after the lights turned out God ‐ not even responding indirectly “just talking”sort of prayer ‐ prayers being requests and beseechings case for disbelief ‐ what philosophers call argument from evil
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