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Could The Virus Lead To A Spiritual Revival?
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'Something is stirring in the souls of millions presently under lockdown. The number of people searching for the word ‘prayer’ on Google ‘skyrocketed’ last month, doubling with every 80,000 new registered cases of coronavirus, according to a University of Copenhagen study. A Pew poll found that 55 per cent of Americans have prayed for an end to the pandemic. And no, it’s not only the Bible Belt: researchers reported that 15 per cent of those who ‘seldom or never pray’ and 24 per cent of those who do not belong to any religion have prayed about the virus.'
Have you prayed - even in the simplest of terms - for someone's health?
Have you prayed - even in the simplest of terms - for someone's health?
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Theland. I just wicki'd and found this brief description.
"Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the fundamental nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, between substance and attribute, and between potentiality and actuality."
So it's a bit of philosophy, not a dimension. I presume that it might decide that there is no spirituality, but I doubt if there'd be agreement among metaphysicians, because there is nothing to base their conclusions on other than the results of their sitting and thinking.
"Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the fundamental nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, between substance and attribute, and between potentiality and actuality."
So it's a bit of philosophy, not a dimension. I presume that it might decide that there is no spirituality, but I doubt if there'd be agreement among metaphysicians, because there is nothing to base their conclusions on other than the results of their sitting and thinking.
Naomi, I have not derailed the thread, I simply questioned an assumption from Atheist.
My apologies if you think I have diverted it.
I agree a good question.
I am reluctant to say any more because as you know, it invites some to call me delusional, or preaching.
And no, I am not claiming victimhood.
My apologies if you think I have diverted it.
I agree a good question.
I am reluctant to say any more because as you know, it invites some to call me delusional, or preaching.
And no, I am not claiming victimhood.
Those who have prayed, I wonder to whom they imagine they are praying? Is it the same deity, albeit with lots of different name? Or is there one god for the Christians, another for the Jews, yet another for the Muslims, several for the Hindus etc? I wonder if they all get together in a weekly meeting to decide which prayers to answer.
Prayer is one of those things which can never lose. If someone prays for something and it happens, the prayer was answered! It's a miracle. But if it doesn't happen, then it was god's will for it not to happen anyway, and it's not for us mere mortals to know the will of god.
It truly is a pile of bilhooks. It's turtles all the way down.
Prayer is one of those things which can never lose. If someone prays for something and it happens, the prayer was answered! It's a miracle. But if it doesn't happen, then it was god's will for it not to happen anyway, and it's not for us mere mortals to know the will of god.
It truly is a pile of bilhooks. It's turtles all the way down.
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