Steve,

"Hmm. Right. So if you *don't* go into your room, etc., do I take it that the Father will withold rewards? So, if you want rewarding, just go into your room, etc. ... No need to actually ask for favours then!"

There are probably better critiques than this which indicate an attempt to acknowledge context and which at least pretend to have investigated what is meant by 'rewards'.

That is a whole discussion in itself which has less to do with Science, observation and testing than with English comprehension.


The point of me posting that verse was to draw attention to the fact that the idea of Christians praying to a personal God for favours is a straw man.

Praying for favours is not a Christian pursuit.

Humility is, and so is giving thanks.

Do you feel humbled by the Universe?

I do.

Do you feel grateful for the opportunity to experience it?

I do.

Most of all, I am both humbled and grateful for the honour of being my daughters father and for the life defining love that connects us.

When I feel that love, I feel that there is a God.