Comments on: Prayer vs. Google

By: cipher

cipher — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:53:05 +0000

At which point we must also use discernment to decipher the truth from deception.

Uh, huh. You may want to try it sometime.

By: Parker

Parker — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:57:40 +0000

hmm....Google, can you cure my urinary tract infection, please?Wow! It worked...

By: Creepy

Creepy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:41:34 +0000

“Nothing fails like prayer.”

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:31:45 +0000

Pray for porn!

By: Ghost of Minnesota

Ghost of Minnesota — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:36:20 +0000

They had me at “There are some questions that Google just can’t answer”…

…but then they totally lost me.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:33:11 +0000

For some people, “the answer” to any question is not accurate information, it’s the reaffirmation of their preconceived notions or the appeasing of their fears. If they don’t get one or both of those, they feel that they didn’t get their answer.

By: Paolo

Paolo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:38:50 +0000

Well, I have to admit I like this sign! Maybe prayers can give me the lyrics of this song, since google can't...

By: Reed Braden

Reed Braden — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:49:29 +0000

Jason, Google does answer questions: What is the number of horns on a unicorn? What is the answer to life, the universe and everything? How frequent is, "Once in a blue moon?" A donkey on the road to Azerbaijan travels 42 kilometres before keeling over dead, how many Smoots did he travel? What is 4+1?

By: jason

jason — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:29:02 +0000

I was under the impression [or misconception] that Google doesn’t really answer questions, but rather point us to the resources which can!!!

At which point we must also use discernment to decipher the truth from deception.

Prayer can work much the same way. To some, they get a feeling that God has given them an answer but they don’t test it to determine if the answer lines up with the absolute TRUTH found in God’s word.

Jason

By: mikespeir

mikespeir — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:23:34 +0000

I dunno. Google doesn’t do half bad. I’ve had a lot more success with it than I ever did with prayer.