A friends Facebook status reads "Note to self: Study less. Pray more."...

[armyowalgreens]

:wtf:

I'm pretty sure praying that one learns the material is less valuable than actually learning the material.

They are in for a rude awakening when God doesn't answer their prayers.

[rockymountaindem]

1. Praying doesn't take long

I see no reason why your friend can't do both.

[Mojambo]

10. Except that she seems to be indicating she'll be giving up studying (Less) to pray (More) n/t

[Sanity Claws]

2. Depends on what you mean by pray

If the friend meant saying prayers and asking for God's help in passing a test, I agree that he'll get slapped silly by reality.
However, if by praym he means never losing sight of his spiritual side and keeping in touch with the Creator, then he might have a point. There is more to life than just studying and working on the material plane.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. Sounds like the Republican health care plan

Pray to Jesus you don't get sick.

That doesn't work either.

[TlalocW]

4. Reminds me of that old joke...

Little Boy praying before bed: And God, please make Phoenix the capital of Kansas.
Mom: Why do you want God to make Phoenix the capital of Kansas?
Little Boy: Because that's what I put on my Geography test today.

TlalocW

[Mimosa]

5. And this is (y)our business how?

Nice of you to use your 'friend's' Facebook post for a topic. *rolleyes*

[armyowalgreens]

7. It's my business because she made it my business.

If she wanted it to remain private, she wouldn't have posted it for everyone to see.

[darkstar3]

18. His(?) friend CHOSE to share with the world

a trite message on how they believe they can further their own quest for knowledge through prayer. IOW, this person turned their Facebook page into a church sign, and church signs may be commented on by any passers by. This is especially true in cases of anti-intellectualism.

Oh, I'm sorry, I guess us mean old atheists should just shut up and let you have your party...

[rd_kent]

19. When someone posts to facebook or another social network site

even here on DU, it becomes EVERYONE'S business. Don't you realize that? Just like your post became MY business.

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. I guess ignorance works for them. n/t

[ejpoeta]

8. whatever happened to god helps those who help themselves???

[Sal316]

20. That's just a saying...

...and there's no true scriptural support for it, either.

[thunder rising]

9. I guess this person wouldn't be a candidate as a Boeing Flight Systems Engineer ... and I'll bet he/

she is glad somebody studied like hell and prayed for luck just in case.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. It seems you haven't considered that this was a joke...

as in all he/she can do now is pray.

And, assuming it was not meant in jest,you no more know that God hasn't or won't answer the prayer as the prayer can be that it has or will be answered.

You might consider spending less time looking for ways to get angry about others' religion.

[armyowalgreens]

12. So you believe that praying for knowledge can work?

[JerseygirlCT]

13. Certainly. nt

[armyowalgreens]

14. That is utterly ridiculous.

[darkstar3]

17. Coming from someone who recently

provided such deep insight into what I would consider the more reasonable side of faith, I find this statement flabbergasting.

Study after long study has attempted to solve the riddle of prayer, and they tend to come up with the same thing: It's a placebo effect in health cases, and bears no more benefit in mental control or acuity than meditation.

And so, though I find the Facebook status just as trite as the statement 'Let go and let God', I will accept the following:

Prayer|meditation + study >= study alone

But of course, that's not what AOW's friend is saying.

I really hope no one here is trying to make the case that knowledge can be miraculously delivered.

[JerseygirlCT]

21. Not exactly

but the focused, meditative state that one finds in prayer can certainly make it easier to gain and maintain knowledge.

And I certainly think there are times when looking in boosts one's ability to see outside.

There's nothing miraculous about that, really.

[PassingFair]

22. So I suppose THIS never happens....

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

[darkstar3]

23. I know there's a joke here

but whatever it was, I missed it entirely.

[PassingFair]

25. Google "Men Who Stare at Goats"

It's MORE effective than praying!

[alp227]

15. yet another reason to reject religion and look up to humanism.

nt

[niyad]

16. reminds me of a bob hope comment after SCOTUS said no more prayers in public schools--

"gee, now the kids will actually have to study to pass their tests"

[moobu2]

24. Prayer is just an excuse not to do anything and this is a perfect example..

[TCJ70]

26. Perhaps this person feels their life is out of balance...

...between school/spiritual aspects and wants to return a perceived equilibrium.

[Meshuga]

27. I don't know your friend but

Couldn't this mean that she is trying to say she is giving up? I mean, there is a possibility that she is saying, "Fuck it! I am done studying. Now whatever happens happens."

[Odin2005]

28. LOL, that's pathetic.

I would have responded with a snappy retort! :rofl:

[Dorian Gray]

29. Maybe it was meant to be funny

[Taverner]

30. Just more proof that reason is the ultimate enemy of faith

Death to Faith!