* Proof for the Existence of God is Found in Prayer! ~ Loving God, Please Confuse Me ...

How can it be that for thousands of years every nation has prayed to their particular brand of god for global peace, an end to world hunger, and everything else under the sun to no avail. And when, e.g., war and disasters strike, the 'faithful' thank their god for 'his' mercy that they were spared his wrath intimating that their god created the chaos and that they are somehow special having escaped what others suffered in their deaths, rapes, and maimings. "God's ways are higher than our ways," they say, "Glory be to God," and, "Who can know the mind of God?" Yet, in their nonsense, they do.

And then there is the prayer that god change the evil ways of people while asking for forgiveness, relinquishing the god of responsibility, after all.

PRAYER TO END THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ
by Art Laffin

Loving God,

We beg your forgiveness for the war that the U.S. is waging against the Iraqi people,for destroying Iraq's infrastructure by massive bombings, for using highly toxic weapons that contaminate Iraqi land and water, and are causing major increases in cancers among children.

Forgive us for imposing economic sanctions that have killed over one million Iraqis, mostly children.

Forgive us for placing oil interests above human welfare.

Heal us of our moral blindness and fill our hearts with love.

Help us to renounce all killing, to stop demonizing our adversaries, to value all life as sacred, and to see the Iraqi people as our brothers and sisters.

Empower us to engage in nonviolent action to end this slaughter of the innocents.

O God, make us channels of your peace and reconciliation. Amen

We know that God exists when our prayer for confusion is answered.