There is no valid reason to believe that prayer to God yields results.

Now it seems my opponent's argument can be divided into three sections 1. The story of the man and the flood Establishing that sometimes you have to work for what you want in order for the Lord to help you with a prayer 2. The Milk Jug In this contention Pro maintains that every single prayer answered is coincidence and links to this video . http://www.youtube.com... Pro says that this refutes every single example I gave 3. Why Won't God heal amputees question Pretty Self explanatory Pro asks "why won't God heal amputees? " Now the only contention that Pro gives that seems to directly clash with my position is 2. No other contention given directly contradicts what I have said. 1, I am not sure what he was trying to establish with that and it seems he was just trying to lead into argument 2. As for 3 it is completely irrelevant if I can show that God has answered a prayer to him, the question is interesting but doesn't matter if I can provide an example that God has validly answered a prayer. 1. Again, I am unclear what point Pro was trying to make with this contention as I accept that yes sometimes you do have to do your part in order to get what you want from prayer and God, he often does not just hand us things on a silver platter. i. e. In "My grandfather's paycheck" I don't think that if my grandfather had not looked throughly throughout the house for the paycheck before praying he would've found it. 2. I am going to save the best for last 3. As I proved before this was completely irrelevant 2. Back so soon wow, So "My Sister" so even though every single doctor and nurse and medical professional said that my sister would die she still made it, jat93 says it was just purely coincidental. Fine, that could work as an explanation, Doctors aren't perfect and infallible, they are not God so okay let's say that one was coincidence. "My Grandfather's Paycheck" okay so this one Pro again dismisses as coincidence. So even though my Grandfather would not have looked in a million years under that particular rock (they had dozens of them in their garden) and he just happened to find it right after he prayed, it was all just coincidence, just like the last one. "My Friend" Even though I had did not put in the slightest what I was going to and I just happened to say what turned out to be the right thing my opponent contends, it doesn't matter how much evidence you present it is all just coincidence. Now my opponent said. "The patient has terminal cancer. He prays to God and either - the patient makes a speedy recovery. God indirectly (as in he didn't come down from heaven and appear to him personally)" This leads me to my final example "The First Vision", I would like it to be noted that Pro has raised no contention as to the validity or truthfulness of this when he had the chance, and as such accepts it happened. Now in this instance God did personally come down and answer this young man's question. I mean this with no disrespect but if you honestly believe that God the Father and the Son both just happen to appear to the person praying to them for guidance, and they directly answer the question the person of prayer is asking, again no disrespect but you must be daft (or an O. J. Simpson trial juror :-) ). So in conclusion I have provided an example where a prayer to God has yielded results and God has answered the prayer. This establishes the precedent the God answers prayers. Which follows that there is a valid reason to believe God answers prayers. Just as a last parting gift these sources link to scientific studies that prayer works. . http://www.secularhumanism.org... . http://www.proofgodexists.org... . http://1stholistic.com... I thank jat93 for this debate and hope this has been enlightening.