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Ideas for Machamer,P/Darden,L/Craver,C, Myles F. Burnyeat and Epicurus

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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

14527	If god answered prayers we would be destroyed, because we pray for others to suffer [Epicurus]
	Full Idea: If god acted in accordance with the prayers of men, all men would rather quickly be destroyed, since they constantly pray for many sufferings to befall each other.
	From: Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE])
	A reaction: [source Maximus the Abbott 'Gnom.' 14]