discuss You cannot petition the lord with prayers

[Yama]

If you listen to The Doors you probably know about this. If you don't know The Doors let me explain. You cannot petition the lord with prayers is a song by The Doors, written, composed and sang by the front man Jim Morrison. Now, let's talk about what exactly did Jim Morrison mean when he said "You cannot petition the lord with prayers"

 

[Harsh World]

I had to YouTube this to see what the context he said this in.

Supposedly, Jim Morrison had a church preacher or teacher who stated that you can petition the Lord with prayer. In the "song" above, Jim Morrison affirms that you cannot petition the Lord with prayer.

I would tend to agree with Jim Morrison's take that you cannot petition the Lord with prayer 99.99% of the time. There are rules that the Lord put out, and it is not a democracy to change his mind with petitions on how those rules will affect the consequences of actions. For instance, the Lord already stated, in the 10 Commandments, "Thou shalt not kill." I don't believe the Lord would budge with a petition of a billion people to strike that to unjustly or unlawfully kill.

The other 00.01% of me believes that one can petition the Lord, or at least I want to believe so, in some instances. I would like to believe with prayer, in the instance of 100% certainty, in one's last minutes on the deathbed, one could petition the Lord to take away the pain and suffering, and that be granted to go out peacefully.

These are just two extreme examples of petitioning the Lord, and my interpretation of why a preacher would say it, versus why someone would believe that you can't. Perhaps, Jim Morrison doesn't believe that the 00.01% is possible, and that's fine.

I'm writing this from an agnostic perspective, as I am agnostic, but have a grasp on many different religious beliefs.

 

[Yama]

As far as I know Jim Morrison was not agnostic. I think he said somewhere that spirits of "dead Indians" leaped into his soul I believe he did not believe in Christianity. When he wrote that song, maybe he was mocking people who go to Church to prays. I am religious and I believe you cannot petition the lord with prayers. God is not going to change laws just because you asked. God has no interest in human life, he is too busy with the universe.