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I think that it's clear from scripture that prayer can and does "change God's mind". But how does it do that? Well, people have been arguing about this for thousands of years; the best answer, it seems to me, is that God always knew that you were going to pray, and so he always planned on "changing his mind". But any issue about God's providence and human freedom is fraught with difficulty, this one no less than others.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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