As written in another thread:
If a guy is sick for a long time, he pray and he recover , they
will think that it is unbelievable and god has really answered
their prayer.
If a guy is sick for a long time, he pray and he still die, they
will think that god has a reason for doing everything and he has
gone to heaven to join god.
Do you find it fishy in such kind of thinking. It seems that
whether or not the prayer is answered, the belief in god will
strengthen if the prayer is answered and remain the same if the
prayer is not answered.
Anyway, in the first case, people who have their prayer answered
attribute their cause to god. However in science, psychology and
philosophy, casuality is not proved in such casual matter.
From this we can induce the nature of christian belief. For every
good things that happens when praying and worshipping is done, it
will seen as a miracle and evidence of god existence.
For everything that does not turn out good, it does not lead to a
reduction of belief. Instead, it is explain in terms that god has a
reason for everything.