What If God Won't Answer My Prayers? I'm Thinking About Switching Religions

I sympathize with you, God hasn't answered a lot ofthan I was two years ago.
my prayers and I don't really know what the reasonHere's what I'm going to suggest and it might sound
is behind this. I have heard so many people tell mea little harsh, but if your religion is promising you that
that all I need to do is pray and my prayers will beyou will have a better life or other things, and all that
answered. I have been praying for many years andis required for you to do, is simply to believe in your
things just don't seem to be working out that good.religious text or even your god or gods, I would start
So why won't God answer my prayers? I'm a nicethinking about alternative religions.
person, do everything that my religion tells me to doPut them to the test and if they can't provide
and yet I'm not making any progress and I ampositive results, I would start shopping for a new
starting to become irritated. I'd even been thinkingreligion. If your god isn't going to answer your
about switching to another religion, one that promisesprayers, what would it hurt to actually try out a
that they can actually deliver what I'm asking for.couple of different religions?
Here's an example of something that I have prayedI even got a better idea, why don't you go down to
for in the past and have never received and I'm sureyour library and gather some more information about
that most people have done something similar to this.all the religions around the world and then pick one. It
I simply prayed to, "Have more money andwould be like a buffet with all the religions in the
happiness." A simple little prayer, but I'm not receivingworld on the table, and you get to pick the best one.
any more money and don't seem to be any happier