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It's true. I was having a think about it today.
1) pray for something.
2) is it part of god's divine plan?
2a) yes > prayer is redundant
2b) no > prayer is futile
3) There is no purpose to prayer.
What I find most interesting here is that when you think of "pray" you think of "pay for something." That speaks volumes.
I agree. It's interesting that many people tend to jump right to that "prayer is begging god(s) for stuff" instead of "prayer is communicating with god(s)" or "prayer is giving thanks/celebration to god(s)."
It's true. I was having a think about it today. This is for Christians...just to be clear.
1) pray for something.
2) is it part of god's divine plan?
2a) yes > prayer is redundant
2b) no > prayer is futile
3) There is no purpose to prayer.
It's true. I was having a think about it today. This is for Christians...just to be clear.
1) pray for something.
2) is it part of god's divine plan?
2a) yes > prayer is redundant
2b) no > prayer is futile
3) There is no purpose to prayer.
I believe prayer is a means to communicate our thoughts, concerns, joys, thankfulness, and requests to our loving Father, Jehovah. The Bible shows God listens to sincere prayers, and answers them. Thus, I believe we can form a trusting friendship with God by talking to him often. A child who receives good gifts is usually not taught merely to feel gratitude, but to express thanks for good gifts. (Philippians 4:6,7) The Bible gives examples of persons whose lives were saved by their earnest prayers that God answered. I bet they didn't think prayers are futile. (Acts 12:5-11, Isaiah 38:1-5)
i.e., ...updated the original post a bit.
It's true. I was having a think about it today. This is for Christians...just to be clear.
There is no purpose to prayer.
Tis simple.I don't understand where others get off telling people about their own religion, Especially the mechanics of said religion when they in fact don't believe in said religion!
Ugh.
- then he doesn't know everything about prayer. A good bit of prayer is a plea and much of prayer that is praising the God is buttering the deity up and showing compliance which less directly says essentially "I am one of the good ones- I am worthy - be nice to me."If you think prayer is only to ask for something of God, Then you don't know anything about prayer.
Indeed a lot of prayers DO ask something from God.
- please help the poor in the world
- please fix my child's disease
- please show me a sign of what to do
- please guide me spiritually
- please help me score the winning goal in this evening's football match
- please give me strength
etc. etc. etc.
To claim that prayer isn't about asking God for "favours" is not completely honest.
Also, if God is all-knowing, you can never hope to say anything to it that it doesn't already know, so it is basically pointless.
However, as some of you have pointed out, prayer is about connecting one self with the deity, to have a personal relationship with it, and to feel better. And in this respect, prayer may have a function, but then only as a psychological mechanism to feel better.
What do you base this off?
What made you come to this conclusion?
(Sorry if I sound blunt, But I'm just curious)