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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a non-believer but find the idea of prayers from friends and others heartwarming. Asking for prayers is a way of telling someone else that your spirit hurts and you’re looking for love and community but not anything tangible. It’s also is a way of telling people that you’re going through a hard time without having to feel selfish about sharing your burdens with them. You and they know that they can’t do anything concrete for you, but offering up a prayer on your behalf lets you and them feel like something’s being done. My mom died recently, and I came to understand the social benefits of prayer in that process. Everyone knew that my mom was dying and even pain meds didn’t help. So my friends/family would say that they were praying for her and me, and just knowing that they cared enough to do that, and to check in and say that they were still praying, really “lifted me up”. So in addition to any perceived divine benefit, asking for prayers is a way of asking your community to share their love and affection with you. Even as a non-believer in God, I find it very meaningful that someone is praying for me.[/quote] Would you have got similar benefit if someone had said they'd be thinking of you and asked if there was anything they could do to help? To be honest I would be more appreciative of people providing practical assistance (meals, babysitting, driving help, respite coverage) than people saying they'd be praying for me to an entity I don't believe in. [/quote] “…than people saying they'd be praying for me to an [color=red]entity I don't believe in.”[/color] So why are you in a religion forum if you don’t believe in God? [/quote]
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