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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just out of curiosity, can the last three ("deep", "awesome" and "1000") tell me in a straighforward way, what you think of the idea that at least part of the value of prayer is the internal focus of thought on things of importance to the supplicant?[/quote]

I am "awesome" and '1000" - not a sock puppet, just a jokester.

As for prayer - if you call it meditation or self-talk, then I'm with you on it's value.  It's the "supplicant" part that I don't accept.  This means asking or begging someone and implies that a god is listening who may (or may not) answer the prayer.  I understand that is a feature of religious prayer, but I think  a person can get all the benefits of meditation without thinking of it as prayer that will be answered by a supernatural God.[/quote]
I'm the prayer as meditation (or sock puppetry) guy again.  My use of the word supplicant was not intended to carry such weight.  The reason I used it was simply that I needed a term to refer to the one doing the praying, and the obvious word ("prayer") was already taken by another use.

To lay my position on the line, I'm an atheist who thinks I don't have all that much disagreement with anyone, believer or non, who wishes the best for his (or her) fellow human beings.  And other creatures, for that matter.[/quote]

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