Anonymous
06/18/2022 19:30
Subject: Power of prayer?
I used to pray every day. It didn’t work.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 18:13
Subject: Power of prayer?
Anonymous wrote:No.
I think prayer can work to help get people to focus on things they want to achieve as a form of motivation, but there's no supernatural response.
This. There is nothing out there more powerful than you are, OP. Believe in yourself, and you can achieve!!
Anonymous
06/18/2022 17:52
Subject: Power of prayer?
No.
I think prayer can work to help get people to focus on things they want to achieve as a form of motivation, but there's no supernatural response.
I think prayer can work to help get people to focus on things they want to achieve as a form of motivation, but there's no supernatural response.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 17:47
Subject: Power of prayer?
Daily. Nightly when I recap the day in my head.
Multiple times throughout the day - when I hear sirens(petition) see a kid crying (petition), passing by a cemetery (petition), feeling the summer breeze and appreciating mother nature (thankful), being with my pet, before meals, when I catch myself making a bad choice (contrition), etc.
I'll add in you too Op. Somewhere someone could use one for whatever situation they're in.
Multiple times throughout the day - when I hear sirens(petition) see a kid crying (petition), passing by a cemetery (petition), feeling the summer breeze and appreciating mother nature (thankful), being with my pet, before meals, when I catch myself making a bad choice (contrition), etc.
I'll add in you too Op. Somewhere someone could use one for whatever situation they're in.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 17:43
Subject: Re:Power of prayer?
If you use prayer as a form of meditation yes it works. It’s long been found that meditation works.
If you pray for stuff it does not work.
If you pray for stuff it does not work.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 17:41
Subject: Power of prayer?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No and no. No evidence of any power of prayer whatsoever. To each his own, though, only responding because you asked.
It would be helpful if everybody shared their affiliation, or none. We know atheists don’t believe in the power of prayer, and that they’ll jumó on this thread. But that’s not particularly news.
PP here. You don’t need my “affiliation”, and I am not sure why that would matter. What I said was there is no evidence of the power of prayer whatsoever, regardless of “affiliation”.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 14:43
Subject: Power of prayer?
Sending you good vibes from all the good there is in this world, OP. I tend to do the same - reflex from a religious school upbringing.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 14:41
Subject: Power of prayer?
Anonymous wrote:I pray often. I don't believe in the power of it changing a bad situation into better like a miracle (I am Catholic). But I firmly believe it can give you guidance, clarity and calm in very dark times. So while it couldn't save my mother from dying of cancer it gave me the ability to forge ahead.
I love my patron saints. And Joseph is the bomb. He took in Mary and protected her and Jesus. When in need I go to him while Mary is always by my side.
I agree with this. Even during my years of being an agnostic, I still engaged in meditation. Personally, I find prayer easier to engage in than mindfulness alone, but even if you don’t believe in God, there is something about seeing yourself as a smaller part of a bigger picture that is comforting.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 13:51
Subject: Power of prayer?
I'm so bad off lately my prayers come across as pleas and I feel bad about that.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 13:14
Subject: Power of prayer?
Anonymous wrote:No and no. No evidence of any power of prayer whatsoever. To each his own, though, only responding because you asked.
It would be helpful if everybody shared their affiliation, or none. We know atheists don’t believe in the power of prayer, and that they’ll jumó on this thread. But that’s not particularly news.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 11:25
Subject: Re:Power of prayer?
No.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 11:10
Subject: Re:Power of prayer?
I hope that you find some peace through prayer, OP.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 10:46
Subject: Power of prayer?
No and no. No evidence of any power of prayer whatsoever. To each his own, though, only responding because you asked.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 00:19
Subject: Power of prayer?
I pray often. I don't believe in the power of it changing a bad situation into better like a miracle (I am Catholic). But I firmly believe it can give you guidance, clarity and calm in very dark times. So while it couldn't save my mother from dying of cancer it gave me the ability to forge ahead.
I love my patron saints. And Joseph is the bomb. He took in Mary and protected her and Jesus. When in need I go to him while Mary is always by my side.
I love my patron saints. And Joseph is the bomb. He took in Mary and protected her and Jesus. When in need I go to him while Mary is always by my side.
Anonymous
06/18/2022 00:10
Subject: Power of prayer?
Do you believe in the power of prayer? Do you pray often?
I pray off and on… more so in moments of stress and worry (like now). I could use prayer right now and I hope it somehow helps.
I pray off and on… more so in moments of stress and worry (like now). I could use prayer right now and I hope it somehow helps.