Recent questions tagged prayer

Description : What do prayer at beginning of class or city hall meetings, and the national anthem before sports games have in common?

Last Answer : They are at the beginning.

Description : If someone of a different faith/religious beliefs asked you to pray with them, what would you do?

Last Answer : answer:It happens all the time at weddings and funerals and somebody says Let us pray In such circumstances, I bow my head and maintain a respectful silence. I do not, however, pray. If a total ... atheist scum, I would ignore it. What else would I do? Beat them up? They are probably crazy.

Description : Is prayer likely to be of help in finding flight 370 and its passengers?

Last Answer : Sounds like going off on a wing & a prayer to me, but hey, can’t hurt.

Description : How has the power of prayer affected you?

Last Answer : answer:It calms me, and helps me feel less anxious about things. I pray for many things, but most often, it's for the health and safety of all my loved ones. When I pray for us to be ... sense of peace and I fall asleep easier. For someone with severe anxiety, that sense of peace is very nice.

Description : Do atheists get offended when someone of faith prays for them?

Last Answer : Speaking for myself, yeah.

Description : What are the differences between prayer, meditation, and deep critical thinking?

Last Answer : answer:Prayer is communication with one's religious dieties, and I would think is generally used for spiritual benefits. Meditation is communication with one's body, and I would think is generally used for ... ; it's purely intellectual. I would not deign to list drawbacks to any of the three.

Description : If you're an Atheist and met a televangelist on the street, would you accept prayer from him?

Last Answer : answer:I would not recognize a televangelist on the street if he came up and bit me on the ass. I don’t watch televangelism. And I’m not even an atheist.

Description : Do you think that prayer actually accomplishes anything?

Last Answer : If you were praying for an answer, i guess yes.

Description : Would You Buy A Prayer Cloth ?

Last Answer : (assuming the power of prayer works) How exactly is a piece of cloth intended to improve the power of prayer’s results? Does it grant more expedient results? Are the prayers’ results larger?

Description : What are your prayer requests for the day?

Last Answer : The same prayer I’ve had this whole year.. that my wife won’t leave me.

Description : Which sites, blogs will help me make prayer more meaningful and heartfelt?

Last Answer : I don’t know any sites, but you could try thinking of prayer as a conversation.