Why do christians pray? [Spirituality & Religion]

@latinbutterfly You don't appear to have understood the question. I often pray to the god "Fuck", as in "Oh Fuck, where did I leave my keys?" He answers my prayers by making them miraculously appear. As far as I am aware, the Lord Fuck does not have a great plan for us all so I'm merely asking Him for assistance.

The reason for my question is that christians claim their god has a perfect plan for us all. Therefore, when christians pray, they're asking their god to change that perfect plan.

@Sharon I pray to Fuck too, He usually answer my prayers although not always immediately.

@Sharon What I am saying is that you won't [b]fully[/b] understand it no matter how it's explained unless you actually try it yourself. That's just my advice to you 🤷‍♀️.

@latinbutterfly As I said, I have tried it with another god. However, as I'm not a christian, I can't pray to a christian god in the same way as a christian does. Also, the way the christian god is described would appear to make prayers to it pointless at best or, for the reasons given, arrogant.

@Sharon Well it wouldn't hurt to try, but it is your choice.

@latinbutterfly [quote]Well it wouldn't hurt to try[/quote]
It might. I know the method I use works for me. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

You still haven't explained why, in the light of what I said in my OP, christians pray.

@latinbutterfly [quote]Well it wouldn't hurt to try,[/quote]
In the same way it wouldn't hurt to take part in a Satanic rite to find out what you're missing. I used to be a christian and I consider myself lucky to have escaped relatively unscathed.

@Sharon Okay...so the thing is that if I explain it to you, you will probably just shoot it down anyway, right? That's what happens on here whenever I try to explain my faith to someone and it's frustrating. I'm sure you would understand that.

@latinbutterfly [quote]so the thing is that if I explain it to you, you will probably just shoot it down anyway, right? [/quote]
I can only shoot it down if it's illogical so you can't have much confidence in your opinions. I posted a simple question but, rather than answering that, you came here trying to get me to take part in your practices.

If you're not willing to answer the question, why did you post to this thread? You're just wasting everyone's time.

@Sharon
[quote]you came here trying to get me to take part in your practices.

If you're not willing to answer the question, why did you post to this thread? You're just wasting everyone's time.[/quote]

Hey, I gave you my responses nicely, okay? Now I would expect to get the same in return. Can you do that? If anything maybe you could encourage me to not be so discouraged which I would greatly appreciate right about now. I would do the same if the roles were reversed.

@latinbutterfly [quote]Hey, I gave you my responses nicely, okay?[/quote]
The point is, I asked why christians pray. Your answer was that I should try it myself but, as I am not a christian, that doesn't answer my question.

As I pointed out in my OP, christians often claim their god has some great plan for us all but prayer appears to be an attempt to get that plan changed. It seems arrogant to me to think one knows better than one's god.

I've asked questions about various religious practices in various religion and always received polite answers - except in the case of christianity. If I asked why Sikh men wear turbans, I'm sure I would get a clear answer outlining their belief and the logic behind that practice. You've been polite but not all christians are like that. Asking a question about christianity often results in a torrent of abuse. You can see some of that in this thread although I've deleted some of the worse obscenities.

@Sharon Okay, so the reason that Christians pray is a way of connecting with God. Christians feel that God is everywhere and that He can see us and hear us, even though we can't see Him. In addition, Christians feel that He is omnipotent, meaning that He has unlimited power to give us the things that we desire. There, I did my best 🤷🏻‍♀️.

@latinbutterfly [quote]Christians feel that He is omnipotent, meaning that He has unlimited power to give us the things that we desire. [/quote]
That's the bit I don't understand. If your god has a perfect plan but hasn't given you whatever it is you're praying for, don't you think there's a reason for it?

@Sharon [quote]If your god has a perfect plan but hasn't given you whatever it is you're praying for, don't you think there's a reason for it?[/quote]

Well you see, that's one thing that even Christians themselves don't always understand, including myself. Basically, it's either in God's plan and He doesn't want you to have it at the moment, or it's not in His plan at all.

@latinbutterfly [quote]Basically, it's either in God's plan and He doesn't want you to have it at the moment, or it's not in His plan at all.[/quote]
So, if he doesn't want you to have it, you're asking him to overrule himself. Alternatively, if it's not in the plan you're asking him to change his [b]perfect plan[/b] to an imperfect one just to suit you. I'd say either of those is arrogant.

@Sharon You know what? That's a good way to put it 🤷🏻‍♀️.