Why do christians pray? [Spirituality & Religion]

@faseny We don't even know that with any degree of certainty. All we have is a collection of myths and superstitions.

@faseny [quote]some of which Christians believe to be God inspired but not verbatim the will of God. [/quote]
Some chhristians claim they are literally the words of their god, presumably dictated to various scribes.

@faseny [quote]The better educated and more rational Christians know better. [/quote]
While the less educated irrational ones will claim they have a monopoly on "the truth" (tm). ;)

It's a pleasant change to meet a Christian who recognizes his beliefs are just beliefs. Far too many seem to want to emulate the OT version of their god.

@faseny [quote]Anything which cannot be definitively be proven remains a belief of a theory. [/quote]
Don't confuse everyday "theories with scientific theories. The latter are complete, coherent and consistent explanations of the evidence.

[quote]I have yet to meet anyone in my Branch of Christianity who is a dogmatic table thumper[/quote]
The bible thumpers would probably say you're not a true Christian. ;)

@faseny [quote]Bible thumpers have no proper understanding of the religion they claim to follow.[/quote]
They would say the same about you and other moderate Christians. The problem for any impartial third party is that there is no objective way of determining which group (if either) is correct.

[quote]either what we regard as supernatural or that there is a scientific one but we don't know enough yet to produce the formula. [/quote]
There's no real difference. The supernatural is just a term for some things we don't [b]currently[/b] have an explanation for. Therefore your second option is just a description of the first but, unlike the first, doesn't discourage or prohibit further investigation.