Is belief for you a petition or an act of thanks?

There will be no judgement if you decide to answer.

We all pray whether we know it our not.

We are all guilty of magical thinking to a greater or lesser extent.

So there should be no guiltilyness.

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BlueSkyKing · M

Prayer:
A recited incantation designed to force or cajole a deity or deities into changing the normal, existing, or probable course of events in the universe, obtain an advantage, or avoid a divine penalty. Also an expression of gratitude or adulation, or an affirmation of continual fear, made to a deity.

A prayer is often accompanied by a promise or a sacrifice (the firstborn, money, giving up a favorite vice, not lying, a select bit of food the priests can eat) to seal or satisfy the agreement.

A spell.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@BlueSkyKing Prayer: Open and honest communication between Yahweh and the person He created to communicate with.