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A lot of religious types in America, how come they couldn't pray the hurricane away?

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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.
Allelse · 36-40, M
@BlueSkyKing There was that Catharginian deity that liked sacrificed babies, and I dunno if they ever had a hurricane.
Sharon · F
@BlueSkyKing Prayer is asking "God" to change it's "perfect plan" just to suit one's personal wishes. Isn't it rather arrogant to presume one knows better than "God"?