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Religion The Purpose of Prayer

I think the main purpose of prayer is to make the person praying feel better and/or give them a feeling of hope that their prayer will come true. I believe that most people pray to "ask" for something, such as good health, more money, a good job, etc. Others pray for more global items, like peace, or freedom, or better lives for the poor. Some people do pray just to speak with God, but I think that most people pray for selfish reasons, even if they do not say so. For example, many people pray for themselves, and their desires...

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Others pray for other people, but they still hope their prayers will be answered, and that will justify their prayers and their wishes.
I do think that prayer can change some people for the better, but I do not think God really acts on prayers. I believe there are simply too many people praying for any entity to manage to hear them all, much less grant them all. I do not think there is a physical being in the sky that listens to every prayer and then chooses who to bless and who not to bless, so I think ultimately, prayer…

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Vardy, Peter & Arliss, Julie. The Thinker's Guide to God. Alresford, Hants, UK: John Hunt Publishing, Ltd., 2003.


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