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DeadLetterOffice

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55. That was an amazingly honest piece of writing.

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 05:56 PM

Sep 2014

Thanks for sharing it.

My own humble suspicion is that prayer (as a behavior) serves to allow humans to feel like we have some measure of control in an uncontrollable world.

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Pray Tell: The Hocus Pocus of Happy Thoughts [View all] cleanhippie Sep 2014 OP

Starshine is an honest journalist. rug Sep 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #2

So in your reality phil89 Sep 2014 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #4

Oh, it's been resolved. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #8

Reality is what is true for everyone. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #12

You are most certainly wasting our time. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #16

I'm already quite happy. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #18

Seems like you're not being honest with your interpretation of my point. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #21

So you wouldn't even if you could? cleanhippie Sep 2014 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #27

Your words are there for all to see. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #29

Apparently. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Sep 2014 #9

You've gotten me all wrong. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #13

About as amazing as how many live entirely by physics. rug Sep 2014 #10

I live entirely through physics. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #28

I don't view music as physics even though I have a rudimentary understanding of acoustic waves. rug Sep 2014 #31

Likewise. okasha Sep 2014 #36

Actually they do edhopper Sep 2014 #38

The laws of optics may apply to how one observes a painting, okasha Sep 2014 #39

Are you an artist? edhopper Sep 2014 #49

Yes. okasha Sep 2014 #50

And you didn't train? edhopper Sep 2014 #52

Yes, and yes. okasha Sep 2014 #53

Got it. edhopper Sep 2014 #54

We might not be all the same, but, mr blur Sep 2014 #7

Prayer means different things to different people. TygrBright Sep 2014 #15

If you don't believe in abortion, don't have one. okasha Sep 2014 #20

WHOOOSH! cleanhippie Sep 2014 #22

My post was my point. okasha Sep 2014 #23

That you don't care what others have to say is obvious. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #24

"You" does no equal "others." okasha Sep 2014 #34

Yet here you are, continuing to respond, concerned about what words I use. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #43

Not you words. okasha Sep 2014 #44

Still here, still caring. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #51

If you believe abortion is genocide edhopper Sep 2014 #30

Forced abortion for anyone is a violation okasha Sep 2014 #33

Point edhopper Sep 2014 #35

that analogy really doesn't work. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #32

"Behavior that would be cute in a four-year-old okasha Sep 2014 #37

I'm sure that is very insulting somehow, as dialog and discourse it is not working. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #42

Warren, do you really believe this? Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #40

um yeah. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #41

Then you have a very bizarre belief system Starboard Tack Sep 2014 #56

Nice article. trotsky Sep 2014 #26

Prayer makes more sense in the context of pantheism. Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #45

LOL, that reminded me of the scene from Monty Python's Meaning of Life. trotsky Sep 2014 #46

Ha ha! I remember that. Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #47

Reminds me of Goblinmonger Sep 2014 #48

That was an amazingly honest piece of writing. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #55