How to Pray If You're an Atheist [View all]

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Jerry DeWitt.
Author, 'Hope after Faith: An Ex-Pastor's Journey from Belief to Atheism'
Posted: 07/15/2013 11:48 am

Last week my mother called to give me some very bad news: A young relative had died early that morning. He was a man whose entire life was one series of life-threatening situations after another. He was born with severe birth defects. So, although his untimely death came as no real surprise, it was still shocking and heartbreaking to our family. He had overcome so many seemingly impossible health challenges that one more "medical miracle" didn't seem out of the question.

For over 25 years I faced similar soul-shattering scenarios, but I had always believed that my relationship with God and my communications with him (through prayer) would carry us through any situation, no matter how painful.

But then I became an atheist.

So what does an ex-believer do when praying to a God you no longer believe in is not an option?

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