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Atheists & Agnostics

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)

1. It depends on the subject of the prayer.

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 04:42 PM

Jul 2012

If, for example, it's a prayer for something like a calm mind and freedom from anxiety, it can have a beneficial effect on the person praying. Prayers for patience, acceptance and other such things can also work, if the person praying believes they will. It's sort of a spiritual placebo, with similar effects.

Prayers about stuff external to the person praying, though: Ineffective in the extreme and a waste of time. Much like homeopathic medicine on real disease.

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Fact: This Does Not Do Shit. [View all] cleanhippie Jul 2012 OP

It depends on the subject of the prayer. MineralMan Jul 2012 #1

Yes it does... WillParkinson Jul 2012 #2

It's worse than that... Ron Obvious Jul 2012 #3

I have a friend that does that. He puts his hands like that and makes fart sounds. BlueJazz Jul 2012 #4

Yes, it does. lindysalsagal Jul 2012 #5