2006-07-31 05:41:57 · 26 answers · asked by Axel ∇ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think your question is oxymoronic. How can prayer be non-religious? The very act of praying means you believe in something, a higher being, God, something. And if you go by the subject matter on YA, if you believe in something then it's a religion. Even if the content of your prayer is not typical, you are at the very least agreeing there is someone to pray to. Otherwise it's just a statement.
2006-07-31 05:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The operative word in your question is "prayer." Prayer is intrinsicly "faith based". You only pray if you are asking some other entity to hear and to respond. So, whether one is offering a prayer to evil or offering a prayer to God, the prayer is directed to something or someone held in faith. "Religious" is a misnomer in relation to "Faith". Religious just means "a script or a ceremony or a litany over and over and over."
A drunk who drinks a great amount every day could be described as a religious drunk---which has nothing to do with faith.
2006-07-31 12:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By religious, most people mean "having to do with a reliationship with God" or something of the like, not having to do with the institution that is the religion. Going by that, prayer is innately religious.
2006-07-31 12:45:43 · answer #3 · answered by Phil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think there is such a thing as a non-religious prayer, but there are many excellent non-secular ones. As a rule, when one is saying a prayer, they are asking for something from a source outside of themselves. But I digress...
One of the prayers we say at mealtimes is this one:
Earth who gives to us our food,
Sun who makes it ripe and good,
Blessed Earth and Blessed Sun,
Joy and love for all you've done.
2006-07-31 12:47:09 · answer #4 · answered by mynx326 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit, including a monotheist God, Saints, gods within a pantheon, or others; either to offer praise, to make a request, or simply to express one's thoughts and emotions....so I don't think there are any answers to that question.
2006-07-31 12:45:22 · answer #5 · answered by nick m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice try bozo. If its non religious why call it a prayer? It would be a meditation or some other word wouldnt it. LOL
2006-07-31 12:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry but I only pray religious prayers!@
2006-07-31 12:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by nswblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only prayer is from a Christian perspective. Otherwise it is a contradiciton in terms.
2006-07-31 12:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Geoff C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Serenity Prayer" and the regular prayers I say for all the people in the world and for animals to.
2006-07-31 12:48:10 · answer #9 · answered by Linda R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Serenity Prayer: "God, Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference."
2006-07-31 12:46:29 · answer #10 · answered by widow58 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋