2006-09-14 21:36:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wide differences in perception and worldview.
2006-09-14 21:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take a look at the video that JackBauer has posted. This video describes why Atheists believe prayer is a superstitious belief.
2006-09-15 04:59:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atheists consider prayer as superstitious because they don't believe in God.
The believers realize that they are weak and poor, so they pray for the guidance and assistance of the One True God. The believers consider all forms of blind beliefs are superstitious, such as belief in Big Bang without proof about the source of matter, belief in phantoms, belief in Friday 13...
2006-09-15 04:50:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To the best of my knowledge, no-one ever got any verifiable benefit as a result of prayer. People have a natural tendency to make associations between events (it's part of what makes us smart) but that can go wrong - e.g. someone prays for something, it happens, they think the prayer worked... but the thing could just as easily have happened anyway, in the natural course of events, and the fact that they happened to pray for it too is just a coincidence. No-one ever re-grew a severed limb as a result of prayer - i.e. it's only ever things that we know can happen anyway.
2006-09-15 04:42:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some atheists don't see it as superstitious but a way to rectify the mind. A form of meditation. You don't need to pray to God to pray. You can pray to deal with issues in your life correctly. This helps to rectify the mind when you act.
2006-09-15 04:45:24 · answer #5 · answered by Bad Buddhist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it has absolutely no way of interecting with the world except to make people feel a bit better, or more stressed.
Oh yes, here is another reason: People have actually done enourmous studies on it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4681771.stm
2006-09-15 04:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's simple, atheists are not superstitious and don't believe in the existence of the non existent. theists are not able to differ between facts and fables and therefore are prone to adhere to their brand of superstition
2006-09-15 04:43:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
its just a personal belief.
everyone is entitled to an opinion i know alot of atheists live by the gotta see it to believe it mentality.
and believers are more the I'll be lieve anything mentality
2006-09-15 04:38:36 · answer #8 · answered by knowitall 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
One thinks. The other believes.
2006-09-15 04:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Billy Graham.Do I need to say any more?
2006-09-15 04:47:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋