Is it true that if you are of different faiths, your prayer for the other is void?

Question

For instance, I'm a Buddhist. A friend of mine who's a Christian said that if I were to pray for him, my prayer for him is void.

For instance, I'm a Buddhist. A friend of mine who's a Christian said that if I were to pray for him, my prayer for him is void. But then again, if it's not true but it's something he chooses to believe in, I can't possibly convince him otherwise, right?

By the way, when I pray, I pray to God. I believe that there is only one God out there no matter how many religion there are.

Answer 1

He only thinks it's void because he's a Christian and he believes prayers to Jesus are the only ones that work. However, if as a Buddhist, prayer works at all for you, then your prayers for him are not void.

Answer 2

I believe that a prayer for another person is positive vibration sent into the universe and focused on the person being prayed for (if it's sincere) and therefore the prayer for the other person of a different faith is not void. The problem with your friend's logic is that Christians think they can pray for us and it's not void. So why would your prayers for him be void? They don't hold all the stock in effective prayer. I think what it really is, is that maybe he's offended that someone of a different faith would pray for him because it might suggest that his religion doesn't own all the stock in effective prayer.

Answer 3

A prayer is a wish is a spell is a positive thought for the other person or circumstance. How can good will toward others ever be void? It doesn't matter what you believe - the passing on of good will and happy thoughts does nothing but create a positive environment that can do nothing but help that person.

Pray for whomever you want, regardless of their faith.

Answer 4

The Bible says that God sends the rain upon the just and the unjust. Therefore, God does answer everyone's prayers, to a point, because of His mercy and grace. I would like to add that God grants more favor upon those who have received Jesus as their Lord and Savior. I know this to be true from my personal experience.

Answer 5

It's depend on how you pray. A pray is nothing more than sending healing (energy) to help heal person(s) and situations. If that person is very sure of who he is and what type of spirituality way he has and receive the healing. It is most likely that the healing energy that you send from different faith specify certain type of God may go in vain because in the soul level of person who is receiving healing may reject the healing energy that he doesn't prefer.

Answer 6

The thing is that when you pray for your Christian friend, who are you connected to? To Buddha? Comparing to all religious leaders, Jesus is the only one alive today, everybody else including Buddha is dead. Who are you going to trust then? Your Christian friend has a living Savior who has a heavenly father who answers prayer. This is all in the Bible, give it a try and you will see...

Answer 7

Prayer is just a way of putting our thoughts and desires and hopes into words and expressing them. Nothing more or less. Prayer serves a distinct psychological purpose and it sometimes does it very well by making us feel as if we are being listened to by a powerful, protective force. Don't read too much into it. Live and let live. Ignorant people are truly happier being ignorant.

Answer 8

All prayers have no effect except on the one doing the praying. You cannot have a conversation if the other end of the line is a dial tone.

Answer 9

That's because he believes only his deity exists and if you aren't praying to him then you're praying to a non-existent being.

He's just being a typical monotheist. I believe that all prayers are heard.

Answer 10

I am a firm believer that if you send good wishes for someone out there, no matter what your religion, it's a good thing for you and the person.