Do you ever think,or say? "I hope/wish this or that .............................etc.?

Question

I believe everyone prays in some form or fashion in there heart. We al have desires needs and wants.
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Answer 1

Everyone is born with that capacity and with some it takes special circumstances to bring that out of them....and others refuse and will maintain wilfull rebellion & emnity against God until the end of their days...............><> In Christ <><

Answer 2

Every one wishes he or she could have this or that, or be this or that way. This is called "magical thinking." It's the idea that your wants will somehow materialize without you lifting a finger.

Wishes, hopes, needs, desires can only be obtained by working for them.

As much as some people say prayer helps, I believe they had an active role in making the prayer come about.

You are aware, I'm sure, of that study that was done some time ago where one group of sick people was prayed for and another was not. The conclusion by those who did the study was that those who were prayed for, essentially got better faster and had less complications.

However, this idea has been challenged numerous times and the same results are never achieved. The original study was found to be very flawed and really didn't prove any thing.

In other words, prayer does nothing but make the person who prays feel more comfortable and less out of control. By "praying" you feel as if you are doing something special.

If god were listening to all those prayers, have you ever asked yourself why suffering still continues? Why 270,000 innocent people were killed in the 2004 Tsunami? Why are millions starving in Africa? Or why a child is born with deformities?

Those who's lives have been espescially harsh have been praying like crazy, but nothing changes until human behavior changes. And, sometimes, things just happen, like land slides under the water. That was a naturally occuring event that no prayer on earth could have prevented.

Answer 3

But not necessarily to the same god/deity, sometimes it's also just a way to say what you really want out loud\ and not really praying.

Answer 4

Thats a good point,so even an athiest may be praying and know it.

Answer 5

Hoping is not praying.

Wishing is not praying.

Neither of those involve imaginary communication with a nonexistent deity. Faulty comparison.

VLR