I have once heard that it was said by God himself and his prophets that prayer is the most powerful example of the religious sense. (or one of the most powerful)
Well, it's true.
The most powerful tool is probably one suggested by the bible already, but one more powerful is a persons natural walk through nature by him/herself. Because he finds in it all of the tools needed to conduct life successfully. But in fear, one finds all of the tools needed to conduct this walk. You tremble when you are afraid of something, you gasp at the necessity of gasping. In trembling (kind of like the book fear and trembling, but not really), you find all of the needed preparation towards taking that next needed step. The goals that you will arrive upon when you reach that next level become clearer to you, you find preservation in needing to know something, your grasp of things becomes clearer.
Prayer is a rational act conducted by us human beings that in no way aligns us with the animals of animal life. Prayer represents all of "Fear and Trembling", but in the most sincere way possible. For to pray, is to know that one prays.
For the christian, this "most treasured dish of God's", we are presented with the finest example there is of human rationality.
Here's to betting that atheists don't pray. Albeit, all of the third paragraph of this OP presents prayer in the light of the super-rational, even the super-supra-rational. I would like to see this become a thread for us christians (and us atheists...) to praise God for this miraculous "gift." We should be rewarded in the light of this final paragraph that, at least we, know the supra-rational.
Well, it's true.
The most powerful tool is probably one suggested by the bible already, but one more powerful is a persons natural walk through nature by him/herself. Because he finds in it all of the tools needed to conduct life successfully. But in fear, one finds all of the tools needed to conduct this walk. You tremble when you are afraid of something, you gasp at the necessity of gasping. In trembling (kind of like the book fear and trembling, but not really), you find all of the needed preparation towards taking that next needed step. The goals that you will arrive upon when you reach that next level become clearer to you, you find preservation in needing to know something, your grasp of things becomes clearer.
Prayer is a rational act conducted by us human beings that in no way aligns us with the animals of animal life. Prayer represents all of "Fear and Trembling", but in the most sincere way possible. For to pray, is to know that one prays.
For the christian, this "most treasured dish of God's", we are presented with the finest example there is of human rationality.
Here's to betting that atheists don't pray. Albeit, all of the third paragraph of this OP presents prayer in the light of the super-rational, even the super-supra-rational. I would like to see this become a thread for us christians (and us atheists...) to praise God for this miraculous "gift." We should be rewarded in the light of this final paragraph that, at least we, know the supra-rational.
