Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it?

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Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it?

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RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it?

August 9, 2019 at 2:38 am (This post was last modified: August 9, 2019 at 2:44 am by Anomalocaris.)

(August 9, 2019 at 1:02 am)Belaqua Wrote: “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”

-- Kierkegaard

A more self deceived man is apparently deemed a better man.

(August 9, 2019 at 2:14 am)Grandizer Wrote: Prayers are really meant for the prayer, not the prayed to.

It has its psychological benefits.

The accumulation of psychological benefit quickly tops out. But the accumulation of cognitive damage does not.

The function of prayer is to make man slightly happier in a world where it condemns men to have ever less to be happy about.

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Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fake Messiah - August 9, 2019 at 12:22 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 1:01 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Belacqua - August 9, 2019 at 1:02 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 2:38 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Belacqua - August 9, 2019 at 4:34 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 7:35 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Belacqua - August 9, 2019 at 7:50 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 8:08 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 8:06 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fake Messiah - August 10, 2019 at 12:48 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by no one - August 9, 2019 at 1:27 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 1:59 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 9:28 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 1:52 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 3:19 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 3:38 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by brewer - August 9, 2019 at 5:14 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fireball - August 9, 2019 at 5:29 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Grandizer - August 9, 2019 at 2:14 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by prhill - August 10, 2019 at 9:11 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Grandizer - August 10, 2019 at 10:07 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 10, 2019 at 4:27 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 2:59 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 3:03 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 9, 2019 at 4:40 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 10, 2019 at 9:29 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 10, 2019 at 5:42 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 11, 2019 at 8:28 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 12, 2019 at 12:03 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 12, 2019 at 6:01 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 14, 2019 at 8:46 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by LostLocke - August 15, 2019 at 12:14 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 15, 2019 at 1:20 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 15, 2019 at 10:21 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by LostLocke - August 16, 2019 at 1:31 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 16, 2019 at 11:32 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Nakara - August 17, 2019 at 9:29 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by LostLocke - August 17, 2019 at 5:55 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by ReptilianPeon - August 9, 2019 at 5:02 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 9, 2019 at 6:59 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Fireball - August 9, 2019 at 8:04 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Bmanne - August 9, 2019 at 8:38 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 9:03 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 9, 2019 at 2:01 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by bemore - August 9, 2019 at 3:44 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by bemore - August 9, 2019 at 3:46 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by WinterHold - August 9, 2019 at 5:31 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 9, 2019 at 7:00 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2019 at 9:00 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by WinterHold - August 10, 2019 at 8:25 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 10, 2019 at 8:43 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Grandizer - August 11, 2019 at 6:11 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 9, 2019 at 6:55 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by notimportant1234 - August 10, 2019 at 6:34 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 10, 2019 at 7:11 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Haipule - August 10, 2019 at 11:55 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Grand Nudger - August 10, 2019 at 8:28 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 11, 2019 at 5:35 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by The Valkyrie - August 11, 2019 at 6:07 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 11, 2019 at 7:18 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Drich - August 19, 2019 at 9:07 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Abaddon_ire - August 20, 2019 at 3:31 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Drich - August 26, 2019 at 11:24 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by HappySkeptic - August 26, 2019 at 7:15 pm

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by Mister Agenda - August 19, 2019 at 9:44 am

RE: Prayers don't work so why do religious keep jabbing at it? - by EgoDeath - August 22, 2019 at 8:30 pm

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