(October 8, 2019 at 1:11 am)Belaqua Wrote: Right. But that doesn't mean you expect God or Santa Claus to hand it over.
Not long ago, the Pope said, "You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works."
Kierkegaard, though not Catholic, would agree with this, as would many modern Christians. It doesn't involve supernatural presents.
If prayer's that useless, you don't adhere to it. You cut out the useless middle ritual and do the proper work that gets results.