(September 19, 2022 at 2:41 pm)Eclectic Wrote: I have not read in a book, but I have heard that scientists have said that prayer is effective and the cause is not God, but by praying, the subconscious mind of a person gets strength and works well. That is, if a boxer asks for help from Christ before the match, he will get the same result as if he asked for help from Satan.
I know that a lot of Christians just think of prayer as asking God for stuff.
If you read the better Christian writers (Kierkegaard, for example) you'll find that most see prayer as a way to work on yourself. The idea is to get yourself more in line with the goodness that God has in mind already.
So if the boxer asks God to win the match for him, and then doesn't train, the prayer is worthless. But if he uses the prayer as a mental and spiritual exercise to give himself strength and concentration, it may help.
