(May 16, 2023 at 1:12 am)Astreja Wrote:(May 15, 2023 at 1:11 pm)KerimF Wrote: Even an atheist follows sometimes, though without his knowledge, Jesus’ advice about praying in private (actually talking to oneself)...
Praying and talking to oneself are distinctly different things. When I'm working on a math problem, reading numbers aloud as I copy them from a worksheet onto scrap paper, that is not a prayer. Looking through the fridge and saying "The milk, the eggs... Bread, margarine..." while gathering ingredients for breakfast - also not a prayer.
Atheists. Do. Not. Pray.
Surely, there is nothing wrong in what you said.
But as the way one talks to some others is different from one situation to another (talking for fun, looking for decisions, arguing... etc.), talking to oneself is not necessarily of the same spirit (sorry, my English is rather narrow. I wish I know a better word that doesn't hurt an atheist). This is why I added:
... every time he says “Let me be alone” then enters a room for a while after he closes its door behind him.
After all, one is fortunate indeed, if he didn't need to live such situation any time in his life.
