What Is The Point Of Prayer?

[Captain Colostomy]

When these and many, many other superstitious rituals are assessed critically, we find that the results of them are indistinguishable from blind chance. Realising they are imaginary doesn't stop people from doing them. It doesn't even slow them down.

If you're talking about prayer it does very definitely have a direct physical effect on an individual than science can observe certainly, it isn't some kind of a superstition. They have been studies on the brain scans of someone in prayer. What tends to be stimulated here are the regions of the brain associated with consciousness such as the temporal lobes and the areas of the brain associated with bodily and spacial awareness begin to shut down. It's somewhat similar to Buddhist mediation as well there is something called contemplative prayer in Christianity which runs along very similar lines. The main difference is that the aim is to partake of God as a distinct separate entity to yourself rather than merge into him and become part of God yourself. Only one man in Christianity was a part of God as you know.

If two people practice self flagellation, one a Christian, the other a masochist, both will have physical evidence all can see. (Scarring.) This doesn't give any credence that their motivations are sound, however. Hell, a human body registers a physical response to fear, real and imagined. I don't see, say hyperventilation, used as a proof of ghosts, do you?

You'll need more than brain scans to convince a skeptic of the validity of prayer.

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[quote='Esquilax' pid='496565' dateline='1377186262']

Of course there are more, but that first step is too high a barrier of entry for god.

Jesus of Nazareth who is called the Christ is a person. He is also God incarnate so I do not understand what you mean by the barrier is too high.

Now I see why you prefer to just regurgitate questions. Your answers are weak.