What Is The Point Of Prayer?

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The reason I elaborated on the point was that I was informed in a forum several times by several atheists that I was: "lumping all atheists together", and "assuming all atheists think alike", and being "stereotypical" (to quote the atheists that charged me with being in error)... and these remarks were directed towards me for having said nothing but essentially what Maelstrom said i.e that atheists when they use the word "god" are referring to the God of the Bible. That is something that I used to take for granted, but in light of my experiences speaking with atheists, I cannot take that for granted.

So on one hand if I agree with Maelstrom, then atheists will chastise me for "lumping all atheists together", and if I disagree and demonstrate why I disagree, then I am seen as a desperate fool (among other things I will not repeat).

So much for fruitful, charitable, intellectual discourse.