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RE: Prayer does not work

November 18, 2013 at 6:00 pm

(November 17, 2013 at 6:57 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Actually, prayer DOES work - it's exactly as effective as hoping.

Boru

Not in the way believers think. There is no magic man handing out gifts. It works like a placebo. So does anything you might think about intensely that you like, like a spouse or your kid or pet or finding awe in nature.

But no, there is no invisible super hero going "I'll help this person out but not that one".

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Prayer does not work - by Paraselene - November 17, 2013 at 5:48 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by The Valkyrie - November 17, 2013 at 6:16 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Esquilax - November 17, 2013 at 6:45 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by The Valkyrie - November 17, 2013 at 7:14 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Tonus - November 18, 2013 at 9:39 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 17, 2013 at 6:57 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Walking Void - November 17, 2013 at 7:15 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Brian37 - November 18, 2013 at 6:00 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 17, 2013 at 7:03 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by freedomfromforum - November 17, 2013 at 7:24 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by pocaracas - November 17, 2013 at 7:25 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 7:46 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Bad Wolf - November 18, 2013 at 7:55 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 8:11 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Bad Wolf - November 18, 2013 at 10:25 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 10:45 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Paraselene - November 18, 2013 at 8:36 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 8:44 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Hoopington - June 4, 2014 at 5:50 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Zazzy - November 18, 2013 at 9:23 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by pineapplebunnybounce - November 18, 2013 at 6:08 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by max-greece - November 18, 2013 at 9:32 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 9:48 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by max-greece - November 18, 2013 at 11:50 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Darkstar - November 19, 2013 at 1:02 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 3:41 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Mania2 - November 18, 2013 at 9:44 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Bad Wolf - November 18, 2013 at 10:48 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 11:04 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Walking Void - November 18, 2013 at 2:16 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Minimalist - November 18, 2013 at 2:38 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 2:53 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Walking Void - November 18, 2013 at 5:48 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Zazzy - November 18, 2013 at 6:08 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 6:26 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Zazzy - November 18, 2013 at 7:29 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 18, 2013 at 6:22 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by The Reality Salesman - November 18, 2013 at 7:04 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Walking Void - November 18, 2013 at 6:09 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by The Valkyrie - November 18, 2013 at 6:10 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Walking Void - November 18, 2013 at 6:25 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Minimalist - November 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 7:02 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by My imaginary friend is GOD - November 18, 2013 at 7:06 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by The Reality Salesman - November 18, 2013 at 7:30 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 6:55 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Captain Colostomy - November 19, 2013 at 7:06 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 9:31 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Tonus - November 19, 2013 at 9:39 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 11:09 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Tonus - November 19, 2013 at 12:48 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 5:08 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by The Reality Salesman - November 19, 2013 at 11:43 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by LastPoet - November 19, 2013 at 7:02 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by pocaracas - November 19, 2013 at 9:44 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Minimalist - November 19, 2013 at 11:13 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Brian37 - November 19, 2013 at 5:57 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 6:23 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Brian37 - November 19, 2013 at 7:02 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Neo-Scholastic - November 19, 2013 at 1:54 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by MindForgedManacle - November 19, 2013 at 2:32 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Walking Void - November 19, 2013 at 3:11 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by The Reality Salesman - November 19, 2013 at 6:33 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 19, 2013 at 7:20 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Whateverist - November 20, 2013 at 12:07 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 20, 2013 at 3:52 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Brian37 - November 20, 2013 at 10:05 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Whateverist - November 20, 2013 at 12:05 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Polaris - November 20, 2013 at 12:06 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Cyberman - November 20, 2013 at 1:34 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Whateverist - November 20, 2013 at 11:37 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Brian37 - November 20, 2013 at 12:49 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Jacob(smooth) - November 20, 2013 at 1:00 pm

RE: Prayer does not work - by Brian37 - November 22, 2013 at 8:18 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by hppavilion - June 4, 2014 at 3:59 am

RE: Prayer does not work - by Cyberman - June 4, 2014 at 5:31 am

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