When I was a kid- before I took up the specific mantle of atheism as a label- I used to pray in a very vague, deistic sense. Once the uselessness of such an action became apparent to me I quickly stopped, and that was rather the end of that.
Frankly, I guess I was a deist for most of my childhood, before I learned enough to abandon that line of thinking.
Mind you, given that atheism is only lack of belief in a god, and not disbelief, I suppose one could pray to any possible god that might be around to hear. It seems pointless to me, but an agnostic atheist still has room in their mind for the possibility, so it's maybe not that crazy an idea that one would "pray," in a sense.
Frankly, I guess I was a deist for most of my childhood, before I learned enough to abandon that line of thinking.
Mind you, given that atheism is only lack of belief in a god, and not disbelief, I suppose one could pray to any possible god that might be around to hear. It seems pointless to me, but an agnostic atheist still has room in their mind for the possibility, so it's maybe not that crazy an idea that one would "pray," in a sense.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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