1. No - I try and do something constructive instead to get myself out of the predicament.
2. When playing sport I might shout at the ball, or the sea if I'm surfing/windsurfing . I'm pretty sure this acheives nothing and is completely irrational, yet I still do it. In the same way an Atheist might not feel praying will achieve anything, but it may make them feel better/calmer etc so they do it.
2. When playing sport I might shout at the ball, or the sea if I'm surfing/windsurfing . I'm pretty sure this acheives nothing and is completely irrational, yet I still do it. In the same way an Atheist might not feel praying will achieve anything, but it may make them feel better/calmer etc so they do it.