Atheists and Prayer

[Crazyhippokid]

See this is interesting, because when you say pray, what exactly do you define it as?

Now obviously your going to say praying to a God or Gods, but what about the times when you hope for something (i.e. you pray that a loved one isn't going to die etc.) but without any sort of reverence towards any kind of God or higher power?

I think most people, even if they are atheists, "pray" so to speak In the hope of an event like the one I've mentioned, but not necessarily to a God.