Atheists do you pray?

[Mister Agenda]

Prayer is not only for the theists, my time spent as a Catholic taught me how to pray. Whenever I prayed if I prayed sincerely I would feel something powerful rising within me and I would strengthen my resolve in what I had been praying for. Even as an atheist when I prayed the prayers of the Hail Mary and the Our Father I still felt that something. Why would I pray those prayers as an atheist? Simple my family was pressuring me to be confirmed a Catholic, and I will never admit to my family that I am an atheist, and least not while my grandparents are still alive. May they die in peace of mind.

Anyways I am an atheist now and I am very interested in praying once more, this time not prayers to honor a god, but prayers to honor humanity, and to constantly remind me to be respectful of others and not let my pride allow me to mistreat others.

If it makes you feel better, why not?

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I prayed for my uncle while visiting my family last month. We were at a thing, and everyone there gathered around his medical bed, and I participated. I prayed for a cure and promised to do my best to believe if my uncle could get out of bed and walk, speak, and be free of dementia. I didn't believe it would help, but it couldn't hurt and I thought my family would appreciate it. It was the first time I had prayed in several years.