(November 19, 2022 at 12:29 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(November 19, 2022 at 9:17 am)arewethereyet Wrote: To me, it's rituals. Lots and lots of rituals.
I was so surprised when I moved to SC and was introduced to free form prayer. Prayer was very structured in the Catholic Church. ie - The Rosary.
For what it's worth, I've found structured prayer more efficacious than free form.......free form just felt like I was talking to myself.
Either way you are either talking to yourself or to an audience. A god doesn't play into it.
If gawd was as all powerful and all-knowing as he is claimed to be, you should be able to just think it and (s)he would know.
“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius