tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post75500907832646..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: PrayerWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44300163594280929312011-02-17T04:55:59.217-03:302011-02-17T04:55:59.217-03:30I don't do 'real' prayer (I think the ...I don't do 'real' prayer (I think the last time I did was when I was 10 and our cat was dying, and I had to tell God how to look after her properly) - I think really the "If God doesn't want to help the starving children in Africa, why would he help anyone else?" struck home when I was twelve or thirteen and was one of the questions which put me on the road to being an atheist.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70016096607376936162011-02-17T03:15:23.020-03:302011-02-17T03:15:23.020-03:30I believe in a lot of things, but prayer in a reli...I believe in a lot of things, but prayer in a religious sense is not one of them. Now karma, maybe, just maybe...Brighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299215170393879517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-77119863967393039432011-02-16T13:56:30.974-03:302011-02-16T13:56:30.974-03:30I pray for your forgiveness, my child. Such sacril...I pray for your forgiveness, my child. Such sacrilegious and blasphemous thoughts must be banished from your mind or a plague of snails will rain on your head.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-12412993414145352362011-02-16T13:14:28.385-03:302011-02-16T13:14:28.385-03:30If I were to pray, it would be for acceptance and ...If I were to pray, it would be for acceptance and not healing.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84119406879294505752011-02-16T11:24:57.756-03:302011-02-16T11:24:57.756-03:30I feel much the same as you do, WWW. I usually sa...I feel much the same as you do, WWW. I usually say something along the lines of "I don't pray, but I'm sending lots of positive thoughts your way".<br /><br />I have wondered, though, whether a concerted effort of thousands, or millions of people with minds sending positive thoughts about a single issue - or "praying for the same thing"<br />might have some effect - via electro magnetic something or other.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70747206468671686602011-02-16T10:38:57.835-03:302011-02-16T10:38:57.835-03:30To paraphrase Disney, "A prayer is a wish you...To paraphrase Disney, "A prayer is a wish your heart makes..." and oh, how I wish I had the power to make many things better. So, I say a little prayer now and then, just in case a wish can come true.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852119592451618703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-298228273937592562011-02-16T07:17:37.185-03:302011-02-16T07:17:37.185-03:30I say little prayers and thank yous constantly for...I say little prayers and thank yous constantly for my own peace of mind. I think they work. That's my way of believing in magic and heavenly interference of a personal higher being. I don't want to stop believing in it and I think everything happens for a purpose. I guess that's my childlike way of explaining things to myself.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41843350049512410742011-02-16T06:34:56.376-03:302011-02-16T06:34:56.376-03:30I was brought up as a Catholic, but as soon as I a...I was brought up as a Catholic, but as soon as I actually thought about the words 'Thy will be done', prayers vanished in a puff of logic... soon followed by all the rest of it.broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11262434721660871332011-02-16T06:16:19.784-03:302011-02-16T06:16:19.784-03:30Don't forget about those who are blessed, mean...Don't forget about those who are blessed, meaning for some reason (usually membership in certain brands of churches), they get preferential treatment from "the man upstairs". I do, however, think there's a goodness inside of most of us, a goodness that can help others. And I'm pretty sure you are full of it (goodness, that is). Maybe your goodness is your prayer.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.com