Do you pray?

[goodboy]

This is a non-denominational question. I don't care if you subscribe to a mono-theism or not. I don't care who you pray to. I just want to know if you pray.

[LDS Jock]

1. yes, I do

and you know someone is gonna do a copycat .. "Do you prey?"

[goodboy]

2. It's ok, I would expect nothing less from the lounge lizards.

thanks for participating.

[IronLionZion]

58. I am that someone

I read your post and just had to do it!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2362933

[goodboy]

62. saw it. I'll visit your thread as a gesture of thanks for participating

in this one.

[LittleClarkie]

66. No, no that someone was me

Pick me! It just reminded me of Boss Tweed for some reason.

But I do pray.



See? Photographic evidence and everything.

[goodboy]

67. ok clarkie...you got it.

[elshiva]

79. As a LittleClarkie, I am delighted to see

this photograph. Yes I pray. I joined the John Kerry Prayer Circle which was I found on this site in October. I prayed the rosary for him to win because I heard Kerry prayed the rosary. Yeh, he won... sob.. sob..

[LittleClarkie]

81. I believe he won by the electoral landslide that Karen Hughes told Bush

That was before the election was flipped in their favor, I believe.

If there was any way to prove it, I think he'd be out there. But there isn't, apparently. Hurts my heart. But he's still my guy.

Thanks luv.

[LittleClarkie]

82. By the way, as you can see by the photograph, Democrats also DRINK!

Those aren't all mine. I could only afford 2 small gin and tonics. Poor Dem, dontchaknow.

[elshiva]

83. You're most welcome, dearheart

keep praying, keep believing.
"Well, I have religious philosophy and so does John Kerry..." -Howard Dean

[saltpoint]

Voted 'no'

I don't care if someone else prays or not anymore than I care whether they like peach cobbler or not.

[goodboy]

5. thanks for taking part! I appreciate your honesty.

[Placebo]

3. Praying is for losers.

:evilgrin:

[goodboy]

7. how deliciously evil....

[Placebo]

10. Blah.

[goodboy]

12. what's that supposed to mean>? Blah, dracula style?

[Placebo]

17. Dracula prays.

[goodboy]

20. still didn't answer my question...but it's ok.

[Placebo]

23. Are you threatening me?

[goodboy]

26. I wouldn't dare.

[demosincebirth]

29. Never seen an atheist in a foxhole. Heard many "Hail Marys" and not

only from Catholics

[goodboy]

32. I think a lot of people only pray when they need something...IMO

I'm not saying that's how i am...

[Ron Green]

37. When I figured out to pray only "thanks" and never "please,"

my life got better and stayed better.

[goodboy]

wow

that's really cool. I know it's cheesy, but I'm reminded of the scene in "Deep Impact" where Morgan Freeman says "I believe that God answeres all prayers...even if sometimes the answer is 'No'"

[Ron Green]

42. Right... and you have to be able to say "thanks" even for a "no" answer.

[goodboy]

63. which is extremely hard to do...

how do you manage to do it?

[Ron Green]

75. I usually don't; I'm not that far along the path. But when I do succeed,

it's because I'm able to see that the lesson is more important than the goal was.

[jonnyblitz]

80. TOTAL bullshit. I was an atheist in a foxhole...

there are many of us and even a momument to us in Alabama. kills your theory all to hell.

click on these links:

http://www.alabamafreethought.org/pages/atheistsinfoxholes/


military association of athiest and freethinkers link:

http://www.maaf.info/expaif.html

[demosincebirth]

97. Well Johnny , settle down, you'll bust a jugular. I said and implied that

I never seen an...

[JohnKleeb]

56. yer going to hell

:evilgrin:

[Wabbajack]

4. not me

If there is a god it seems to me he doesn't take daily control over things therefore praying is pointless.

[goodboy]

6. hmm...very interesting. When you say "take daily control"

in what ways do you mean?

[Wabbajack]

89. like curing the cancer of

people who pray that they be cured of cancer and stuff like that.

[goodboy]

94. Some say, that god hears all prayers...even if sometimes the answer

is "no"

[Zenlitened]

8. What is prayer?

:shrug:

[Ron Green]

9. Ain't nothing more than being REALLY quiet.....

[goodboy]

11. I think that is debateable.

I do appreciate your input though.

[Ron Green]

14. Well debate it then. I suggest that if you are quiet enough you'll be in

touch with God. And that, to me, is prayer.

[goodboy]

22. I would tend to agree with you, but I didn't want to get into that debate

in this thread.

[Ron Green]

27. That's cool.

Peace to you!
O8)

[goodboy]

28. peace to you too.

[Wapsie B]

13. Yes I do.

Without getting into a long theological argument about whether there is a God or not, I believe there's some divine being behind all this. Whether you call him God, Allah, Yahweh, or Hank. But I do think that prayer is more meditation than anything else. The answers to our questions are inside of us. It is up to us to find them. Prayer helps some people do that.

[Ron Green]

16. I agree. If we are part of God (which I think we are), then simply

meditating to the point of quieting the conscious mind will allow the higher (God) mind to connect.

[goodboy]

19. You know what.

I was watching this thing on PBS about string theory, and how everything in the universe everything is made up of these strings-they just vibrate differently to create different particles. So, I had a thought that if everything is essentially the same, then if there is a divine 'whatever' it must be a part of us, and we must be a part of it...made of the same stuff, dig?

[Ron Green]

24. Exactly. And if we're quiet enough, it's right here.

[Wapsie B]

34. Yes.

The String Theory. I can dig that.

[GainesT1958]

15. Every day...

Don't see how one could get along without it...especially these days!

B-)

[goodboy]

25. that's

great for your spirit I'm sure. Thank you for taking part in this one.

[demosincebirth]

31. I agree

[HomerRamone]

18. only on airplanes n/t

[eleonora]

21. sometimes

it's therapeutic.

[Maddy McCall]

30. Yes, but not in any kind of orthodox way.

[goodboy]

33. have you ever had a conversation in prayer?

[Maddy McCall]

35. No, not that I can recall.

I don't really talk to anyone when I "pray." It's more of a meditation thing, I guess.

[goodboy]

36. Gotcha.

Have I asked you about Astral Projection? Do you know what that is?

[Maddy McCall]

38. No, I don't know what it is.

What is it?

[goodboy]

43. You actually do it every night in your dreams.it's when your consciousness

detaches from your physical body, and you can explore the universe, contact departed loved-ones, anything. The trick is waking up in your dream. Anyone can do it.


http://www.crystalinks.com/astral.html

[Kurt Remarque]

39. dems have to pray to cancel out repug prayer. ha!

[IronLionZion]

41. Dems pray AND help their fellow people

:toast:

[goodboy]

46. I may not be an expert, but somehow praying for a new clip for an assault

rifle, or a new dixie flag, or something like that, might pass by the creator's ears.

[IronLionZion]

40. yup, even in school

I pray often when I'm about to do something important or travel or something. and also to give thanks. But less so than I used to. I don't even go to church regularly anymore.

[goodboy]

50. cool

in my opinion, I don't think prayer has to be connected with a church/religion of any kind.

[JohnKleeb]

52. I do too, that is pray in school

Ive always been more privately religious than I have publically.

[Ron Green]

61. I heard a good line:

"As long as there is Calculus, there will be prayer in school."

[Floogeldy]

44. That's an entirely too personal question

[goodboy]

47. I don't know how you voted, and you're certainly not obligated to tell

anyone in the thread. This discussion is really a bonus. I was interested in seeing whether or not people pray.

[Taverner]

45. Yes I do

Although my relationship with God is a bit tenuous at the moment

[goodboy]

49. I suspect a lot of people feel the way you do...think of those poor

bastards in SE Asia.

[Taverner]

53. It's two way

Long story ... SIGH

[goodboy]

55. I understand exactly what you mean.

[RevolutionaryActs]

48. I don't, n/t

[JohnKleeb]

51. Yeah I do

[Az]

54. As Robert Ingersol said

Hands that help are better than hands that pray.

[Ron Green]

59. That's why I think the "supplication" bit is the wrong approach, just as

is the "making a speech" approach to prayer. Real prayer seems to me nothing more than quieting the ego mind to the point where I am simply with God. And, as Ingersoll says, use the hands to reach out to others.

[jonnyblitz]

85. robert ingersol was a WISE MAN! n/t

[miss_kitty]

57. when I'm buying a Lottery ticket

or posting on the "threadkiller" thread.

"Oh please God, let goodboy forget all about threadkiller after my post.
Amen"

[goodboy]

60. LOL!

I've got too many posts invested in that thing to let it go now;)


Thanks for participating in this tho, kitty.

[miss_kitty]

64. hey whadda 'bout this:

"I AM POST 4:20!!!! I don't give a shit about anything else now..."

huh?
BTW-Congrats on 420, man.:smoke:

[goodboy]

69. I was high.

I didn't mean it;)

:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P


but thanks anyway.

[Festivito]

65. ..without ceasing.

Life can be a prayer of love, at all times, in all places. That is in all threads, and all posts.

...Deep inside there's a vision that time is nothing but space and between every minute and mile there within it somehow there's a beautiful place. And, it's all such a delicate balance 'cause it takes just as much as it gives, but to live it is real and to love it is to feel that you're a part of what everything is...

[goodboy]

70. that's beautiful. thank you for posting this.

[Schema Thing]

68. Believe it or not, I prayed fervently and sincerely...

... and finally prayed my way out of a belief in god.

[goodboy]

71. I believe it entirely.

believe me when I say, I hope you find what you're looking for..whatever it may be. and I wish you nothing but happiness and wellness and peace.

[Schema Thing]

73. Actually I'm not really looking for anything

Even then I was really only looking for truth. Realizing that I didn't have to believe in anything w/o a solid foundation of evidence, brought me alot of peace.

I'm just the type that is much more comfortable with good questions than bad answers.

[yardwork]

72. I pray to the Mother and Father who are the One

[RaleighNCDUer]

74. No. I can't believe in a superghost who eavesdrops on us 24/7.

I think that prayer is nothing more than a form of meditation. Praying for stuff is a waste of time. Praying for peace of mind will reinforce itself, but could just as easily be "Ommm" as "Our Father".

I don't bother with either.

[Ron Green]

76. You know, one thing about prayer (as meditation) is that it never gets to

be a habit. You have to make yourself do it, take the time to get still and get quiet and PRACTICE... that's what the Buddhist masters call it, right? They call it their practice. I hear several people posting here who are essentially saying that it's a waste of time, or there's no logic behind it, or whatever. But I believe that if I set aside a time every day to simply practice being quiet ("Be still, and know that I am God"), then the infinite energy and power of the Universe will be more available to me. If we still think prayer is asking for something, we're on the wrong track.

It's like playing music. When you practice at home, you go over the scales and the tunes and the licks and you do it again and again and analyze it, and do the whole left-brained thing on it. But when it's time to play on the stage, you forget all of that and just CONNECT, and the music flows through you. I think that's what prayer is. Your conscious brain knows what you want, but when you pray, you just connect, and let the enegy flow through you, and how can you not be right?

[ghostsofgiants]

77. Nope, no prayer here.

Except to Superman when I really need help. But that's it.

[Califooyah Operative]

78. Everyday I try to...

give thanks, ask for forgivenes and guidance and protection and well being over my loved ones and friends and the good people of the world. Before i got sleep i ask that i fall asleep soon and wake up at a decent time and have productive days. It's always good and probably the most important yet least prioritized prayer just to praise the lord for all he is and has done as some of you have said.

[roguevalley]

84. I read a great philosophy book that the God most people pray to,

the god of religions is a construct between people and the Real God of the universe. This one was created because people can't face the real force that animates all things. That's the God I pray to.

[CanuckAmok]

86. Atheist here, but I reverse-pray.

I never pray for good things to happen, but I find myself shaking my fist, Basil Fawly-style, at God when bad things happen.

[goodboy]

90. Whatever you do...Don't mention the War!.

[zann725]

87. Thought I only had to listen to questions like that on CNN (or Fox)!

I'm a firm believer in 'separation of Church and blog.'

[Califooyah Operative]

88. haha. you gotta stick to your guns. nt

[redqueen]

91. Yes

I do

[arwalden]

92. I'd Rather Eat Dirt

[dolo amber]

93. It depends on how much trouble I'm in

:scared:

;)

I don't anymore, although sometimes I slip...there was an interesting patch when I was pretty much agnostic (out of laziness more than anything) on my way to full blown athiesm I'd find myself sorta praying then I'd be like "Who the hell am I talking to??" :eyes:

[goodboy]

98. I know what you mean...

[NoSheep]

95. I catch myself trying.

[GOPBasher]

96. Now more than ever with Bushler in office. nt

[goodboy]

99. if ever there was a reason...that's it.