Can we all now admit that moments of prayer dont do jack shit? Period.

[stopbush]

Prayer - it’s not just for having no effect stemming gun violence anymore. It’s worthless no matter what is being prayed about/for.

Self-aggrandizing navel gazing.

[nycbos]

1. It is like this.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. I wont admit it because its not true.

It gives people a great excuse for doing nothing. It gives people a false sense of security. And it gives people a way to blame the victim (i.e., because they didn’t pray hard enough).

Now if you said that it doesn’t do anything positive, I’d wholeheartedly agree!

[Kleveland]

3. Yaeh THAT! n/t

[BigmanPigman]

4. Don't forget it makes a lot of cons filthy rich too!

[stopbush]

7. But thats not jack shit.

[Binkie The Clown]

5. I disagree. They do indeed accomplish something.

They give the pious a ready excuse for not doing anything that' actually meaningful. For the one doing the praying, it soothes their conscience at no cost. A spiritual placebo for feelings of guilt.

[stopbush]

13. Maybe, but what it is accomplishing still doesnt amount to jack shit.

[Binkie The Clown]

14. Exactly my point. nt

[msongs]

6. I prayed for god's will and he murdered 59 people in las vegas. nt

[defacto7]

8. Have you ever heard the typical evangelical prayer?

They aren't even talking to their deity, they first tell god what his book says, then they tell god what the book means and what god's suposed to think, then they preach to the other participants some kind of crap they want them to do, be, or act like. It always gets me how they tell god his own scripture like he can't remember it.

[stopbush]

9. Well, all scripture was written (invented) by men, so it's possible

the deity is ignorant of what they supposedly said.

[mountain grammy]

10. Exactly.. they're just schooling the deity.

"now, remember when you said this"

[defacto7]

12. Oh god, that hilarious when they do that.

It's also arrogant as hell. Why people go for that is beyond me.

[Voltaire2]

11. Worse than useless.

[Ohiya]

15. I figured that out...

...when I was about seven years old.

First Santa Claus, then prayers and its been downhill ever since!

Not Really!