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If people are praying for calm and stretchy fingers, yes, prayer works.

If people are praying for anything else? Prayer does not work, just like dancing to cause rain does not work (even if it is good cardio), or like how chanting to cast a fireball does not work (even if it exercises the jaw).

Prayer and meditation are not the same thing for most of the world, and people praying for something are doing it with a specific goal in mind: heal my injuries, smite my foes, let me win the lottery, stop the rain, and so on. Prayer does not accomplish any of these things.

When determining if something works, you look at the intended result and the actual result. If the two do not align, the action does not work. This is not theology, philosophy, or science - this is semantics.

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<blockquote data-quote="prasad1" data-source="post: 480868" data-attributes="member: 17510">If people are praying for calm and stretchy fingers, yes, prayer works.If people are praying for anything else? Prayer does not work, just like dancing to cause rain does not work (even if it is good cardio), or like how chanting to cast a fireball does not work (even if it exercises the jaw).Prayer and meditation are not the same thing for most of the world, and people praying for something are doing it with a specific goal in mind: heal my injuries, smite my foes, let me win the lottery, stop the rain, and so on. Prayer does not accomplish any of these things.When determining if something works, you look at the intended result and the actual result. If the two do not align, the action does not work. This is not theology, philosophy, or science - this is semantics.[MEDIA=reddit]askanatheist/comments/qr3nkm[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prasad1, post: 480868, member: 17510"] If people are praying for calm and stretchy fingers, yes, prayer works. If people are praying for anything else? Prayer does not work, just like dancing to cause rain does not work (even if it is good cardio), or like how chanting to cast a fireball does not work (even if it exercises the jaw). Prayer and meditation are not the same thing for most of the world, and people praying for something are doing it with a specific goal in mind: heal my injuries, smite my foes, let me win the lottery, stop the rain, and so on. Prayer does not accomplish any of these things. When determining if something works, you look at the intended result and the actual result. If the two do not align, the action does not work. This is not theology, philosophy, or science - this is semantics. [MEDIA=reddit]askanatheist/comments/qr3nkm[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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