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Front-Ranger:
No, not really, even when I felt I was close to death several times recently on a mountain. But being there did make me believe that there must be a God of some kind, because something was responsible for me making it to the bottom in one piece, and it was hardly just me!

David In Indy:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 12, 2008, 10:29:57 pm ---No, not really, even when I felt I was close to death several times recently on a mountain. But being there did make me believe that there must be a God of some kind, because something was responsible for me making it to the bottom in one piece, and it was hardly just me!


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You were close to death several times recently, Lee? What happened?!!  :o  :'(  :'(  :-*

seadragon16:
No, I don't pray and I am very anti organised religion. I just cannot accept that so many terrible things could happen in the world if there was a 'god' and overall, religion seems to be responsible for more harm than good.

I was christened when I was a baby and sometimes used to go to catholic mass with my grandad when I was very little (I used to like singing hymns!  :)), but it was more to keep my grandparents happy and I didn't go anymore after they died. My mum is a lapsed catholic and my dad an atheist.

But from about the ages of 14 to my early 20's I used to write a kind of diary, you know, long rants about how unfair life was and who I fancied that week, with a few quite good bits thrown in (embarassing to read now  ::)) but whenever I was worried about something or had a difficult decision to make, I used to write directly to someone (???) and ask them what I should do or ask them to make sure things would be ok and even commented a couple of times that I didn't even know who it was I was asking/directing what I was saying at.

I knew it was never 'god' I was intending to write to, but who knows who it was?  ???

Artiste:
You do not need to be part of organized religion to pray, thank goodness!

One can NOT blame God, or Infinity, or Manitou, or another, for faults that humans do, such as murder! - I heared that and realized that now... more and more !

If it would not be for God which is Good, and some Good Helpful humans, I would not be alive, since I have been helped many times!

To me, God is Wonderful and so are many humans
!! - So I pray thanking the Spirit and Humans who helped me and who also accepted my help, and I ask daily, or more often, for health, happiness as well as properity for myself, my family and all others I have known, I know and will know, so we can all be helped and help ourselves!! - Prayers, that saved and saves me in many wondrous ways!

Maybe, it helped you too?

Au revoir,
hugs!

Kerry:
Religion and spirituality are two vastly different concepts IMHO, that share very little in common.

For example, when I was younger, I was a very religious person, practicing religion in my everyday life and living an outwardly religious life. However, now that I look back on those distant days, I can see, with the benefit of hindsight, that I was not a particularly spiritual person back then.

Now, however, in my seniority, I consider myself to be a far more spiritual person than I even was in my youth, even though I no longer practice formal religion.

Given a choice, and having personally experienced both religion and spirituality in my life, I would choose the latter over the former any day.

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