Is praying a waste of time?

[BrewCityBuck]

Their are disasters and people dying all the time, in my old church we praid for the end of fighting and such and the fighting never stopped, people never stopped dying. A girl on the news that got rabies last year said that she was praying for a kid in Texas who had it and a week later he died. So I ask you, is praying a waste of time?

 

[Heatfan32]

How is praying a waste of time?It all comes down to faith,if you pray but you don't believe it's going to happen or just do it to get it over then of course it's not going to work and seriously praying for fighting to stop is like praying for everyone with aids to live forever.It's your religion and you decide what you want to do with it, pray if you want it's optional.

 

[anypoint]

Faith keeps people motivated and going.

 

[BrewCityBuck]

No kidding but i'm talking about praying...it obviously doesn't work.

 

[Pistonfan11]

No way that praying is a waste of time. Life without faith is a sad and lonely life, you have to believe that your higher power whoever that may be is listening to you, and I most certainly believe in that.

 

[BrewCityBuck]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pistonfan11 @ May 14 2006, 03:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No way that praying is a waste of time. Life without faith is a sad and lonely life, you have to believe that your higher power whoever that may be is listening to you, and I most certainly believe in that.</div> Why is that? Not beliving in a faith doesn't mean your sad or anything. I know a lot of sad and depressed Catholics as well as athiests.

 

[Heatfan32]

It's there religion and if they feel praying is right then let them be.If you feel that your praying and it isn't working then just stop,no ones going to die because some one is praying.

 

[Milgod]

I don't think its a waste of time if thats your religion. Personally I don't believe in god, the idea is crazy to me, but thats my choice. If you follow a religion then you should follow it to the max IMO.

 

[nygiants4life]

You can't tell. Do you believe in destiny? If so, praying is useless. Do you believe that it was destiny that you would find this site? You may feel like you have a decision but maybe that's just a feeling and you are destined to do something, we may never know.I say it is useless because who is listening? God would be listening to billions of people, wouldn't he/she/it be a busy person/alien?

 

[Blaze]

Praying isnt a waste of time, IMO. I have a strong faith in God, and I'm religous, and so is my family so that's just how I am.

 

[Fabolous]

they pray to make themselves feel better. thats fine with me as long as they dont start trying to make me pray too.

 

[BrewCityBuck]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I say it is useless because who is listening? God would be listening to billions of people, wouldn't he/she/it be a busy person/alien?</div> Finally someone agrees instead of posting all the same crap.

 

[mavsfan1000]

Praying isn't a waste of time but don't expect all your prayers to be answered. Maybe God gets sick of people always asking for favors. It's better to be greatful with what you got.

 

[Fabolous]

maybe there is no god and ppl created him so they could blame him for all their troubles. like in the odyssey

 

[pjcolpitts?]

Is it a possibility that God doesnt even like us? You have to take that into consideration. Are we God's forgotten children? Maybe we are God's pet alligators that got to big and got flushed down the toilet. Ok, i got that from Fight Club.I dotn think its a waste of time. Like MavsFan said, you should be thankful for what you got and shouldnt give God a wish list.

 

[Heatfan32]

Instead of praying to god asking favors to win the lotto and what not,you should be praying that your healthy and to your family.

 

[PacMan]

I used to think it was but it anit I really like. It relax me and makes me happy not mad not stuff like that.

 

[SunnyD]

It's not a waste of time. Praying isn't just for people to feel better and whatnot. It's also to have a better connection with God. God isn't a human. He created the humans. He can get to everyone's prayers.I hate whoever said person/alien about God.

 

[BrewCityBuck]

He's entitled to his opinion, leave him alone.

 

[Fabolous]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>He created the humans.</div>there is no proof. although there is proof that people can make up imaginary beings ala imaginary friends.

 

[JustBlaze]

Neither is there proof of any other theory of how we came into existence.

 

[Blaze]

See, after reading all these peoples posts, I've realized with most people, it all comes down to faith. We have a choice to believe or not, everything has been written in the Bible, Quran, and Torah. You can choice to believe it, or not to. That's my perspective.

 

[LBJ]

To the First poster Praying is fine, But the way that you are doing it is not.

 

[BrewCityBuck]

What does that mean (i'm assuming first poster you mean me)

 

[CelticBalla32]

Yes it is, but hear me out. I am not a religious person and I have only been to church about twice in my life, because my grandparents made me when I was little, and really had no say in it. But think about it, you are folding your hands, closing your eyes, and talking to nobody and hoping for good things.

I find religion somewhat funny because people actually believe there is a guy named God that is in a place called Heaven above the Earth (even though space is the only thing) and you go there when you die, and God watches over you. Really? Why did my grandmother die? Why do people get infatuated with gun play? Robberies? Murders? etc. etc. etc.

The people that go to church 5+ times a week and are freaks about preaching, preying, etc. - those people kill me. My step brothers dad is like that and its unbelivable. He doesnt allow them to watch Scooby Doo because of "witchcraft." He stopped paying for OnDemand because they have rated R movies on it. He makes them go to church like 4 times a week and forces them to go to a private school he can't even pay for and is 40+ and has never owned a house or anything.

Religion is really a big joke to me. Thinking that a guy named Jesus who got killed is "god" and looks over everyone and sh*t. Whatever man, whatever. That's all crazy to think and people that are religious freaks need to get a life, face reality, and be normal.

My step brothers/sister go to a Christian school and they control their whole life. My oldest brother (count him as brother) got suspended for a day for having a myspace, his friend was suspended for 3. They suspended his cousin for HOLDING HANDS IN THE MALL with his girlfriend. They make them pull their pants up like Steve Ircle and measure their freaking hair/shirt logos!!!! They arent allowed to listen to country because its depressing, they arent allowed to listen to rock because it's "different/depressing", they arent allowed to listen to rap because of "thuggish ways and language". All they are "allowed" to listen to is gospel. BS. They make sure they have all of the students AIM names too.

Religion really is a joke to me and honestly preying is a waste of time. You are talking to air, not a dead guy that watches over you from "heaven." It's one thing to believe but another to be like this.

P.S.: READ MY ENTIRE POST INSTEAD OF BASHING ME FOR JUST SAYING RELIGION IS A JOKE

That's my take on it. I hope I didn't change anyones opinions on me, but whatever I'm stating my thoughts.

 

[Blaze]

I don't expect people like you to believe it... You guys are just a bunch of kids in our new generation who have no morals or beliefs or faith and don't bother opening up the bible or the torah or the quran or whatever book your religon reads.

 

[CelticBalla32]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AirBlaze @ May 17 2006, 11:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't expect people like you to believe it... You guys are just a bunch of kids in our new generation who have no morals or beliefs or faith and don't bother opening up the bible or the torah or the quran or whatever book your religon reads.</div>
I've looked at the bible. It's complete bogus and crap someone made up. I love how people claim to know everything and say they can write something that happened 100's of years before they were born. It's all crap.

 

[WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE]

For some people religion can change lives, people can overcome drug addiction/bad things that have happened in their life by committing their beliefs to a certain religion. Praying is a way of communicating with your "god" and to let things off your chest. I'm kinda in the same boat with a lot of you, I am catholic but it was really forced upon me in a young age. I'm a typical white irish catholic kid from boston who has a huge tight nit family that are all into the catholic culture. I don't even really believe in catholicism or praying or any of that religious stuff to be perfectly honest. I'm probably going to get dismissed from the religion later on in my life, I really don't want to be confirmed in a religion where I really don't agree with all of the practices.

 

[CelticBalla32]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE @ May 18 2006, 12:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>For some people religion can change lives, people can overcome drug addiction/bad things that have happened in their life by committing their beliefs to a certain religion. Praying is a way of communicating with your "god" and to let things off your chest. I'm kinda in the same boat with a lot of you, I am catholic but it was really forced upon me in a young age. I'm a typical white irish catholic kid from boston who has a huge tight nit family that are all into the catholic culture. I don't even really believe in catholicism or praying or any of that religious stuff to be perfectly honest. I'm probably going to get excommunicated (is that the right word?) later on in my life.</div>
I feel it's great people think clappin their hands together and preying and overcomming drug addictions. But quite frankly, it's all in their head. They stopped because they wanted to, they wanted a better life, and they didn't want to live like that anymore. Not because of a white priest in a large robe that talked to him about a dead guy.

 

[WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE]

Also there are so many different religions, just because you believe in one means you'll be sent to some seperate place in the sky? If I started a religion called Paul PierceOlogy and everyone that was confirmed and stuck to the practices of the church got to paul pierce heaven and played basketball with paul pierce to the kingdom come, is that a legit religion? If I made a Paul PierceOlogy Bible would that make it legit?