http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/09/26/why-pray/ The daily...weekly...occasional journal by someone you don't know. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/09/26/why-pray/comment-page-1/#comment-489 jennifer Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:21:58 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2006/09/26/why-pray/#comment-489 I've been mulling over the prayer issue. Even though I no longer believe anyone is up there to "answer" me, I'm starting to think there <em>are</em> benefits to praying. For me, those benefits include slowing down, clearing my thoughts, and taking deep breaths. I realize many do this in the form of meditation and don't call it prayer, so maybe it's semantics. I’ve been mulling over the prayer issue. Even though I no longer believe anyone is up there to “answer” me, I’m starting to think there are benefits to praying. For me, those benefits include slowing down, clearing my thoughts, and taking deep breaths. I realize many do this in the form of meditation and don’t call it prayer, so maybe it’s semantics.

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