Thread: Who do you "pray" to?

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I believe in me and whatever higher power answers the most prayers i suppose.

So far "Me" is winning.

Originally Posted by sicboater

You left Steve Jobs off your list.

Yes, but I think because it doesn't work, I've tried it... Only once He answered my prayer but it took Him about 7 years!
And then one day came the revelation - he has horns and tail and carries pitchfork, but that 'one more thing' blinds you and you just dismiss them as shadows!
So I have learned to hedge my prayers and the linus camp gets most of them. Wasn't he smart to make more saints than anybody else!

pfft... all these heretics and infidels.

I pray to the One True Lord.



Chuck Norris. May his beard grow longer and his roundhouse kicks faster, Amen.

Hmm..I think it's a bit funny that people often make a distinction between "God" and "Allah" when it is the same. Allah is only the Arabic word for God. I just think it is strange since nobody calls "the Jewish God" Adonai or JHVH, or any other religions indigenous name for God

Anyway being Yarsan (an indigenous Kurdish religion) I believe in Haq, which is the universal spirit who only maintains and keeps the balance between good and evil, light and darkness. But since the spirit cannot influence the material world directly but only through incarnations you usually pray to these incarnations.

So I guess indigenious deities would be correct? God would also be true..

Nothing. End of story.

Nothing really, but if I was to make a choice it would be Budha, I think Buhdism would be about one of the only religions whose followers don,t kill people in the name of it,s leader, come to think of it I don,t think they kill any thing do they. Maybe there are some Buhdists out there who could enlighten me on this?

Originally Posted by AussiePostie

Nothing really, but if I was to make a choice it would be Budha, I think Buhdism would be about one of the only religions whose followers don,t kill people in the name of it,s leader, come to think of it I don,t think they kill any thing do they. Maybe there are some Buhdists out there who could enlighten me on this?

Well, they don't kill people ANYMORE. They used to, though. Warrior monks and all that.

Some sects practice strict non-violence as I understand it, but at least as far as mainstream Japanese Buddhism goes "not killing anything" is fairly metaphorical. Meaning, "Grill me up some more of that Kobe beef, Toshi, and pop the head off that shrimp so I can eat it while it's still twitching!"

I don't pray, ever. I'd rather use the time and effort to act on whatever is the issue. And this isn't because I'm agnostic either. I've always liked the old adage 'God helps those who help themselves'. I guess I just prefer to DO rather than pray.

Looking at the poll results, I'm impressed at how multi-faith some of you guys are!

Originally Posted by AussiePostie

Nothing really, but if I was to make a choice it would be Budha, I think Buhdism would be about one of the only religions whose followers don,t kill people in the name of it,s leader, come to think of it I don,t think they kill any thing do they. Maybe there are some Buhdists out there who could enlighten me on this?

I'm a Buddhist and I pray to a local deity called Jetukarmramatep. He is a god who is supposed to guard the gates of hell. He has the power to grant wishes and give good luck. But on the down side he can also give you bad luck if you p!ss him off.
The reason for this is that the Buddha taught that the way to nirvana was through the practice of Buddhism, meditation and studying the Darma (the rules of Buddhism) He also taught that wishing to any god wouldn't get you to nirvana, but couldn't hurt.
That is why I figure it is ok to indulge in the particularly Thai superstition of Jetukarmramatep.


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