How many times per day do you pray?

[Jon Miller]

good adventists also generally pray at awakening and sleeping, and special on the Sabbath (but there is nothing formal)

also there is generally a number of prayers at church

but I am not very active (as I said, I probably am more like8 than 4...)

Jon Miller

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Last Conformist

Says someone posting in the 'Poly OTF.

[Hot Mustard]

Originally posted by Last Conformist

Says someone posting in the 'Poly OTF.

Very true. You get the idea though.

[molly bloom]

Zero.

Zip.


Not one.


Never.

[Garth Vader]

Does swearing at God count as praying?

[Dinner]

Praying is for the supersticious and that time is better spent plotting the down fall of my enemies. BUHWAHHAHHHAHH!

[Dinner]

Praying is for the superstitious and that time is better spent plotting the down fall of my enemies. BUHWAHHAHHHAHH!

[Cruddy]

How many times per day do you pray?

That's between me and God, allright?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Garth Vader
Does swearing at God count as praying?

its been said G-d prefers anger to apathy.

[DaShi]

Judge not, lest you be judged. Shame on you JM!

Oops!

[lord of the mark]

Not belabor the distinctiveness of Judaism, but its interesting to me that frequency of prayer doesnt always correlate with traditional beliefs among Jews, at least among the non-Orthodox - prayer is for us a cultural tradition, laden with music and ritual, and family and group associations. Also of course many approach it as a personal and spiritual time, not a conversation with an old guy with a beard. This can be challenging given the manifest content of many traditional prayers, but weve been reinterpreting texts for thousands of years.


So, JM, how should i respond to the poll - i definitely pray several times a week, but not necessarily most days?

[General Ludd]

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[Spiffor]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
So, JM, how should i respond to the poll - i definitely pray several times a week, but not necessarily most days?

Divide your weekly prayers by 7

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Spiffor

Divide your weekly prayers by 7

thanks math genius I presume JM put in his text remarks for a reason.

[our_man]

I try and pray first thing when I get up in the morning, and last thing before I go to bed at night. The key word being try.

Awful as it might sound, there have been many, many nights where after a hearty session partying, prayer is the last thing on my mind when I collapse on to bed. There have also been several mornings where I've slept in, and the top priority is getting my clothes on and bolting out the door for class.

So, optimistically I try to pray twice, but in practice it's probably once a day.