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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 18, 2017 16:37:43 GMT
I doubt any of those benefits are specific to prayer as opposed to meditation. I'm generally not opposed to prayer in cases where there's nothing practical that one can do (like donating money or time/effort to a cause). It certainly doesn't follow that just because prayer has some benefits (that, again, may not be different than meditation) that we have a moral responsibility not to criticize a belief in God. In order to argue that you'd have to show that the negatives of such a belief outweigh the positives, and good luck with that. Why do you think that? Sure meditation could do some of the above but could it really some of the more surprising things on the list? Not everybody can meditate due to not being able to sit still and there are those who can but don't want to so prayer will have to do as a substitute until people realise they should meditate. Because there's not much fundamental difference between prayer and meditation; the biggest is that in the former you think someone's listening. You don't have to do anything differently for meditation than you do for prayer. I'm not sure which of the "surprising" benefits you think would be unique to prayer. I'd say that accounts for a vanishingly small minority of believers. Further, there can be negatives when you substitute a belief in God for doing practical things that could make a bigger impact on whatever it is you want to accomplish; ie, praying for healing VS getting medical treatment. |
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